Sam Thompson’s first book Communion Town, which is about a kaleidoscopic city, was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. His second book Jott is about friendship, madness and modernism. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Encore Prize. His third book Wolfstongue is about the hidden world where animals speak. It won a 2022 Spark School Book Award and was chosen as an Outstanding International Book 2023 by the US Board on Books for Young People. His short story collection Whirlwind Romance was published by Unsung Stories in April 2022. A new novel, The Fox’s Tower, is available now from Little Island and is longlisted for a 2022 British Science Fiction Association Award.
Róisín Rankin is an Irish actor and voiceover artist from Dublin. After graduating from The Gaiety School of Acting, she made the move to London to further her training at The Met Film school. There, Róisín gained vocal representation and has been working in voice over ever since. She has narrated just under 40 audiobooks across a range of genres, including Catherine Walsh’s The Matchmaker and Erin Bowman’s The Girl and the Witch’s Garden. Most recently, she appeared on BBC4 in the six-part drama Clean Sweep.