Creative Folkestone Book Festival: Siri Hustvedt: Life After Paul Auster
Create a free account to applyJoin a live conversation with Siri Hustvedt, joining from New York, as Folkestone-based author Ann Morgan chairs a discussion on grief, memory, love and her memoir Ghost Stories. The one-hour event ends with a book signing in The Clearing.
Join Creative Folkestone Book Festival for a live conversation with internationally acclaimed novelist, essayist and thinker Siri Hustvedt as she discusses Ghost Stories, her memoir written in the aftermath of the death of her husband, Paul Auster. The event explores grief, memory, mourning and the way love can continue in new and haunting forms after loss.
The discussion is chaired by Folkestone-based author Ann Morgan, whose own work and projects have championed the power of stories to connect people across borders. Hustvedt joins from New York while Ann Morgan appears in the auditorium, creating an intimate festival conversation about literature, philosophy, art and the stories we carry with us.
This is one of the events in Folkestone Book Festival 2026, a multi-day celebration of stories and ideas. It is scheduled as a one-hour event and is followed by a book signing in The Clearing.
Siri Hustvedt
18 November 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
Location
- Concessionary rates apply to under 21s, full time students, registered unemployed and registered disabled.
£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.
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