sebastian faulks
fires which burned brightly
In conversation with Claire Armitstead
The life in progress of one of our finest living novelists… We welcome Sebastian Faulks back to the festival to talk about a life well-lived, the episodes including a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range’ – the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street, and a career as one of the country’s most acclaimed novelists. In Fires Which Burned Brightly Faulks once again delivers a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.
Suggesting that ‘the only dividend of the years’ vanishing is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time,’ Sebastian discusses his ‘reluctant memoir’ with The Guardian’s former Literary Editor Claire Armitstead, who is herself making a welcome return to the Festival.
This event is generously supported by Nick & Lalli Draper.
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