Sapphic Author Night with Hannah Deitch and Laura Kay

Come down to The Scarlett Letters for a brilliant conversation about writing sapphic women in fiction with Hannah Deitch (Killer Potential) and Laura Kay (The Split, Tell Me Everything, Wild Things, Making It). We'll be joined by both authors for a discussion followed by Q&A.

Hannah Deitch's debut book KILLER POTENTIAL has been described as a 'queer Thelma and Louise' and a twisted, irresistible mash up of Carol and Parasite. This is a edge-of-your-seat ride following two young women wanted for a crime they did not commit. It's a queer love story and darkly funny critique of how the stories we're sold about out potential can shape the course of our lives.

Doors will open just after 6pm for a 6:30pm start.

About the Authors

HANNAH DEITCH is a former SAT tutor and current PhD candidate in English at UC Irvine, where she studies Marxist theory and contemporary pop culture. A former arts magazine editor with a Master's in journalism from USC, Hannah has been published by the LA Times, LA Weekly, and the LA Review of Books. She lives in Los Angeles, where she also works as an editor at a romance novel-based mobile game studio.

LAURA KAY  is a writer living in East London. Her journalism and personal essays have been published in The Guardian, Diva Magazine, Stylist, The Metro, and The Bookseller among others. In 2018 she was selected for the PRH WriteNow initiative where she developed her first novel The Split, which was longlisted for the Polari First Novel Prize. Her fourth novel Making It was published in July 2024.