About this Event
This month we are talking about There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.
'"It is an enchanting epic, told through the vantage of single raindrop, where the sacred mysteries of water, science, and poetry collide' - Safiya Sinclair
There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris – their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh.
About the author:
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-seven languages.
The author of twenty books, fourteen of which are novels, she was awarded the Halldór Laxness Prize for her contribution to the art of storytelling. Shafak's novel, There are Rivers in the Sky, was the UK’s bestselling literary hardback novel of 2025, selling over 500,000 copies.
Widely read in many countries around the world, her writing has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and Prix Femina Etranger, amongst others, and she was nominated for ‘Author of the Year’ at the British Book Awards.
Event venue & nearby stays
Orange City Library, 147 Byng Street, Orange, Australia
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