Stroud Book Festival is thrilled and proud to present an in-conversation event with renowned novelist and screenwriter, Maggie O’Farrell.

Maggie joins us to discuss her tenth novel, “Land”, her most ambitious to date. Inspired by her own Irish family history and the landscape of the Wild Atlantic Way, it is a spellbinding, multi-generational epic which channels themes of separation, longing, recovery and survival in the shadow of tragedy. It is also a powerful story about place, and how layers of history change landscapes and the people who live in them.

The publication of “Land” follows the release of the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Maggie’s highly acclaimed novel “Hamnet”, starring Jessie Buckley. Maggie co-wrote the screenplay with the film’s Oscar-winning director, Chloé Zhao, and since it came out has been in high demand for events around the world. So we are thrilled to have secured her for a Stroud event, albeit outside our core Stroud Book Festival dates.

Maggie O’Farrell is quite simply one of our greatest contemporary novelists, drawing her readers into unforgettable worlds across different periods of history. Don’t miss this chance to hear from Maggie herself about her craft and her inspirations.

Chaired by Cathleen Mair.

Venue: Sub Rooms

Tickets: £14 (sold out)