Headline Panel - Roxy Dunn & Gonzalo Garcia in conversation with Chloë Ashby
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#### SATURDAY 11/April 3.30pm
## Headline Panel
#### Roxy Dunn and Gonzalo Garcia
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Two hugely exciting literary voices take centre stage in this year’s headliner conversation. Roxy Dunn burst onto the fiction scene with her debut novel As Young as This, which was widely celebrated as one of The Independent, Harper’s Bazaar, Stylist, Cosmopolitan and Sunday Times Style’s Best Books of 2024 — a wry, emotionally fluent exploration of love, expectation and the stories we tell ourselves about life and relationships. Her second novel, Wants and Needs, continues her beguiling mix of humour and insight, arriving in early 2026.
Joining her is Chilean-born novelist Gonzalo C. Garcia, whose debut novel We Are The End introduced readers to his distinctive blend of wit and depth and earned critical attention in the UK independent publishing scene. His much anticipated new novel Telenovela, set in Santiago toward the end of Pinochet’s dictatorship, arrives in late 2025 and expands his richly human storytelling into bold historical and political territory.
In this headliner session, the conversation will be facilitated by Wet Paint and Second Self author Chloë Ashby. Dunn and Garcia will reflect on how their identities, backgrounds and artistic journeys have shaped their work; how they navigate expectation and evolution from one book to the next; and offer insight and encouragement for emerging writers and indie publishers charting their own creative paths.
This event is funded by the Arts Council and is free to attend