From the Author

Over the weekend Sarah Waters was made an OBE for services to literature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. On the honour Sarah said: ‘Writing is, by its nature, a very solitary pursuit: you spend most […]

As part of Historic England’s season of celebration of LGBQT heritage, Sarah Waters visited Anne Lister’s Shibden Hall. Visit the Historic England website at the links below for the article and videos. Watch Sarah Waters […]

Sarah Waters talks about the world premiere of The Night Watch adapted for the stage, debuting at the Royal Exchange in May 2016. Watch the interview here:  

In November 2015 Sarah Waters was invited to choose her ten Desert Island Movies for an interview with Jo Botting at the Cinema Museum, London. Here, Sarah talks through the list she came up with. […]

Sarah Waters was named Writer of the Decade at the Stonewall Awards, in November 2015, in a ceremony hosted by Ian McKellen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Sarah was presented with the […]

Sarah Waters is passionate about London and that passion shows in her novels, where London figures as strongly as her characters. The Paying Guests is set in 1922 in south London and features many local […]

Sarah Waters was interviewed by Canadian LGBT online magazine, Daily Xtra, during her recent visit to Canada. Watch a video of the interview here:  

Wednesday, 1st October 2014, 7.30pm LONDON An evening with Sarah Waters at the Michael Croft Theatre, in association with Dulwich Books Location: Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, East Dulwich, London SE22 8SU Tickets £10/£8. The Paying […]

Sarah Waters has today been announced as a judge for the Baileys Prize First Chapter Competition, in association with Grazia magazine. The competition launches in this week’s edition of Grazia, on sale from Tuesday 8 […]

Sarah Waters recently selected her most memorable reads of 2013 for the book website www.themillions.com, in which she chose classic novels by Elizabeth Taylor and Rebecca West among others. You can read her full selection […]

Sarah Waters will be in Greece next month, at the Outview International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. As part of the festival programme, there will be a screening of the BBC TV adaptation of Tipping the Velvet on 1st […]