Sarah Waters News and Updates

In July 2016, Sarah Waters was awarded honorary fellowships from both Cardiff University and Goldsmiths, University of London. Find out more below, and watch Sarah’s speech from the ceremony at Cardiff University. Sarah Waters honoured […]

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 […]

The Handmaiden, which was inspired by Sarah Waters’ 2002 novel Fingersmith, will be screened at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th October 2016. Nominated for the 2016 Palme d’Or […]

Thursday 24 November, 6pm, Edinburgh A programme exploring the horror, romance, and darkness of the Gothic tradition through music and the spoken word. The journey takes us from the dark Scottish neuks of Hogg and […]

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:  

  Sarah Waters was granted the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2016 British LGBT Awards. Read an interview with her about this award here.

Before its world premiere at Cannes, a trailer for Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, based on Fingersmith by Sarah Waters has been released.  

Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch was adapted for the stage for the first time in 2016, for the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, by Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor and was directed by Rebecca Gatward.   Click […]

  The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters has been named as one of the 100 greatest British novels, as part of a new poll conducted for the BBC. The list was compiled by BBC Culture […]

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. […]

  The adaptation of Sarah Waters’ debut novel, Tipping the Velvet, has now opened at the Lyric Hammersmith! The play opened on the 19th September 2015 and runs to the 21st November 2015 and has been […]