Polly Samson

Polly Samson is the author of two short story collections and two previous novels. Her work has been shortlisted for numerous prizes, translated into several languages and has been dramatised on BBC Radio 4. Her novel The Kindness was named Book of the Year by The Times and Observer. She has written lyrics for four Number One albums, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Burning with the heat and light of Greece, A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost - and the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius.

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Videos

Polly Samson @ 5x15 - The Kindness

Past Events

5x15 Special: Great Lives

Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Event Featuring

Join us for an inspirational journey across seven centuries and hear the incredible true stories behind five extraordinary lives.

Cancelled: A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music

Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
In Conversation
Polly Samson & David Gilmour