City Reads, Brighton and Hove’s BIG READ, returns to Brighton Festival with award winning novel Sacred Country, from one of Britain’s literary heavyweights.

Standing in a cold Suffolk field with her family, six-year-old Mary Ward has a revelation: I am not Mary. That is a mistake. I am not a girl. I'm a boy.

Join Rose Tremain (CBE) live for an intimate celebration of her 1992 classic, and re-discover this hugely relevant work told with skill and compassion.