Elif Shafak in conversation at Emmanuel Centre, London

Join us for a very special publication day event with one our most beloved storytellers, the global bestselling novelist Elif Shafak at London’s Emmanuel Centre, as we celebrate the publication of In One Brief Moment All Eternity.

During a time of great turmoil, Gustave Flaubert created literature's most scandalous heroine: Madame Bovary. He then poisoned her with arsenic. But what if, 175 years later, Emma – and the women history overlooked – could seize the quill from his hands and tell a different story?

In One Brief Moment All Eternity is a luminous reinvention of an iconic male writer, told through the eyes of the women – real and fictional – who shaped him: a devoted nursemaid, an Egyptian dancer and a passionate, jealous lover who refuses to be forgotten. Through their voices, Elif Shafak creates both an intimate portrait of a great artist and an epic meditation on storytelling itself: who gets remembered, who gets erased, and how can literature endure through political upheaval, war and injustice? When the world feels broken, how do we find the hope to carry on?

Elif Shafak is an award-winning and highly acclaimed British-Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into 57 languages. The author of 21 books, including 13 novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Her novels include The Forty Rules of Love, 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in this Strange World and The Island of Missing Trees.

The Signed Book & Ticket bundle includes a pre-signed copy of One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak, for collection on the evening.