Join HM Waugh to launch her epic page-turning new middle fiction novel, The Surface Trials.

Hear about HM's process of writing, listen to a short reading, have a chance to ask your burning questions, and compete in The Paper Bird Trials: a mini-quest inspired by the novel and designed by HM!

Small snacks and refreshments provided. RSVP essential, and we recommend pre-ordering your copy of The Surface Trials too.

About The Surface Trials

Three days, three clues, one hungry planet.
Constant surveillance.
The entire universe watching every move.
Some will shatter. Most will fail.
A select few will make it through, instant celebrities.

Welcome to the Surface Trials. The only way into Starquest Academy.

For Amethyst Antares, Starquest Academy offers an escape from the prison of her home planet. For Rian – the uber-famous and expertly disguised heir to the universe's two greatest dynasties – failure to get into his own academy is not an option. And Deneb? Well, he's an outlier…

But this year not everything goes to plan, and Amethyst and her squad find themselves playing for more than Starquest admission. To survive, they'll have to outsmart carnivorous creatures, share dangerous secrets, maintain trust and embrace the most shocking truth in the galaxy.

Set on a fascinating yet hostile alien planet, this pulse-pounding, high-stakes, elimination-quest novel will have readers on the edge of their seats.