Proceeds from the Festival go to
King's Sutton
Parish Church Restoration Fund
2008 Festival programme now available
THE 5th KING'S SUTTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
at the Memorial Hall
Saturday 10am-6pm - Sunday 12am-5.30pm
The 2008 Programme was a great success...be sure to join us next year (dates to be confirmed)
Our Literary Festival has become well and truly established as a not-to-be-missed event in local book lovers calendars. 2008 saw increased tickets sales, despite fewer sessions, and yet again a programme of stimulating, entertaining, erudite and fascinating speakers. The atmosphere in the Hall was as busy and friendly as ever, with many local people dropping in to buy a second hand book, staying for something tasty from The Lazy Chef who add greatly to our event with their delicious food and cheerful, enthusiastic service.
For full details of the programme 2008 programme Kings Sutton Literary Festival and visit this site again for any dates and advance information for 2009.
2008 Guest Speakers
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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 were: 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, was a FREE session and we emncouraged any young (or young at heart) aspiring writers to come to this event. Following on, Martin Gurdon ran 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.
This was a new initiative for 2008 and a good group gathered to discuss the book on 5 March at The Butchers Arms in Kings Sutton
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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. |
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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