SOLD OUT! Elizabeth Gilbert MAY TALK

SOLD OUT! Elizabeth Gilbert MAY TALK

Talk

Monday, May 21, 2018 - 19:00 to 20:30

Spiritual

Inspiring

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Elizabeth Gilbert is a bestselling author and speaker. Her memoir 'Eat, Pray, Love' has been translated into more than 30 languages and has sold over ten million copies worldwide.

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This evening Elizabeth will be speaking about the importance of what she calls "Creative Living" — a spirit of living in which one makes a concerted effort to stay awake, responsive, and curious about life as it is constantly unfolding around you.

Creative Living is more about a way of interacting with the world, and less about what you produce or achieve. Creative Living is also about always choosing the path of curiosity over the path of fear (in this way, Elizabeth argues, your life itself becomes a creative project.)

In a series of humorous and emotionally-searching anecdotes from her own journeys around the world, she will talk about ways she has challenged herself to stay awake, responsive and curious — even when stuck in circumstances that might seem mundane, tiring, or uninspiring.

Elizabeth will also discusses with candor about how a certain degree of uncomfortableness and awkwardness is to be expected in Creative Living, if we are truly to push past our own protective boundaries. It's not always easy to put yourself out there, or stay open, creative, and engaged, but it's worth the risk and the effort, because nobody ever got surprised by life by trying to play it safe.

About the speaker, Elizabeth Gilbert

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In her critically acclaimed novels and immensely popular nonfiction, Elizabeth Gilbert expands our understanding of creativity, spirituality, and love. Whatever her subject, whether in fiction or nonfiction, Gilbert writes with “a mix of intelligence, wit, and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible” (The New York Times Book Review). Her #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love exploded onto the scene in 2006 and famously chronicled the year she spent traveling the world after a shattering divorce. Translated into more than 30 languages, the book was adapted into a 2010 film starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem.

In the years since her books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and people around the globe have looked to Gilbert for guidance in leading brave, authentic, and creative lives. With over 21.8 million views, her TED Talk on creativity is among the most popular of all time, while her creativity manifesto, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, was another instant #1 New York Times bestseller selling over 1 million copies.

Her most recent novel is City of Girls, a “fiercely feminist” (Esquire) story of a young woman coming into her own in the theater world of 1940s New York. Debuting at #2 on The New York Times bestseller list, it has sold 1 million copies. Her highly anticipated memoir, All the Way to the River, will be published on Sept 9, 2025. Gilbert is also the founder and host of The Onward Book Club (www.onwardbookclub.com), which promotes and celebrates the work of Black female authors.

Learn more about Elizabeth Gilbert here.

Timetable:

18:15

Doors open

19:00

Talk commences

20:30

Talk ends

Venue:

St James's Church

197 Piccadilly

London

W1J 9LL

United Kingdom

External links:

Elizabeth Gilbert's website

SOLD OUT! Elizabeth Gilbert MAY TALK

SOLD OUT! Elizabeth Gilbert MAY TALK

This evening Elizabeth will be speaking about the importance of what she calls "Creative Living" — a spirit of living in which one makes a concerted effort to stay awake, responsive, and curious about life as it is constantly unfolding around you.

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