author events

Author events that took place in 2010 are listed below. Click on a date to jump down.
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April: 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th
May: 1st | 2nd | 3rd

Sunday 25th April

Sunday	25th April	3.30pm	Civic Hall Tea Garden	£12
Tea with… Wendy Cope £12 unreserved including tea and cake

Sunday	25th April	7.00pm	Civic Hall	£12.50
An Evening with Roger McGough – The celebrated poet faces up to That Awkward Age £12.50

Monday	26th April	7.30pm	Civic Hall	£10
Writer, broadcaster and comedian John O’Farrell £10

Tuesday	27th April	11.00 - 4.00pm	Market Space Civic Hall	£40
Writing Workshop with novelist Sophie King (aka Jane Bidder) How to use your memories to write fiction and non-fiction £40 Restricted numbers

Wednesday	28th April	11.00am	Market Space Civic Hall	£8
How to write to get published - Tips from best-selling fiction and non-fiction writers Annie Sanders £8

Wednesday

28th April

7.30pm

Civic Hall

£12

Back by popular demand Cabaret style: £12 Tables of 10: £100. Price includes wine and canapes.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Thursday	29th April	7.00pm	Holy Trinity Church	£10
Holy Trinity 800th Anniversary 'I know thee not old man...' A panel including Jonathan Miller CBE, Salley Vickers (author of Miss Garnet's Angel) and Kate Mcluskie, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, discuss how old age is portrayed in literature from King Lear onwards...Hosted by Paul Allen with readings by Charles Dance OBE £10

Friday	30th April	4.00pm	Civic Hall Tea Garden	£12
Angela Huth, author of Land Girls, made into a very successful film, on her sequel Once a Land Girl £12 unreserved including tea and cake

Friday	30th April	7.30pm	Civic Hall	£12.50
BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson CBE talks about Unreliable Sources, How the 20th Century was Reported £12.50

Saturday	1st May	4.00pm	Civic Hall Tea Garden	£12
Writing the opposite sex? Booker shortlisted writer Mick Jackson. chick-lit supremo Mike Gayle and novelist and ex-Eastenders producer Louise Berridge join a panel who’ll be finding out how easy it is to write for and as the opposite sex. Hosted by Fiona Lindsay. £12 unreserved including tea and cake

Saturday

1st May

7.30pm

Civic Hall

£12.50

An Evening with Jack Dee. Britain’s most miserable comedian in conversation with James Rampton £12.50

VERY FEW TICKETS REMAINING FOR THIS EVENT

Sunday	2nd May	5.00pm	Big School at KES	£12
The Boys of Shakespeare’s School in the First World War. The launch of an excellent new book by King Edward’s School archivist Richard Pearson. £12 unreserved including tea and cake

Sunday	2nd May	7.00pm	Civic Hall	£12
The Bull’s Literary Pub Quiz How good is your knowledge of The Archers, literature and the world around you? Eddie Grundy is our question master. Bring a team or join a table. Cabaret style: £12 Tables of 10: £100

Monday	3nd May	7.30pm	Civic Hall	£12.50
Comedian, award-winner and Radio 4 panellist, Jeremy Hardy, on his hilarious new book My family and Other Strangers £12.50