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

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With more than 25 million books in print worldwide, Elizabeth Gilbert has become one of the most beloved literary voices of her generation. Since the publication of Eat Pray Love, she has written several bestselling works, including City of Girls and her creativity manifesto Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear — each reaching over a million readers worldwide.

Her influence reaches far beyond literature. Through her widely viewed TED Talk on creativity, Elizabeth Gilbert has become a guiding voice for artists, writers, and seekers across disciplines — reminding us that creativity is not about fearlessness, but about devotion.

Eat Pray Love also exists for me not only as a book, but as a film — one of my personal favourites, and one that has quietly shaped some of my own life decisions. And yes, I’ll admit it openly: I have always loved Julia Roberts — not just for her roles, but for the warmth, vulnerability, and courage she brings to the screen.

Perhaps this is why Elizabeth Gilbert’s words resonate with me so deeply. They speak to the same inner restlessness, the same longing for meaning, and the same quiet belief that life must hold something more than what we are first shown.

As I continue writing my own novel — and walking the path of Dreamers and Seekers — I find myself returning again and again to this question: What if our hunger is not a flaw, but a compass?

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For the Dreamers and Seekers — An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert once said:

“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.”

When I read these words, I felt something quietly fall into place. Because this is exactly where my own journey — and my writing — has always lived. I wrote Dreamers and Seekers from the same inner landscape: for those who have never fully settled into the life that was handed to them, for those who sense that meaning is not something we inherit, but something we must walk toward. And now, as I write my first novel, I find myself standing in that same current again — restless, hopeful, uncertain, and deeply committed to listening.

My novel is a story of self-discovery, loss, love, courage, and transformation. It follows a woman at a turning point, facing the question so many of us quietly carry: 

Is the life I imagined the only way to become whole — or is there another truth waiting beyond the familiar?

That is why this upcoming evening with Elizabeth Gilbert in London feels so meaningful to me. Not as an event to “attend”, but as a moment of alignment.

Elizabeth’s work has always reminded me that creativity is not about certainty. It is about devotion. About showing up again and again for the questions that refuse to leave us alone.

For anyone who feels restless, hungry, or quietly trapped — this evening is an invitation. Not just to find answers, but to remember that we are not alone in the asking.

📍 An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert — All the Way to the River 

🗓️ London 

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I’ll be carrying this night back into my writing, my novel, and the ongoing journey of Dreamers and Seekers. Because stories — when they are honest — do not lead us away from life. They lead us deeper into it.