A event on Wednesday 25th October. The event starts at 18:30.
One of the most singular novelistic talents of the 21st Century has finally turned his hand to non-fiction, and he’s aimed it right in our Venn diagram of enthusiasms – music, brains, and… well, Michel Faber. You know you’re going to want to read a book on music from the author of such cult classics as Under The Skin, The Crimson Petal and The White and The Book Of Strange New Things.
Listen is a scintillating and exploratory work that asks two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. To answer these he considers biology, age, illness, the notion of ‘cool’, commerce, the dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste and, through extensive interviews with musicians, unlocks some surprising answers.
We are delighted that author and journalist Jude Rogers will be chairing this conversation – her book The Sound Of Being Human makes a compelling and perfectly positioned complement/foil to Faber’s new work.
About Michel Faber
Michael Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK. Listen is his first non-fiction book.
Image credit: Eva Youren
About Listen: On Music, Sound and Us
‘I’m not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I’m here to change your mind about your mind.’
There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what’s going on inside us when we listen.
Michel Faber explores two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. To answer these he considers biology, age, illness, the notion of ‘cool’, commerce, the dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste and, through extensive interviews with musicians, unlocks some surprising answers. From the award-winning author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, this curious and celebratory book reflects Michel Faber’s lifelong obsession with music of all kinds.
Listen will change your relationship with the heard world.
About Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers is author of The Sound Of Being Human, a memoir in twelve songs that delves deeply into the science of why music moves us.
Jude has written about arts and culture since 2003 for the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Times Saturday Review, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Word, MOJO, Q, NME, The Quietus, Wire and The Gentlewoman. She has made acclaimed documentaries for Radio 4, including the 2021 series ‘A Life in Music, and has interviewed artists from Paul McCartney to Dolly Parton, Damon Albarn to Billie Eilish, Laurie Anderson to Michael Stipe, Debbie Harry to the Pet Shop Boys.
Entry requirements:
Listen is a scintillating and exploratory work that asks two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. To answer these he considers biology, age, illness, the notion of ‘cool’, commerce, the dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste and, through extensive interviews with musicians, unlocks some surprising answers.
We are delighted that author and journalist Jude Rogers will be chairing this conversation – her book The Sound Of Being Human makes a compelling and perfectly positioned complement/foil to Faber’s new work.
About Michel Faber
Michael Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK. Listen is his first non-fiction book.
Image credit: Eva Youren
About Listen: On Music, Sound and Us
‘I’m not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I’m here to change your mind about your mind.’
There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what’s going on inside us when we listen.
Michel Faber explores two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. To answer these he considers biology, age, illness, the notion of ‘cool’, commerce, the dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste and, through extensive interviews with musicians, unlocks some surprising answers. From the award-winning author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, this curious and celebratory book reflects Michel Faber’s lifelong obsession with music of all kinds.
Listen will change your relationship with the heard world.
About Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers is author of The Sound Of Being Human, a memoir in twelve songs that delves deeply into the science of why music moves us.
Jude has written about arts and culture since 2003 for the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Times Saturday Review, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Word, MOJO, Q, NME, The Quietus, Wire and The Gentlewoman. She has made acclaimed documentaries for Radio 4, including the 2021 series ‘A Life in Music, and has interviewed artists from Paul McCartney to Dolly Parton, Damon Albarn to Billie Eilish, Laurie Anderson to Michael Stipe, Debbie Harry to the Pet Shop Boys.
Entry requirements:
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