As always on the Narratives Library National Edition, our authors will read for a about 5 minutes then discuss their work. Always illuminating!

DENNIS ALTMAN – Death in the Sauna 

A crime story that leads us from a gay sauna, to the intrigues of of an international AIDS conference. This is celebrated gay activist Altman's 17th book and draws on his considerable experience of the gay underworld and the political rivalry. 

LISA HANNET - Vikings Women: Life and Lore

We have all read and watched stories about the Vikings, but mainly about what the men in those societies did. What about the women? Turns out Viking women were a capable, fierce and fairly liberated lot who have been , up till now, not given their due in historical studies. All these stories are well researched case histories of real Viking women, dramatised and brought to life.