An Evening with Sebastian Barry

Name: An Evening with Sebastian Barry
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Location: Nicolson Square Edinburgh

'The Newer World' Publication Day Launch

WithSebastian Barry

At: Nicolson Square Edinburgh

On:10th September 2026, 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Attendance options:

Book & In-person Audience£20.00In-person access, along with a physical copy of The Newer World (RRP £20.00)

In-person Audience£15.00 In-person event access (this does not include a copy of the book) - Limited to 4 per person

Free In-person Audience£0.00In-person event access - Limited to 1 per person- Free access is limited, so please consider leaving for those who can't afford other options

An Evening with Sebastian Barry at Nicolson Square Edinburgh

We're excited to welcome Sebastian Barry to the Great Hall at Nicolson Square Edinburgh for a publication day launch of his new novel, The Newer World. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Old God's Time and Days Without End comes a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.

Barry will be in conversation with Peggy Hughes.

Doors due to open at 7pm. This event will take place in the Great Hall at Nicolson Square Edinburgh. Books for the 'Book & In-person Audience' option will be available to collect at the venue on the night.

About The Newer World:

I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.

The Newer World follows the life of Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – as he journeys to find meaning and belonging in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.

Please note: Tickets for our events are non-refundable. Professional photography and videography may take place during this event. Thank you for your understanding.

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Sebastian Barry Author

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018–21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year Award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and he has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in County Wicklow.

The venue

Nicolson Square Edinburgh

The Methodist Church
Nicolson Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9BX

Telephone: 0131 662 8635

Website: www.nsevenue.com

Main hall accessible via lift, accessible toilet facilities.