Two haunting new novels explore the mesmerising and mythic

In Louisa Young’s novel Twelve Months and a Day Rasmus loses Jay and Roisin loses Nico.  But have they really?  And what does the apparent loss of their lovers mean for the future?  In Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s first novel When We Were Birds Darwin is looking for his dead father on the streets of a Trinidadian town, and Yejide is learning from her dying mother how to commune with spirits.  Louisa and Ayanna will be discussing their magical new novels with journalist Georgina Godwin. Book tickets here