Louis de Bernières -  author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, one of the most beloved novels of the past thirty years -  turns to the English countryside in his extraordinary new work, Smelling of Rooks. Part memoir, part meditation, part love letter to the natural world, this is de Bernières at his most intimate and revelatory.
 
In conversation with local author Karen Angelico, Louis will reflect on a life spent listening to the rhythms of rural England, on what it means to grow old in a place you love, and on the relationship between landscape, memory, and the imagination that has sustained his writing for decades.
A headline event not to be missed.
 
Format: Interview & Q&A
Themes: Non-Fiction, Adults, Headliner, Local Interest
Access: Hearing Loop
 
Louis de Bernières Books: Smelling of Rooks, Light Over Liskeard, The Autumn of the Ace, So Much Life Left Over, The Dust that Falls from Dreams, Blue Dog, Red Dog, Notwithstanding, A Partisan's Daughter, Birds Without Wings, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord, The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
Louis de Bernieres is the author of twelve novels  as well as many short-stories, non-fiction and poetry.  He lives in Norfolk.
 
Karen Angelico Books: Everything We Are
Karen Angelico was born in Coventry and grew up in the West Midlands. After moving between Surrey, Kent, Bahrain, and Essex, she now lives in Suffolk with her four sons and works as a senior copywriter.