We are taking part in this year’s Outview Film Festival with a tribute to British author Sarah Waters, which will include screenings of the BBC series Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith and post-screening discussions with the writer.
As part of the festival, the author will also be visiting Athens to give a presentation on her book, Tipping the Velvet which was translated into Greek («Χείλη σαν βελούδο») in 2009 by Kastaniotis publications.
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and has been an associate lecturer with the Open University. She was established as the most interesting voice of her generation with her first novel Tipping the Velvet (1996). She has won the Somerset Maugham Award for Affinity (1999) and was twice shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Orange Prize for the novels Fingersmith (2002) and The Night Watch (2006). The Little Stranger (2009) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the South Bank Show Literature Award.
Tipping the Velvet, Affinity and Fingersmith have all been adapted for television. The Night Watch is currently in development with the BBC and The Little Stranger is in development with Potboiler Films. Sarah Waters lives in south London.
The tribute to Sarah Waters includes the following BBC series:
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Set in England in the 1890s, Tipping the Velvet is a colourful, passionate and entertaining love story that follows the glittering career of Nan King. The charismatic heroine is captivated by the music hall phenomenon that is Kitty Butler, a male impersonator, visits all her shows and finally meets her heroine. |
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Fingersmith is a two-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005. The story, which is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel, set in Victorian England follows the meeting of two very different young women and what madness ensues. |
