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April 14, 2015
The Paying Guests shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
We are delighted to announce that The Paying Guests has been shortlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
The Paying Guests was chosen from a longlist of twenty books by a panel of judges chaired by Shami Chakrabarti (Director of Liberty) and including Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman, and the novelist and poet Helen Dunmore.
The winner will be announced on the 3rd June.
Launched in 1996, the Prize is awarded annually and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a ‘Bessie’, created by the artist Grizel Niven.
For more information on the award, see here.
March 23, 2015
Sarah Waters talks about The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters was interviewed by Canadian LGBT online magazine, Daily Xtra, during her recent visit to Canada. You can watch a video of the interview below:
September 29, 2014
The US loves The Paying Guests!
Following on from its success in the UK, The Paying Guests has now reached no. 12 on the New York Times bestseller list!
In addition it has also been receiving some wonderful reviews over there since publication, including this from the Washington Post:
'Some novels are so good, so gripping or shattering that they leave you uncertain whether you should have ever started them. You open “The Paying Guests” and immediately surrender to the smooth assuredness of Sarah Waters’s silken prose. Nothing jars. You relax. You turn more pages. You start turning them faster. Before long, you resemble Coleridge’s Wedding-Guest: You cannot choose but read. The book has you in thrall. You will follow Waters and her story anywhere. Yet when that story ends, you find yourself emotionally sucked dry, as much stunned as exhilarated by the power of art.'
Here is a full round-up of reviews so far:
Best Books For Fall 2014 – The Huffington Post – 08/25/2014
The Columbus Dispatch, 14/9/14
September 19, 2014
Sarah Waters' latest tour details – London, Beverley, Cheltenham & Manchester
Wednesday, 1st October, 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 Guests will be on sale at £15.00.
Tickets: Book tickets online, via email to [email protected], via telephone 020 8670 1920 or pop into the bookshop.
Saturday, 4th October 7.30pm
BEVERLEY
BEVERLEY FESTIVAL – Sarah Waters in conversation with James Nash
Location: Beverley Minster, Minster Yard N, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 0DP
Tickets for Beverley Literature Festival 2014 are now available! Click the link here to book online.
Tickets can also be bought over the counter at Beverley Library, Champney Road, Beverley HU17 8HE or by phone on 01482 392699. (Monday – Thursday 9am – 4.45pm / Friday 9am – 4pm.
Tuesday, 07 October 8pm
CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Festival, in association with Waterstones
Location: TOWN HALL, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1QA
Tickets: £8 – MEMBERS 10% OFF
Public booking opens on Mon 01 Sep at 12:00pm. Buy tickets here
Sunday, 12 October 3pm
MANCHESTER
Manchester Festival, in conversation with Rachel Cooke
Location: Royal Exchange St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH
Tickets: £8/£6
Book on 0843 208 0500 OR online here
September 2, 2014
The Paying Guests debuts at number three on the Sunday Times bestseller list
The Paying Guests has debuted at no. 3 in the Sunday Times bestseller list this week – and continues to receive fabulous reviews since publication on August 28. Here are just a selection:
‘As in every Waters novel you will be hooked within a page . . . The Paying Guests is the apotheosis of her talent; at least for now. I have tried and failed to find a single negative thing to say about it.’ Charlotte Mendelson, Financial Times
‘Absolutely brilliant’ Jacqueline Wilson, Sunday Times
‘A lot of work must have gone into writing this novel but it is no labour at all to devour’ Lionel Shriver, New Statesman
‘Brilliantly involving . . . juicy, beautifully observed’ Metro
‘A stay-up-all-night page-turner’ Glamour
‘Masterly . . . Waters is a cracking storyteller’ Tatler
July 28, 2014
Sarah Waters – London event announced
Stylist Book Club in association with Virago are delighted to present an evening with Sarah Waters, held in the Grand Ballroom at The Rosewood Hotel (http://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/london). The Rosewood Hotel is the former headquarters of Pearl Assurance, and co-incidentally is the very building where Sarah’s character Leonard works in The Paying Guests, and is next door to the site of the old Holborn Empire, where her characters Frances and Christina venture together for an afternoon at the music hall.
For tickets to this exclusive event visit www.stylist.co.uk/bookclubaugust
Ticket-holders will receive a limited edition, not-for-sale copy of The Paying Guests before the event and a signed first edition of the hardback on the night, plus the opportunity to hear Sarah in conversation with Stylist Publisher, Glenda Marchant.
July 24, 2014
The Frozen Scream: A play co-written by Sarah Waters and Christopher Green
Based on the lost 1928 supernatural murder-mystery novel, The Frozen Scream tells the chilling tale of a group who find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge in the depths of winter. Forced to entertain themselves, they begin to tell the tale of Jack Frost, the most terrifying of the Frost Giants. But as the story takes a shocking twist, they discover they should have heeded the early warnings to ‘beware the ice’.
Surrounded by mystery and intrigue, the original novel was quick to receive critical acclaim but fell out of favour when a series of mysterious deaths led to the belief that the novel was cursed. Undeterred by these conspiracy theories, Olivier-award winning entertainer Christopher Green (Tina C, Ida Barr, Office Party) and one of the UK's best-selling novelists, Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, The Little Stranger) bring this largely unread work to the stage in an adaptation that will send shivers down your spine this winter. But is everything as it seems?
Dec 2014 / Wales Millennium Centre tickets:
https://www.wmc.org.uk/Productions/2014-2015/WestonStudio/FrozenScream/
Jan 2015 / Birmingham Hippodrome tickets:
http://www.birminghamhippodrome.com/whatson_focus.asp?ShowId=1864
July 7, 2014
June 23, 2014
Sarah Waters – The Paying Guests – tour dates
Monday 25th August
EDINBURGH
An evening with Sarah Waters, Edinburgh International Book Festival, 8-9pm
Location: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Ticket price: £10.00, £8.00
Link to buy tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/sarah-waters
Tickets go on sale at 8:30am on Tuesday 24 June
Tuesday 26th August
YORK
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Waterstones, 7pm
Location: Merchant Taylors Hall, Aldwark, York, North Yorkshire YO1 7BX
Ticket price: £6
Link to buy tickets: www.waterstones.com/tickets
Or available from Waterstones York: 01904 620784
Wednesday 27th August
MONMOUTHSHIRE
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Chepstow Books, Monmouthshire, 7:30pm
Location: The Drill Hall, Chepstow House, 50 Alexandra Rd, Newport, NP20 2JF
Ticket price: £3 (redeemable against a copy of The Paying Guests)
Link to buy tickets: www.chepstowbooks.co.uk or call 01291 625011
Thursday 28th August
LONDON
Details will be announced on July 29th at 3pm
Monday 1st September
NOTTINGHAM
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Waterstones, 7pm
Location: Sillitoe Room, Waterstones, 1/5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GR
Link to buy tickets: www.waterstones.com/tickets or call Waterstones Nottingham: 0115 947 0069
Tuesday 2nd September
OXFORD
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Blackwell’s
Location: Divinity Hall, The Bodleian, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
Tickets: £20 which includes entry to the prestigious Divinity School at The Bodleian, in Oxford, and a copy of The Paying Guests.
To buy tickets: You can purchase them from the customer service desk in the Norrington Room, or call Blackwell's Oxford: 01865 333623. Alternatively, email [email protected].
Wednesday 3rd September
BATH
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 7pm
Location: Bath Central United Reform Church, Argyle Street, Bath, BA2 4BA
Tickets: £8, with £5 redeemable against a copy of The Paying Guests
To buy tickets: call 01225 331155, email [email protected], or visit the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath, BA1 2JL.
Thursday 4th September
YEOVIL
An evening with Sarah Waters in association with Waterstones, 7pm
Location: Brympton D'Evercy, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8TD
Ticket: £6, redeemable against a copy of The Paying Guests
Link to buy: www.waterstones.com/tickets, or call Waterstones in Yeovil: 01935 479832.
June 19, 2014
Winners of the Grazia/Baileys first chapter competition announced
The winners and runners up for the Grazia and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction First Chapter Competition were announced this month. The contest for aspiring authors was judged by Marianne Jones and Victoria Harper from Grazia, and Sarah Waters who started the story off for them with a carefully crafted first paragraph.
Find out more and read the runners up at www.graziadaily.co.uk/conversation/entertainment/the-grazia-bailey-s-first-chapter-prize-winning-entries.
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