An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert: All The Way To The River

Spend an evening with Elizabeth Gilbert, the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, and nine other beloved books of fiction and nonfiction — including her latest, the landmark memoir All the Way to the River.

In 2000, Elizabeth met Rayya and they became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: the two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe. What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them?

And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening? Elizabeth’s story will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love — or to any other passion, substance, or craving — and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.

Elizabeth says: "I wrote this book for myself – and for people who are seekers, people who are hungry, people who are restless, people who feel trapped, people who, perhaps, since earliest childhood have felt that there absolutely has to be a higher meaning to life than what we have been shown.”

Join Elizabeth at the Barbican for a UK exclusive talk about the events and lessons of All the Way to the River, followed by a Q&A.

Signed copies of All the Way to the River will be available for purchase at the show

About the speaker, Elizabeth Gilbert

With more than 25 million books in print worldwide, Elizabeth Gilbert is one of the most beloved literary voices of a generation. Since her blockbuster memoir Eat Pray Love, she has written many bestsellers — including the novel City of Girls, the creativity manifesto Big Magic, and her latest, the groundbreaking memoir All the Way to the River. Her first TED talk, “Your Elusive Creative Genius,” remains among the most popular TED talks of all time, and is the basis for Elizabeth’s talks and workshops encouraging people to lead braver, more authentic lives. She is a popular and dynamic speaker known for her commanding yet intimate stage presence and inspirational talks delivered with authenticity, warmth, and humor.