An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert: All The Way To The River

An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert: All The Way To The River

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Monday, March 2, 2026 - 19:30 to 21:30
Life
Wellbeing
Inspiring
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LIVE at the Barbican
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With more than 25 million books in print worldwide, Gilbert is one of the most beloved literary voices of a generation. Since her blockbuster memoir Eat Pray Love, she has written many bestsellers—including the novel City of Girls and her creativity manifesto Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear which each have sold over a million copies. Also revered for wildly popular TED Talk on creativity (over 21 million views), Gilbert has become a leader for countless others in the fields of business, technology and the arts looking for creative inspiration.

Gilbert’s newest book—her first nonfiction in a decade—is the highly anticipated, All the Way to the River.

What if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening? All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love—or to any other passion, substance, or craving – and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.
 

Elizabeth says: "I wrote this book for myself – and for people who are seekers, people who are hungry, people who are restless, people who feel trapped, people who, perhaps, since earliest childhood have felt that there absolutely has to be a higher meaning to life than what we have been shown."

Elizabeth joins us at the Barbican for a UK Exclusive event. Signed copies of the new book will be available for purchase.

100 VIP tickets available for a meet and greet with Elizabeth before the show 

About the speaker, Elizabeth Gilbert

In her critically acclaimed novels and immensely popular nonfiction, Elizabeth Gilbert expands our understanding of creativity, spirituality, and love. Whatever her subject, whether in fiction or nonfiction, Gilbert writes with “a mix of intelligence, wit, and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible” (The New York Times Book Review). Her #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love exploded onto the scene in 2006 and famously chronicled the year she spent traveling the world after a shattering divorce. Translated into more than 30 languages, the book was adapted into a 2010 film starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem.

In the years since her books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and people around the globe have looked to Gilbert for guidance in leading brave, authentic, and creative lives. With over 21.8 million views, her TED Talk on creativity is among the most popular of all time, while her creativity manifesto, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, was another instant #1 New York Times bestseller selling over 1 million copies.

Her most recent novel is City of Girls, a “fiercely feminist” (Esquire) story of a young woman coming into her own in the theater world of 1940s New York. Debuting at #2 on The New York Times bestseller list, it has sold 1 million copies. Her highly anticipated memoir, All the Way to the River, is out now. Gilbert is also the founder and host of The Onward Book Club (www.onwardbookclub.com), which promotes and celebrates the work of Black female authors.

Learn more about Elizabeth Gilbert here.

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