1/6/2024 0 Comments Victoria in big city patreonThe suffragettes fighting for the vote for women in Britain a century ago. Abi’s story in the Dark Gifts was partly inspired by I’m fascinated by the difficulty ofĪchieving lasting change, and the individual decisions we all make about howįar we’re prepared to go. Visible and vocal it was, and then how it all seemed to fade away, leaving the In the same way, the Dark Gifts books drew on the Occupy movement – how Neither the media nor the political system, knew how to process what was going There were days of turmoil, and it seemed obvious that Powerful testimony by Christine Blasey Ford at the confirmation hearing of That felt like it had come straight out of the world of my book – like the What blew my mind was the way news kept breaking as I was writing I’ve explained above a little about Sanctuary’s Period, or political event that you draw your inspiration from? Have strong political themes running through them. It’s been called ‘Big Little Lies with witches’, and while the Dark Gifts books were classic Fantasy, I’d call Sanctuary a thriller. It all came together in my story of a dead boy, an angry girl, shattered friendships, and a small town that spirals into a literal witch hunt. And later, while I was writing, the Me Too movement gathered momentum. I was making a programme on the first 100 days of the Trump presidency when the women’s marches were happening and Lana del Rey appeared to call on America’s witches to hex the new president, and I just thought … imagine if they really could. Sanctuary is another alternate contemporary tale – set in a modern-day America where witchcraft is real and tolerated – and also came out of my TV work, and a political moment in time. To transform the world, plus a magical king. But it’s also a whirl of wickedĪristocrats, enchanted dragons, corrupt politicians, gay girls and boys fighting Where Voldemort won’ – that’s actually not too inaccurate! It’s partly myĪttempt to examine how hard it is to effect meaningful change in a society Magic and money function interchangeably in the books as an extreme form of privilege.Ĭan you tell us a bit about the Dark Gifts trilogy and Sanctuary?Įlevator pitch of ‘ Downton Abbey meets Game of Thrones in a world And it was while working on one of those shows – a BBC2 current affairs series about the impact of the ‘super-rich’ 0.001% – that the idea came to me for what would be my first books, the Dark Gifts trilogy, where a contemporary Britain is ruled by a super-wealthy elite that also possesses magic. After several years of the news cycle, I moved into long-form, wanting to tell stories in more depth, first as a producer then as director. When I returned to the UK, I got lucky with a placement at Channel 4 News – which I’ve always admired for its international reporting – that turned into a permanent job producing investigations. After university (where I read History & English and did a PhD in English Catholic writing in the reign of Charles I) I moved to Japan to learn Japanese, then stayed and got a job as a newspaper journalist. I never really had a life plan – I just wanted to be able to do things I find interesting and consider worthwhile and useful. By Olivia Hofer Vic James is a current affairs TV director and the author of Gilded Cage, Tarnished City, and Bright Ruin (Pan Macmillan), an adult fantasy trilogy set in an alternate contemporary Britain ruled by magical aristocrats.Īcademic background, your documentaries, and your transition to fiction
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