Explora Books Features Karen East’s Sanctuary – A Novel Exploring Managed Narratives, at London Book Fair
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 25th Feb 2026 – Sanctuary by Karen East is a novel that asks what gets preserved when systems decide what may be remembered—and who is allowed to remember it. Explora Books will be displaying Sanctuary during the London Book Fair, taking place March 10–12, 2026, at Olympia London in Hammersmith, London, UK, where the book stands as a quiet but firm challenge to managed narratives and controlled histories.
Rather than rushing its reader through events, Sanctuary takes its time to examine power, memory, and responsibility across generations. The novel moves between two periods: the late 1990s and a near-future United States shaped by surveillance, environmental damage, and enforced compliance. These timelines do not compete with each other. Instead, they...
