FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER
cheltenhamfestivals.com 4–5pm
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Nature
5–6pm
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Family
5.45–6.45pm
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Current Affairs
Robert Macfarlane Miranda Hart’s Fifty Things And Jackie Morris Magical Adventure That Made The Modern Economy The Sunday Times Garden Theatre The Times Forum £9*
£20*
Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn... The Lost Words is a magical celebration of nature words and the world they invoke. The awardwinning author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris talk to Tim Hubbard about the disappearance of words representing the natural world from our children’s vocabulary; can we re-wild our language, and is the idea of a wild childhood disappearing?
4–5.30pm
Ticket includes a signed copy of The Girl With The Lost Smile. Ages 9+ and the whole family. Join award-winning actress and Queen of Comedy Miranda Hart as she introduces young readers to her debut children’s book The Girl With The Lost Smile. Chloe has a big imagination and an even bigger heart… until the day she loses her smile and embarks on an extraordinary adventure to find it.
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The Sunday Times Garden Theatre £9* From the diesel engine and the iPhone to IKEA’s Billy bookcase, join The Undercover Economist Tim Harford for a whistle-stop tour of the inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to shape the world we live in today.
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Fiction
Two Roads Proof Party
5.15–6.15pm
The Nook £15*
Blood And Words: The Poetry Of War
The Bookseller’s Associate Editor Caroline Sanderson presents three distinctive authors for 2018 from Two Roads – a new imprint of John Murray Press. The Sealwoman’s Gift, set in 17th century Iceland, is the debut novel from Sally Magnusson, bestselling author of Where Memories Go. Twitter superstar Aaron Gillies’ The Anxiety Survival Guide is a funny, reassuring and helpful book for when your brain is your worst enemy, and Sarah Haywood introduces the prickly heroine of her sparkling debut The Cactus.
Town Hall, Baillie Gifford Stage £10*
Ticket includes refreshments and a goody bag of limited edition proofs.
4.15–5.15pm
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Poetry
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Fiction
True Crime Tales: Emma Flint And Denise Mina
Following the incredible success of 2014’s love poetry event with Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory, Allie Esiri returns with a powerful new show of poems taken from A Poem For Every Day of the Year. Joined by Harry Enfield and Alison Steadman, with live drawing by Charlie Mackesy, Esiri takes us on a journey through the poetry of war: from Shakespeare on the eve of Agincourt to Tennyson on The Charge of the Light Brigade, Wilfred Owen in the trenches to Simon Armitage’s contemporary take on conflict.
The Inkpot £8* Haunting, intoxicating and heart-poundingly suspenseful, we take a look at two of this year’s most gripping true crime novels. Emma Flint (Little Deaths) and Denise Mina (The Long Drop) talk to Barry Forshaw about their compelling new thrillers and consider why the truth is often the most complicated fiction of all.
* Plus transaction fee: charged per order, not per ticket. £2.50 for online and telephone bookings, £1.50 for in person bookings with credit/debit cards. No fee for cash bookings.
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