From Sebastian Faulks, author of the global bestseller Birdsong, comes a mesmerising new novel. From the streets of Vienna to a snow-capped sanatorium in the Alps, Snow Country tells the story of Anton and Lena as their country recovers from the desolation of the First World War, even as a greater horror approaches. Gorgeously written and alive with wonderful characters, Snow Country is both a haunting portrait of early 20th century Europe and Faulks’s most poignant love story yet. Order your si

“No young people seem to read books anymore.” When author Sebastian Faulks spoke to his younger, newer colleagues after the pandemic, he noticed they “didn’t really seem to have read very much anything really”. | Times Radio

“I came back as 3.7% Neanderthal – it sort of shakes you up a bit.” Watch Sebastian Faulks, author of our latest New Scientist Book Club pick The Seventh Son, talk about a surprise discovery in his ancestry. https://www.newscientist.com/video/2396085-seventh-son-author-sebastian-faulks-im-3-7-per-cent-neanderthal/ | New Scientist

Sebastian Faulks’s masterpiece BIRDSONG will be released in a specially made online production on 1 July. Tickets from £10 if purchased before 15 July. With a star cast including Max Bowden, Stephen Boxer, Tom Kay, Madeleine Knight and Tim Treloar and narration by Sebastian Faulks himself. Viewing limited to UK only. | Original Theatre

Sebastian Faulks’s masterpiece BIRDSONG will be released in a specially made online production on 1 July. Tickets from £12.50 with special limited ticket packages available. With a star cast including Max Bowden, Stephen Boxer, Tom Kay, Madeleine Knight and Tim Treloar and narration by Sebastian Faulks himself. Viewing limited to UK only. | Original Theatre