Betsy Cornwell, YA novelist; author of the selkie novel Tides, on her forthcoming memoir, Ring of Salt, which draws on Gothic selkie folklore.
Dr Katie Garner, Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature, University of St Andrews; on ‘Forging the mermaid in Romantic Scotland’.
Dr Sam George Associate Professor, University of Hertfordshire, Co-Convenor of the OGOM Project; on ‘The luck of the Ningyō: Hybridity and the rise of the fake museum mermaid’.
Prof. Catherine Spooner, Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University; on ‘Mermaid Glitter: Fish Scales, Queer Plastic and Vibrant Femininities’.