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Laline Paull talks to Oliver Balch

Fictions: Ice

Hay Festival 2017, 

Am ambitious and compelling new novel from the author of The Bees. It’s the day after tomorrow and the Arctic sea ice has melted. While global business carves up the new frontier, cruise ships race each other to ever rarer wildlife sightings. The passengers of the Vanir have come seeking a polar bear. What they find is a dead body…