gritLIT Presents R.F. Kuang

gritLIT is thrilled to welcome R.F. Kuang to Theatre Aquarius in celebration of her new book, Katabasis.

Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.

Upon purchase, guests will also have the opportunity to buy a signed deluxe limited edition copy of Katabasis. Available only on the first printing this collector’s hardcover features stenciled edges, case effects, and illustrated endpapers. Books will be pre-signed by the author.

A custom Canadian tour stamp will also be available on-site so attendees can add it to their books as a special keepsake of this exclusive event.

Additional copies of Katabasis, and other books by R.F. Kuang will be available for purchase at the event thanks to our bookstore partner Epic Books.