The Guardians of Dreamdark with Laini Taylor, in conversation with Alwyn Hamilton
Fri 14 Nov 2025
7:00pm at Bath Elim Church, Charlotte Street, BA12ND
Book + Ticket gives you a free ticket with a copy of the book, all tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, and author talk, and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email tickets@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
We can’t wait to welcome Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning writer Laini Taylor back to Bath for a magical evening in celebration of her highly anticipated new book, The Guardians of Dreamdark: Windwitch.
Laini is the bestselling author behind two of Mr B’s favourites, The Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Strange the Dreamer. The start of an immersive fantasy duology (perfect for readers aged 10 and up!), The Guardians of Dreamdark was the first book that Laini ever wrote, and is sure to delight YA and adult readers alike. Filled with bold magic, enchanted forests, and determined faeries, Laini’s exquisite, dreamlike writing is perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Holly Black!
Laini Taylor is a Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning writer. She lives in
Portland, Oregon, USA, with her husband and daughter.
Laini will be in conversation with Alwyn Hamilton, the bestselling YA author of the Rebel of the Sands series, a heart-pounding romantasy trilogy featuring Djinni magic and a sharp-shooting heroine, and The Notorious Virtues duology, a glittering fantasy thriller set in an Art Deco inspired world!
About the book:
Step into the world of Dreamdark, a place of bright magic and unimagined danger where one determined faerie must fight to defeat a darkness that threatens to destroy the world…
Magpie Windwitch has always felt different to other faeries. While they prefer to live in seclusion, deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she would rather travel on the wind with her faithful gang of crows, exploring the world and dreaming up bold magic.
When an ancient evil rises, Magpie is the only one with determination enough to stand in its way, fighting back where others choose to flee.
But how can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer?
‘Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other’ LEIGH BARDUGO, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
‘Prepare to be enchanted’ SUN
‘Magical’ GRAZIA
‘A stunning, sensory feast of a novel’ DAILY MAIL
‘Leaves the reader enthralled, enchanted and entirely entranced’ NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
‘Remarkable and beautifully written’ GUARDIAN