From Folklore to Frames: Sean Michael Wilson on Lafcadio Hearn & Manga

Enjoy a special zoom talk by graphic novel author Sean Michael Wilson at 2pm on Saturday 18 October.

Sean will talk to us about his two books on Lafcadio Hearn that he made with Japanese manga artists. The books include several classic tales of Japanese ghosts and myths and culture adapted into manga style. He will show us pages from the books and talk about how such comic books are made.

Sean Michael Wilson is a writer from Scotland, living in Japan, in the same city that Lafcadio Hearn lived in 125 years ago. He has had more than 40 comic books published, including books on history and society, manga style books, adaptations of classics and his own original stories.

His books have been nominated for both the Harvey and Eisner awards. In 2017 his book ‘Secrets of the Ninja’ won an International Manga Award from the Japanese government – he was the first British person to receive this award. In 2020 he received the Scottish Samurai Award from an association celebrating links between Japan and Scotland. In 2021 his book ‘The Minamata Story’ won a silver medal in the Freeman Book Awards of Columbia University.”

Pay as you wish for the talk, pre-book your place below.