VERNAL THAW Book Launch with Frances Cannon and Nina Marianne Scott

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Presentation, book reading, and discussion with Franky (Frances) Cannon and Nina Marianne Scott.

Franky (Frances) Cannon is the author and illustrator of several books: Walter Benjamin Reimagined (MIT Press, 2019), The Highs and Lows of Shapeshift Ma and Big-Little Frank (Gold Wake Press, 2017), Tropicalia (Vagabond Press, 2016), Fling Diction (Green Writers Press, 2024), Willow and the Storm, (Green Writers Press, 2025), Vernal Thaw (Set Margins’ Press, 2026), and Queer Flora, Fauna, Funga (Valiz Press, 2026). Read more at: frankyfrancescannon.com

Nina Marianne Scott is a theatre-maker, liberatory facilitator, lecturer and community artist based in Glasgow. They are the artistic director of Be More Mushroom, a multi-faceted project exploring the many glorious intersections between queerness and fungi through a musical for kids, queer fungal cabaret for adults and creative workshops for all ages. Join Nina for a discussion about gay mushrooms, a reading of their chapter from the upcoming book, Queer Flora, Fauna, Funga (ed. Frances Cannon) and learn a song from their show.