Alan Bilton talks to Emily Vanderploeg about Strange Animals @ABiltonAuthor @dippy_dumpling

STRANGE ANIMALS: Emily Vanderploeg & Alan Bilton

Thursday 9 March

19:00-20:00

‘Reading Strange Animals feels a bit like rummaging around in someone's well-travelled backpack full of old photographs, seashells, tarot, and countless precious found objects collected for "the passing of knowledge”. A brilliant new voice.’ – Roberto Pastore, Hey Bert (Parthian Books, 2019)

A Canadian grandchild of Dutch and Hungarian immigrants, in Strange Animals, Emily Vanderploeg explores issues of language, ritual, death and identity.

Published by Parthian in 2022 Strange Animals charts the author’s journey from childhood home to settling across an ocean, moving through the vagaries of modern love as she travels to new cities and a newfound maturity.

Originally from Aurora, Ontario, and a graduate of Swansea University, Emily now lives in Swansea, where she teaches creative writing to children and adults.