An Evening with Sam Leith

We have a very interesting event planned with talented journalist and author Sam Leith, to talk about his new book, The Haunted Wood. Sam will be joining us on Friday the 13th of September at 6:30pm.

The current literary editor of the Spectator, Sam has written extensively for the Guardian, TLS, Financial Times, Telegraph and Daily Mail. He was a judge for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. His previous books include You Talkin’ To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Trump and Beyond, and Write To The Point: How to be Clear, Correct, and Persuasive on the Page.
Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? Maybe you tumbled down a rabbit hole, or flew out of your bedroom window, or found the key to a secret garden? And in the silence of that moment, your whole life changed forever.
Stories written for children offer a glimpse into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. Indelible in our memories, they reveal our pasts, remembered and imagined, and invite us to dream up different futures. More vivid, more affecting than books we read mere months ago, our childhood reading might just be the making of us.
The Haunted Wood is a book to treasure; the first general history of canonic literature written for children through the ages, from Aesop’s Fables to Malorie Blackman. Authored by one of Britain’s leading literary commentators, it explores the magic of our most beloved stories, the lasting grip they seem to have on us and the ways in which they define and console entire generations.
If you'd like to join us for this interesting evening, grab your tickets now!

Host or Publisher Waterstones