Please note: This is an online event.

We are thrilled to have award-winning author Steven Conte joining us online to discuss his new book, The Tolstoy Estate. Set in the first year of the doomed German invasion of Russia in WWII, The Tolstoy Estate is a a poignant, bittersweet love story, as well as a compelling exploration of the brutality of conflict and the limits that people reach in war time.

Conte will be joined in conversation by actress and host of the Vodka, Books and Me podcast, Sacha Horler.

This is an online event and free to attend. Please book here, and you will be sent a unique Zoom link.

How to ‘attend’ a virtual event at Readings

This event commences online at 6.30pm using the video conferencing platform Zoom.

To book for this event, you must provide your email address.

To ensure the Zoom event stays private, participants will be emailed an unique zoom link and a password 30 minutes before the event begins on the day of the event. Please check your email.

All bookings for online events will be closed one hour before the event begins.

You do not need to a Zoom account to join a meeting, but mobile users will need to download the Zoom app for their device. Desktop and laptop users can either download the Zoom application or access the event via their web browser.

You can download Zoom here.