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About This Event
Inspired by the mapping of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, the new novel from the author of
Hamnet
is at once intimate and epic: a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with love and hope.
Land
is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonisation and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.
Maggie O’Farrell is the author of nine previous novels, including
Hamnet,
which won Waterstones Book of the Year in 2020 and the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the same year. Hamnet has been made into a film, and Maggie co-wrote the screenplay with Academy-Award-winning director Chloé Zhao. The film has already won Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes and the audience award at multiple film festivals, including Telluride, Toronto and London. Maggie’s bestselling titles include the novels
After You’d Gone,
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
,
The Hand that First Held Mine
and her memoir
I Am, I Am, I Am
.
The Book & Ticket bundle includes a copy of
Land
(RRP £25), stamped with an author signature exclusive to the
Land
tour.
Q&A
For your chance to get your question answered, please send any questions in advance to
events@waterstones.com
with the subject line ‘York Q&A’. Please note that we cannot guarantee that your question will be chosen.
Performance: Wed 10 Jun at 7:00pm
Venue: Main House, York Theatre Royal
Duration: 1 hour
Please Note: that we cannot guarantee that your question will be chosen.
Tickets: £25