Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White…In Beijing this Wednesday

Just a quick reminder that I will be at the Beijing International Literary Festival at the Beijing Bookworm on Wednesday night with the fascinating Michel Faber – among other things we’ll talk about his sprawling novel of Victorian London’s underworld in The Crimson Petal and the White (now a BBC series with Romola Garai and Mark Gatiss) and his sci-fi novel Under the Skin (rumoured to be made into a film with Scarlett Johansson).

Michel Faber – Under the Skin

Beijing Bookworm Wednesday, 9 March 6pm – RMB50 (tickets on sale now at The Bookworm from 9am until 9pm)

Michel Faber is a best-selling literary master of the unsettling and unexpected. His stylistic virtuosity sets him apart, no two of his books are the same: each an unclassifiable blend of science fiction, horror, thriller, historical fiction, ghostliness and satire on modern life. From the Victorian back-alleys and prostitution of The Crimson Petal and the White to the spine-tingling hitchhiking horror of Under the Skin. Possessing a dark humour, graceful touch and vivid imagination, Faber speaks on his diverse body of work and his compulsion to write. Moderated by Paul French, author of Fat China and Through the Looking Glass.