Join acclaimed writers and longstanding friends Kate Mosse ad Jacqueline Wilson for an intimate chat encompassing their thoughts on life, writing and creative inspiration. Both writers of strong female characters, the pair also share a sense of adventure in real life. Far from resting on their publishing laurels, Mosse recently toured a one-woman show of Labyrinth, while Wilson has just published Think Again, her first adult novel in a career spanning five decades. Similarly Mosse will also be publishing her first book for a young adult audience later this year.

They discuss revisiting characters many years after first creating them, how books can take on a life of their own, in adaptations and otherwise, and give insights into how their writing life changed following the success of their books. Mosse is founder director of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and Women’s Prize for Fiction, for which Wilson has been a judge.

This talk will be livestreamed from Hay Festival.