Proceeds from the Festival go to
King's Sutton
Parish Church Restoration Fund
2008 Festival programme now available
WELCOME TO THE 5th KING'S SUTTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
at the Memorial Hall
Friday 1pm - 3.30pm - King's Sutton Primary School event
Saturday 10am-6pm - Sunday 12am-5.30pm
The 2008 Programme is here...
This year we believe we have produced another superb programme, with a wide range of topics and speakers. We do hope you will join us at the Memorial Hall in King's Sutton, entrance to the Hall is FREE, where you will be sure of a warm welcome.
Enjoy a relaxing afternoon with books. Come and browse, have lunch, chat to friends, meet new people and the authors. There's plenty to see and do: second-hand books, new books for sale, author promotions - chat to authors about their books, available for sale. Coffee, tea and delicious food is available all through the day, provided by our local culinary talent, The Lazy Chef.
For full details of the programme 2008 programme Kings Sutton Literary Festival
2008 Guest Speakers
Our speakers are chosen for their enthusiasm, knowledge and love of books.
Whichever sessions you choose, you can be assured of a truly enlightening hour.
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Catherine Bailey |
Steven Berkoff |
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©Charlie Hopkinson Mark Billingham |
Tim Butcher |
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Clare Clark |
Martin Gurdon |
©Diocese of Oxford Richard Harries |
SOLD OUT John Mortimer SOLD OUT |
©Dianne Hinds Anne Perry |
Lawrence Potter |
The esteemed interviewers will be: John Duncan, Zoe Johnson, Peter Kyte, Patrick Neale, Garry O’Connor and Winifred Robinson - respectively a retired Archdeacon, two barristers (one a QC), a leading independent bookseller, a renowned biographer/writer and equally renowned BBC journalist.
For full details of the programme 2008 programme Kings Sutton Literary Festival
Martin Gurdon's Young Writers' Workshop on Saturday 8 March at 10.15 in the Memorial Hall, is a FREE session and we would like to encourage any young (or young at heart) aspiring writers to come to this event. Following on, Martin Gurdon will also be running a FREE, informal session on Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance, his successful book and with luck he will have a chicken or two with him.
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King’s Sutton reads Jekyll and Hyde Please pick up your FREE copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and enjoy a ‘good read’ with the compliments of the King’s Sutton Literary Festival. And then...if you’d like to have a chat about the book - what you thought of it, or listen to what other people thought of it, please join us for a drink at The Butchers Arms, Whittall Street, 7.00pm, Wednesday 5th March. Roger Neil says, ‘When Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published in 1886, it was an immediate best-seller worldwide. We still use the expression ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ in our language today. But what does the book say to us now, 122 years after it was first published?’ Roger, a big fan of Robert Louis Stevenson, will host the discussion at the Butchers Arms. Copies are available from the village Post Office, shops and pubs. We look forward to seeing you then. |
The programme is correct at time of going to print but may be subject to alteration without notice.
Our sponsors
This year we are grateful for the support of the Banbury Guardian, who are sponsoring the printing of the programme. Savills are generously providing a banner on the Bodicote Flyover, and Cherwell Valley Silos will erect a banner.
Cherwell Valley Silos
We thank also:
Purely Plants, Middleton Cheney (floral decorations) www.purelyplants.co.uk
&
King's Sutton Scaffolding