Havant Literary Festival
What's it all about? ? The objective of Havant Literary Festival is to establish a celebration for the written and spoken word in the Borough of Havant. Noble, noble.....
Where? Havant, Hampshire PO9 | AA Route Planner | multimap
When? 2011, 22-25 September
How much? Between £8 and free
Who?
- David Lodge on his new novel 'A Man of Parts'
- Kay Sexton, author of 'Minding My Peas and Cucumbers: Quirky Tales of Allotment Life'.
- Jane Struthers, author of 'Red Sky at Night: The Book of Lost Country Wisdom' and 'Beside the Seaside: A Celebration of the Place We Like to Be'.
- Precious Williams, author of 'Precious'.
- Schools events sponsored by Havant Rotary
- The King James Bible celebrated in a concert at St. Faith's Church
- The fourth National Poetry Competition.
- H.G.Wells in Portsmouth.
- Michael Sherbourne, H.G.Wells' biographer on Wells at Uppark.
- The stage designer Dick Bird on moving from the page to the stage through theatre design.
- Mark Cocker, author of 'Birds Britannica'.
- Handmade Books workshop at Making Space.
- Mark Blaney, Producer of 'Africa United', hosting a screening of the film.
- The poet John Davies, returning to Havant in his popular guise as Shedman.
Festival Website: www.havantlitfest.org.uk Telephone for Enquiries: 023 92471811
Previous festivals: Kate Summerscale, Ronald Harwood, Murray Lachlan Young, Chris Cleave, In 2009- Fay Weldon, Stella Duffy, Maggie Gee, Claire Armitstead, Michael McCarthy, Simon Brett, Sally Nicholls, Joe Delaney, Lucy Beresford, Isabel Ashdown, Shedman and Louis de Bernières & The Antonius Players
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