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Edward Thomas Literary Festival Petersfield Museum
Edward Thomas Literary Festival – 8 October 2022
Petersfield Museum and The Edward Thomas Fellowship are pleased to present the inaugural Edward Thomas Literary Festival. This threeday event takes the life and work of Edward Thomas and expands and explores not only his own literary work but how he has inspired others, his love of nature, and his sense of place and belonging.
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Edward Thomas was a writer, poet, critic and biographer who is best known for his careful depictions of rural England. His poetry was all written during the last two years of his life. He was killed in action during the First World War at the Battle of Arras, on 9 April 1917. With renowned poets, writers and academics taking part, including Kathryn Bevis, Jessica Mookherjee, Yvonne Reddick, Ben Clark, Sasha Dugdale, Sir Andrew Motion, Daljit Nagra, and Ellora Sutton, this festival is not to be missed!
To mark the opening of the festival, there will be an intimate evening of theatre with a rehearsed reading of ‘The Other Man’ by Gwilym Scourfield. ‘The Other Man’ explores the conversations and relationship that could have taken place between Edward Thomas and Robert Frost to inspire their creativity. This radio play will be performed in Petersfield Museum’s unique Victorian Courthouse setting as if being recorded for the airwaves, including live sound effects.
The festival will also feature the Museum’s first ever open mic night. Framed around a beautiful rendition of Steve Marshalls ‘Out of the Wood of Thoughts’ for narration and recorder orchestra, conducted by Chris Burgess, this evening will celebrate creativity in a truly unique way.
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery would like to thank Arts Council England and players of the National Lottery, without whose support we would not have been able to invite such a stellar line up of participants.
For a full list of festival events, including information on how to book event tickets, please visit:
28 www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk/edward festival-2022 -thomas-literary-
