Sarah Waters News and Updates

  ‘Writing is, by its nature, a very solitary pursuit: you spend most of your time as an author hidden away. So to receive this kind of very public honour is a huge thrill. I’m […]

A glimpse at the theatre production of Sarah Waters’ extraordinary novel, The Night Watch.       The novel, adapted for theatre by Hattie Naylor and staged by The Original Theatre Company and York Theatre […]

  This autumn The Night Watch is being adapted for theatre and set to shine on tour for the very first time!   Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor creates a gripping and theatrically inventive adaptation of […]

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 […]

  Lucinda Coxon’s adaption of Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger has been nominated for Best Screenplay by the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, which has just announced its 2019 shortlist for its annual awards.   […]

Sarah Waters was award Writer of the Year at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2018. Sarah was presented her award by Lennie Goodings, Chair of Virago.

The film adaptation of The Little Stranger will be released in cinemas nationwide on the 21st September 2018. Here is a first look at the cover for the film tie-in edition: You can watch the […]

The film adaptation of The Little Stranger is coming autumn 2018. Here is a first look at the final cut: SYNOPSIS   THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a […]

Sarah Waters on BBC World Book Club in London.   On Tuesday 17 April 2018 at 1pm, Sarah Waters will be talking about her acclaimed historical novel, Tipping the Velvet – a saucy, sensuous historical […]

The Handmaiden, inspired by Fingersmith, wins the 2018 BAFTA award for film not in the English language, directed by Park Chan-wook. Find out more about The Handmaiden here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016934/?ref_=nv_sr_1

This is the first film still from The Little Stranger, which is coming to UK cinemas in autumn 2018. The film is being directed by Lenny Abrahamson, produced by Pathé and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth […]