James Rebanks in Conversation with Alice Roberts, 21st September

Join James Rebanks, farmer and bestselling author of The Shepherd’s Life, as he discusses his new book English Pastoral. He will be in conversation with Professor Alice Roberts, a biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster.

Don’t miss the chance to hear from James Rebanks as he discusses English Pastoral, a stirring history of family, loss and the land over three generations on a Lake District farm. In this exclusive event, James will launch his new book and answer your questions.

English Pastoral is a story of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and how the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. But it is also one of hope: of how, one farmer is doing his best to restore the life that had vanished, and to leave a legacy for the future.

James Rebanks’s family have lived and worked in the Lake District for over six hundred years. English Pastoral is the follow up to his number 1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd’s Life, which won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages.

In this event he will share what it means to have love and pride in a place, and how, against the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.

Make sure you select the Book in Ticket option to get a copy of English Pastoral posted directly to your door as part of your ticket! If you order the book, it will be posted out following the event and should get to you within a week.

We are working with the 4 Indies, Bookends, Sam Read, The New Bookshop and Jarrold as booksellers for this event. If you purchase a book with your ticket you will be supporting independent bookshops.

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