Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, talks about her new novel Life of M on a British stage for the first time, with Adam Biles.
Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, gives her first British talk on her new novel Life of M at Union Chapel in Islington on Monday 7 December 2026. Adam Biles hosts.
Cusk was born in Canada and spent part of her childhood in Los Angeles before her family moved to England. She studied English at New College, Oxford, and now lives in Paris.
Her memoirs A Life’s Work and Aftermath came before the Outline trilogy. Second Place won the Prix Femina étranger, and Parade won the Goldsmiths Prize in 2024.
Life of M tells the story of M, a film star and one of the most recognisable faces of her time. Its portrait of fame, beauty and power has been widely debated since publication.
On stage Cusk talks about the craft of autofiction and what the novel says about life and reality, then takes questions from the audience. The evening is held with Faber Members, the publisher’s readers’ community.
Biles is literary director at Shakespeare and Company in Paris, where he has interviewed hundreds of writers. His novels are Feeding Time and Beasts of England.