Sebastian Faulks is one of the country’s best loved novelists, known for books such as Birdsong, Human Traces, Engleby and Charlotte Gray. His writing is renowned for its masterful storytelling and bringing historical periods to life through the inner lives of his characters.

On September 16, Faulks joins us live on stage to discuss his new novel, Farewell to Eden.

In a blazing return to Faulks’ heartland themes of faith, war, and love in conflict, Farewell to Eden is a sweeping portrait of an embattled post-war Britain. It follows Philip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, who arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate.

Live at Conway Hall, Faulks will shed light on the real soldiers’ testimonies he drew on from the Imperial War Museum archives, his own father’s experiences as a soldier posted in British Mandate Palestine, and the legacy of the British Empire in the Middle East. 

Join Faulks for an evening of discussion, ask your questions in the audience Q&A, and have your book signed on the night.