# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Sarah Brooks discusses how the history of the real Trans-Siberian Express – and the experience of travelling from Beijing to Moscow at a time of rapid change for both Russia and China – inspired her novel The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, which is set on a fantastical version of this famous train. Sarah Brooks lives in Leeds and works in East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. She won the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2019, and a Northern Writers Debut Award in 2021. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, is Sarah’s first novel and was a Sunday Times Bestseller. Part of New Writing North’s Northern Bookshelf Live programme.

Saturday 21 June | 2.00pm
Norton Library
This event costs £7
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/stockton-on-tees/the-trans-siberian-express-turning-fact-into-fantasy-with-sarah-brooks/200028239861310
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Stockton-on-tees
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Norton Library
- **lat**: 54.589645963236
- **long**: -1.3117353620749
- **full address**: Norton Library, 83 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1AE, United Kingdom,Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks being held?
  - **A:** The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks takes place on Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 03:30 pm at Norton Library, 83 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1AE, United Kingdom,Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks?
  - **A:** The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks is organized by Crossing the Tees.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Stockton-on-tees, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Trans-Siberian Express: Turning Fact into Fantasy with Sarah Brooks sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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