BLF 2026: Claire Gilbert: Finding my way to write I, Julian

Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks  |  Sunday 11 October 2026, 12pm

Book Tickets

Claire Gilbert will speak of the way Julian of Norwich guided her through two and a half years of gruelling treatment for cancer, including how to find a new and much deeper writing voice in Miles to Go Before I Sleep. I, Julian was written at the end of the treatment as an act of homage.

Claire will talk about how using her creative imagination to write a fictional autobiography brought her closer to the truth of Julian than a factual biography.