When readers pick up 'Rapture', the award-winning seventh novel by acclaimed author Emily Maguire, they’re immediately immersed in the world of 9th century Europe. But there’s a little bit of modern-day life at the ANU within those pages too. Maguire worked on 'Rapture', which recently won the Queensland Literary Award for best work of fiction, as an HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellow with Arts & Social Sciences at ANU. The Fellowship allowed Maguire to live and work on campus for three months and “go really deep” on her historical novel, which is inspired by the story of Pope Joan. Emily Maguire will be discussing her brilliant novel on Saturday 25 October at a Canberra Writers Festival event at the National Portrait Gallery, in conversation with local author Tabitha Carvan. Read more about the creation of 'Rapture' in ANU Reporter: https://reporter.anu.edu.au/.../how-anu-set-the-scene-for...