9/7/2021, 7:00:00 PM
Come along on the 7th September and be part of the award-winning author Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s launch for his extraordinary new book, The Turning Point, as he goes LIVE and in convo with the classicist and Transmission Prize winner, Natalie Haynes.
Yes, the year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a turbulent time in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and early signs that his marriage is falling apart. But this formative year will become perhaps the greatest turning point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives, and develops a new form of writing that will reveal just how interconnected the world is becoming.
Robert transports us into the foggy streets of Dickens's London, closely following the twists and turns of a year that would come to define him, and forever alter Britain's relationship with the world. This will be the closest look yet at one of the greatest literary personalities ever to have lived.
Join us 7th September at 8pm.
Want to be part of this great, digital celebration? Come along, book on the Salon for £7 or pre-buy the book and the livestream (and a watch back function) for just £27: The Turning Point: A Year that Changed Dickens and the World (published 2nd September 21). Or become a member and let us curate a whole year of ideas - and watch whenever you like.
We will also be offering a LIVE signing of Robert’s book for anyone who has bought the book from us and love hearts sent with every book.
