Graham Swift

Graham Swift's return to the short-story form with the highly acclaimed England and other Stories has confirmed him as a master storyteller.

Swift is the author of nine novels, including Waterland and the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. In his new collection he has created a richly-peopled vision of an England that is both a crucible of history and a maze of contemporary confusions. He steers us effortlessly from the Civil War to the present day, from world-shaking events to the secret dramas lived out in rooms, workplaces, homes.

For this special event at the British Library, which holds his archive, Graham Swift will read a complete story from his new collection, and talk about his new book and his writing in general with author and Eccles Writer-in-Residence at the British Library Erica Wagner.