Creative Folkestone Book Festival: Dame Marina Warner: Shelter in an Unsettled World
Create a free account to applyHear Marina Warner explore sanctuary through myth, literature, history and refugee storytelling projects in the UK and Sicily. Novelist Zoe Gilbert chairs the discussion, which is followed by a book signing.
Acclaimed writer, mythographer and historian Marina Warner explores the urgent idea of sanctuary in conversation at Folkestone Book Festival. Drawing on myth, literature, history and her work with refugee storytelling projects in the UK and Sicily, she considers how stories can create connection, dignity and new ways of imagining home in a world shaped by migration, conflict and nationalism.
The event is chaired by novelist and storyteller Zoe Gilbert, bringing an additional literary and folkloric perspective to the discussion. It forms part of a wider annual festival celebrating stories, ideas and conversation by the sea, and is designed for anyone interested in writing, belonging, refuge and the power of narrative to help us understand the world differently.
The event is followed by a book signing.
Dame Marina Warner
14 November 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
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£5 Cost of Living ticket plus £1.50 booking fee. Standard tickets are £12 plus £1.50 booking fee, and concession tickets are £10 plus £1.50 booking fee. Concessionary rates apply to under 21s, full-time students, registered unemployed and registered disabled with proof of status.
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