Sarah Langford is a best selling author, communicator & public speaker.

Sarah is available for writing commissions, panels, workshops and to chair events.

A decade as a defence barrister gave Sarah a strong interest in the stories of those who are often overlooked.

She writes about the natural world, regenerative farming, food, motherhood and human connection. What connects her writing is a sense of shared humanity and a conviction that storytelling can enable us to walk in the shoes of another and better understand them. She is an experienced panellist and chair.

  • “Excellent, immensely readable….Where Rooted ploughs its own, shining furrow is in its humanity.”

    - John Lewis-Stemple, Country Life Magazine

  • "a vivid new talent...with the observational skills of Alan Bennett and the heart of Charles Dickens.”

    - Tim Shipman of The Sunday Times

  • “Thought-provoking, moving and wise."

    - Elizabeth Day

Books

Sarah Langford is the author of The Sunday Times bestseller, In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law (pub. Penguin 2017), a narrative non-fiction account of her decade as a criminal and family barrister. In 2017, Sarah moved to Suffolk and, together with her husband, Ben, took on the running of his family’s small farm. Her critically acclaimed book, Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution (pub. Penguin 2020), weaves her own story around the stories of other regenerative farmers she met on her journey.

Writing

The Financial Times - The reinvention of farming has come too far to be threatened now. Read more

Country Life Magazine - Lady Eve Balfour and the Soil Association. Read more

The Financial Times - Fantasy Dinner Party. Read more

Wicked Leeks Magazine - Regenerative Farming. Read more

Speaking

Sarah has appeared as a guest on multiple podcasts and radio programmes, on panels, live events as a keynote speaker. Listen to past recordings

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