Both played ridiculously awesome sets; then we finished the night off by heading over to The Hoxton for a second round of TOKiMONSTA at a TIFF after-party.
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TOKiMONSTA & Flume @ The Opera House
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Q&A with Samantha Shannon
When did you begin writing The Bone Season and what inspired the story?
I started writing The Bone Season when
I was nineteen years old, shortly after completing an internship at David
Godwin Associates (DGA), a literary agency in Seven Dials, a small district in
London. While I was there, I had a vivid image of a
girl having the same day at work as me, but she happened to be clairvoyant –
and The Bone Season was born. I sent the finished book
to the same agency in April 2012 and it was bought by Bloomsbury a month later.
You wrote The Bone Season whilst studying at Oxford. How did you find the time? Describe your writing process.
You wrote The Bone Season whilst studying at Oxford. How did you find the time? Describe your writing process.
I was mostly an
indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport
alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during
the day and The Bone Season in the
evenings.
How do you feel about the film? Are you nervous about
the big screen adaptation?
I’m thrilled about the movie rights being sold, although film can
be an incredibly slow process and I know it will take a while to happen. I
don’t want to write the screenplay – I’ll leave that to a professional
screenwriter – but it’s a huge relief to have consultation rights, and to know
that my opinion will always be taken into account. Andy Serkis, Jonathan
Cavendish and the rest of the team at Imaginarium are passionate, committed,
and always keen to hear what I have to say. It’s incredibly exciting to be
working with such a new, innovative production company, especially as it’s
based in west London, where I live.
When can we expect the sequel? Do you know what's
going to happen? Are you excited to be staying in the world of
Scion for the new books? What is the expected time-frame for all seven
books?
The sequel will be largely set in London and will
focus more closely on the clairvoyant syndicate, which I didn’t get to explore
much in the first book. I’m really excited for this one, as I’ll be able to
redesign and transform large parts of London, which is my home city. I’m hoping
to finish a first draft by early 2014 at the latest so you shouldn’t have to
wait too long.
*Author photo by Mark Pringle
