Michel Faber & Rodge Glass: Being Michel Faber

  • Sun 20 Aug 12:30 - 13:30
  • Baillie Gifford West Court
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Michel Faber & Rodge Glass: Being Michel Faber

His unorthodox, uncategorisable novels include Under The Skin and The Book of Strange New Things. Michel Faber is an author so influential and his life so unusual, that Rodge Glass has taken the smart step of writing a biography. Today, alongside Faber, Glass presents Michel Faber: The Writer & His Work – a rare opportunity to hear a biographer in conversation with the subject of his book. Chaired by Michael Williams.

Categories: Fiction, Words/Reading, Writing/Publishing

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Talented Alasdair Gray biographer.