Did you know Howl’s Moving Castle was originally a book by the Welsh author Diana Wynn Jones and partly set in Wales?
Join us on Zoom on the 25th of October at 7pm to discuss the novel that inspired the Studio Ghibli film. A little bit of magic just in time for Halloween…
SYP Wales Book Club meets four times a year to talk about our most recent read, but it’s also a great opportunity to connect with other publishing hopefuls and professionals and learn about different aspects of the industry in an informal setting. The Book Club is open to members and non-members alike.
Reserve a free ticket to get access to the event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/syp-wales-book-club-tickets-702183538867?aff=oddtdtcreator
Blurb:
In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell…
Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls…
There Sophie meets Michael, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination.