Sarah Waters - Gothic Literature
Lisvane Old School Community Centre, Cardiff, CF14 0SX
Saturday 6th June 2026
Sarah Waters in coversation with Jack Meggit-Phillips
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She is the author of six novels - Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests - most of which have been adapted for stage, television or feature film.
Her books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and she has won a Betty Trask Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the South Bank Show Award for Literature, and a CWA Historical Dagger. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2019 she was awarded an OBE for services to literature. She lives in London.
Read more about Sarah Waters on her website: www.sarahwaters.com
Jack Meggitt-Phillips is an internationally best-selling author and presenter from Lisvane. His debut series The Beast and the Bethany is translated into over 30 languages, and has had a major film deal announced. His new series for children, Jekyll vs Hyde: The Potion of Doom will be released in Autumn 2026. He is a huge fan of Sarah Waters’ gothic masterpieces.
Read more about Jack on his website: jackmeggittphillips.com
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She is the author of six novels - Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests - most of which have been adapted for stage, television or feature film.
Her books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and she has won a Betty Trask Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the South Bank Show Award for Literature, and a CWA Historical Dagger. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2019 she was awarded an OBE for services to literature. She lives in London.
Read more about Sarah Waters on her website: www.sarahwaters.com
Jack Meggitt-Phillips is an internationally best-selling author and presenter from Lisvane. His debut series The Beast and the Bethany is translated into over 30 languages, and has had a major film deal announced. His new series for children, Jekyll vs Hyde: The Potion of Doom will be released in Autumn 2026. He is a huge fan of Sarah Waters’ gothic masterpieces.
Read more about Jack on his website: jackmeggittphillips.com
