Works-in-Progress

Event Date: 
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Orillia (live, with the speaker): OA3007 Thunder Bay (in-person, via videolink: AT5037
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Max Haiven
Event Contact E-mail: 
Dr. Sarah Olutola will read from her work in progress "The Queen's Spade"

The event will take place on November 11 at 1pm Eastern
About the work: The year is 1862 and murderous desires are simmering in England. 18-year-old Sarah Bonetta Forbes (Sally), once a princess of the Egbado Clan, desires one thing above all else: revenge against The British Crown and its system of colonial ‘humanitarianism,’ which stole her dignity and transformed her into royal property. From military men to political leaders, she has a list of Brits she wishes to ruin for transforming her into a political puppet and royal pet. The last on her list? Her godmother, Britain’s mighty monarch, Queen Victoria herself. THE QUEEN’S SPADE is loosely inspired by the true story of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter.

Sarah Olutola (pen name Sarah Raughley) is an author, writer, and academic. While currently teaching writing at Lakehead University, she is also a freelance columnist and has written for publications such as The Walrus, Teen Vogue, NBC, CBC, Zora Magazine, and The Washington Post, to name a few. She is also an emerging Young Adult (YA) author whose novels and short stories are published around the world.