Elif Shafak

A wonderful writer with a worldwide reputation returns to Henley after previous full-house events.The Booker-shortlisted Elif’s novels and non-fiction have been translated into 55 languages. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker; The Island of Missing Trees was a Top 10 bestseller. Now There are Rivers in the Sky centres around one lost poem, two rivers – the Tigris and our very own Thames – and three remarkable lives, all connected by a single drop of water.

In conversation with Leah Davis.