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5x15 Livestream: James Rebanks on The Place of Tides

Live at Conway Hall, London

WithJames Rebanks

At: Online-only

On:4th November 2024, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

5x15 Livestream: James Rebanks on The Place of Tides at Online-only

We're happy to be partnering with 5x15 to offer international customers the opportunity to purchase a copy of The Place of Tides by James Rebanks alongside their livestream ticket for an event that will be broadcast on the evening on Monday 4th November. International shipping rates and taxes will be automatically calculated at checkout.

Please note that if you would like to attend the event in person or order a livestream ticket alongside a copy of The Place of Tides for delivery to a UK postal address, you can sign up via the 5x15 Eventbrite page.

5x15 will be hosting a special event with James Rebanks, bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life and English Pastoral, on the evening of Monday 4th November. He will be live in conversation at Conway Hall in London, speaking about his captivating new book The Place of Tides.

About The Place of Tides:

One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on.

Back at home, Rebanks couldn’t stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly – and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island.

The Place of Tidesis the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. What began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.

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James Rebanks Author

James Rebanks is a farmer and writer based in the Lake District. His No. 1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd's Life, was translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, was also a Top Ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. His forthcoming book, The Place of Tides, will be published on 17th October.