Newark Book Festival 2022 Brochure

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Welcome

We are thrilled to welcome a fantastic range of authors, speakers, musicians, and artists to Newark for the 2022 Festival. This year, we’ll be delving into the wonderful world of music and writing, with West End Stars, Beatles Biographers, BBC Radio Stalwarts and Classical Music Superstars, as well as wonderful writing across all your favourite genres including crime, romance, poetry, and storytelling!

Unless indicated by the event, all tickets are available from Newark Palace Theatre. The Box Office is open 10am-5pm, Wednesday to Saturday, and you can book in person, over the phone on 01636 655755, or online at www.palacenewarktickets.com.

Books for Theatre headliner events can be purchased with your tickets. Festival Friends can phone or pop into the Box Office in person.

So, grab your reading glasses, and your old guitar, and we’ll meet you in the market place ready to make some noise!

Sara Bullimore Artistic Director

Continued thanks to all our funders and supporters, we would not be here without you. Special thanks to Arts Council England, Newark & Sherwood District Council, Newark Town Council, our sponsors, local businesses, venues, and the Friends of the Festival – your support means everything to us.

It would be amiss of me to not mention our beloved Alison, our Friend, Board Member and Photographer – please do have a look at our new Alison Loydall Award as part of our annual competition and forever in her memory.

The beat lives on…

If you have any questions please do ask, we are always happy to help.

Please note that tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable, except in the event of a cancellation by the Festival. Latecomers will not be admitted.

Please note all digital ticketholders will be sent log in and event links near to the date.

Not to mention the return of some of our ‘muchloved’ family favourites, the River Boat cruise. But don’t forget to follow us on social media for news of any extra events, pop ups and surprises along the way!

We welcome two new venues to our Festival Family Tree and Grain@No1 and continue to offer some events online working with digital partners I am in Print and new for 2022, Saga Fiction.

Many events have limited capacity so we do recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment.

Most author events last 45-60 minutes with book signings post-event.

The Festival Bookseller

The Bookcase (Lowdham) will return with our fabulous Festival bookstall. They will be located in the Council Chambers at Newark Town Hall, so we invite you to visit throughout the Festival, and pick up a signed book or two! The Bookcase will also be running pop-up bookstalls at author signings, for all your bookish needs!

The Literature Village – Festival Stall

Our Literature Village continues to expand so for the first time ever, the stalls will be open in the Market Place on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday! That’s four full days of wonderful local crafts, bookish organisations, authors and published books of all genres! Make sure you take time to visit. You will also find the Festival Stall here over the weekend, where we have a pop-up Box Office, our NBF teddies, pens, new postcards and much more.

The National Civil War Centre FREE ENTRY

Show your Book Festival ticket for free entry to the National Civil War Centre on the Festival weekend!

See Byron’s printing press up close in the Newark Museum and explore the main Civil War gallery to get a taste of the full Centre.

Capturing the life of the Festival – competition

We would like to announce our Newark Book Festival competition for 2022.

This is in memory of our wonderful Book Festival Board Member, Alison Loydall who sadly passed away earlier this year. Alison’s amazing smile and personality was infectious. She would be found darting around the festival venues taking amazing pictures and capturing the ‘essence of the festival’. She will be sadly missed by all.

Our Alison Loydall Photography competition is open to everyone. We would like you to send us your pictures which capture the life of Newark Book Festival. This could be from the summer festival, schools events or any pop up event.

Closing date 10th October 2022. The winners will be announced at the Christmas Event in Newark where a selection of the photographs will be displayed.

Information correct at time of going to print.

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One entry per person. Two age categories – Under 16 and 16+.

Full details on the website.

Please email your entry to newarkbookfestivalcompetitions@gmail.com

Festival Box Office: 01636 655755

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Sponsor spotlight Stokes Coffee

Miner2Major

Family-run Stokes Tea & Coffee has been brewing up exceptionally fresh roasted beans and blends for over 120 years. The family firm began in 1902 and has become a much-loved institution. Now in its fourth generation, Nick Peel is the latest member of the family to run the company. He and his team put as much love today as they always have into sourcing, roasting and blending coffee and tea for retail and wholesale customers across Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and beyond, as well as running cafés and a Barista Training Academy in Lincoln. www.stokescoffee.com

We are delighted to be working with Miner2Major, a Sherwood Forest landscape partnership scheme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to both organisations for their support, which enables us to fund our outreach work in Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe. ww.miner2major.org.uk

Friday 15 – Tuesday 19 July Sarah Ann Juckes - Writer in residence Critically-acclaimed children’s author, Sarah Ann Juckes, will be at Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre in Edwinstowe to explore her forthcoming children’s book, which is set to include the landscape and heritage of the site and myth of Robin Hood. A chance for visitors to get creative!

Schools’ Programme

Our Pop-Up Festivals As well as our four-day July extravaganza, we’re also getting out and about across Newark and Sherwood this year, and we have fantastic pop-up events with authors, workshops and all manner of bookish fun! Miner2Major is supporting the events in Edwinstowe and at Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum.

• Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th July • Southwell Festival day (including Southwell Minster) - Saturday 13th August • The National Holocaust Centre and Museum Wednesday 17th August • Edwinstowe Festival day Saturday 3rd September • Cat Asylum Brewery, Collingham Saturday 17th September

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Syrian Families Arts Project We’re really excited to be partnering with NCVS, Homestart, Newark and Sherwood District Council and Taylor Made Arts to host a series of lead-in workshops with the Syrian Community in Newark and Sherwood, exploring traditional stories and memories. Keep an eye on our social media for more information about this fantastic project!

• Hopbarn, Southwell - Saturday 1st October • Newark Christmas Market - 10th & 11th December Make sure you save the dates in your diaries and follow us on social media for more details, coming soon!

This year we are delighted to be continuing our popular Schools’ Programme, matching authors and schools across Newark & Sherwood for workshops and author talks. Our wonderful writers will be meeting pupils at Chuter Ede Primary School, Barnby Road Academy, Newark Orchard School, The King’s C of E Primary Academy, Halam C of E Primary School, North Clifton Primary School, Lake View Primary and Nursery School, Sutton on Trent Primary School and more.

We also welcome back The Young Journalist Academy - a programme established in 2008 designed to encourage young people to engage with news and current affairs by creating their own articles, films, podcasts and photographic projects. This is a fantastic opportunity that offers pupils, schools and community groups the chance to gain national recognition for the ability to create quality broadcast material in partnership with Paradigm Arts and c1 media.

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WEDNESDAY 6 JULY TH

Fri ng e Events

Saga Book Launch

Time Hop! Community Launch Performance with Zuzka

5.30pm BST Online - Zoom

12:30pm - 1pm Newark Market Place

FREE BUT MUST BOOK.

We are delighted to be working with new partners Saga Fiction. They are an Indie publishing house who work with commercial authors from around the globe. Alongside their e-books they have launched a fiction reading app, with the aim of making reading more accessible. They provide a platform for new writers to share their work across a global audience.

FREE Join us for a spectacular launch to the Festival with music, singing and dancing, choreographed by AJs Dance and with performances by Zuzka.

Take a trip through the decades from 1920s onwards, with songs to get you moving your feet, and clapping along - keep an eye out for our wonderful cast of volunteers and Newark businesses! Just make sure you are in the Market Place at 12.30pm: we promise, you won’t want to miss this one!

Tonight we invite you to attend one of their book launches with authors Jonita Davis with Carrying On and Ellie Martin-Mckinsey with Turtle A.

Publishing Your Book – Q&A 7.30pm - 8.30pm BST Online FREE BUT MUST BOOK. Overwhelmed by the publishing process? Unsure what route to take? Looking for help with design and layout?

Then don’t miss our workshop. We’ll be answering your questions about getting published and sharing our top tips. Plus find out about our brand new DIY typesetting course. Bring your notebook and your favourite beverage.

Heritage Literary Walk

9.15am arrival for 9.30am - 11am Newark Town Centre Meet outside National Civil War Centre, Appletongate £8/£6 FESTIVAL FRIENDS As part of our work with Newark’s Cultural Consortium and Historic England’s Heritage Action Zone, we’ll be hosting this fantastic walking tour of Newark town centre, with local historian Kevin Winter. You’ll explore our historic town centre and its fascinating history, and each walk includes time to reflect and write about and draw different parts of the buildings, as well as learning all about their histories.

Limited capacity, early booking recommended.

Exhibition: 70 Years of Books

1st July - 31st July St Mary Magdalene Church FREE In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, this year our exhibition will celebrate 70 years of books. We will be showcasing some of our favourite books from 1952 and exploring the stories that captured our imaginations and hearts.

THURSDAY 7 JULY TH

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Literature Village

10:00am - 3:30pm Newark Market Place

Located near the Town Hall, we present stalls full of literary delights – with the chance to meet local authors, museums, booksellers, publishers, craft makers and more.

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Amplifying your Climate Actions: A unique tool to build Climate Communities 11am - 12 noon St Mary Magdalene Church FREE BUT MUST BOOK Are you worried about the Climate Crisis? Newark-raised scientist and author Dr Louis Keal presents a talk and discussion on how to amplify our actions towards a better, less dangerous world. Community action together with our families, friends, neighbours and colleagues is the first step, and Louis introduces his unique tool to help kickstart this action: his ‘gift’ book. “A Gift for Conversation: Let’s Discuss Climate Change” is designed to be given by those who see the need for immediate climate action to those who don’t.

Sponsored by Newark College

Festival Box Office: 01636 655755

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THURSDAY 7 JULY TH

Schools - LD Lapinski

Gill Hornby – Godmersham Park

NEWARK AND SHERWOOD SCHOOLS £2 PER PUPIL/ £3 PER PUPIL OTHER SCHOOL BOOKINGS/ TEACHERS FREE

£6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

11am - 12 noon Newark Town Hall

2pm - 3pm Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre, Appletongate From the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Miss Austen, comes a wonderfully original, emotionally-complex novel, following Anne Sharp, a governess who became close to Jane Austen and her family. Anne’s arrival at Godmersham Park is all novelty and excitement, but Anne is neither one of the servants, nor one of the family, and balancing a position between the ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ is a diplomatic chess game. When the Austens visit the house, and Jane Austen’s brother Henry begins to take an unusually strong interest in the lovely young governess, Anne’s days at Godmersham Park are numbered. Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. Interviewed by author Sarah Ward.

We are thrilled to invite primary schools to this special Key Stage 2 author event. L.D. Lapinski is the author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency trilogy, a fantastic adventure series, which has been published around the world in fifteen languages! L.D. will be sharing the third and final instalment in the hit magical adventure series The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: The Secrets of The Stormforest. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world! “Assured, witty and inventive, this debut has ‘future classic’ written all over it” - The Guardian. Home educating? You are more than welcome so drop us a line! Interviewed by Kate Hancock.

To book email hello@newarkbookfestival.org.uk

Secondary Schools - Darren Simpson 1:45pm - 2:45pm Newark Town Hall

NEWARK AND SHERWOOD SCHOOLS £2 PER PUPIL/ £3 PER PUPIL OTHER SCHOOL BOOKINGS/ TEACHERS FREE Secondary schools are warmly invited to this special YA author event. Darren Simpson writes vivid, unruly fiction for older children and teens. His debut novel, Scavengers, was a Guardian Best Book of the Year, and his second book, The Memory Thieves, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. At this event, Darren will explore the inspiration behind his latest book, Furthermoor, and engage students with a debate about reality and imagination, a crafty quiz, and a Q&A session! Home educating? You are more than welcome so drop us a line! Recommended ages 11-14 years.

To book email hello@newarkbookfestival.org.uk

Our Heritage Walk - Sconce & Devon Park: Springs, Linen, Railways and Fortifications

1.45PM arrival for 2pm - 3pm Sconce and Devon Park - Meet at Rumbles Cafe £8/£6 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Join local historian Kevin Winter and Poet Lytisha Tunbridge to explore Sconce & Devon Park exploring some of the uses it has had in the past and the evidence for them that can still be seen today. There will be a chance to write/draw your responses to the sites on the tour.

Limited capacity – early booking recommended

Wine and Words 7pm - 9pm (Please arrive at 6.30pm for 7pm start) Grain No. 1, Castlegate £15.00 The delightful and intriguing Grain No. 1 provides the venue for this year’s Wine and Words Festival event. Local poets, Fiona Theokritoff and Jane Wyles, welcome you to a lively evening of poetry with work from their repertoire, as well as others’ well-loved poems. Plus the chance for everyone to contribute to an audience poem as a souvenir of the event. Come early and browse Grain’s unique brand of elegance! Ticket price includes a welcome glass of wine plus nibbles (non-alcoholic available). Please book early to avoid disappointment. There is limited capacity for this event Tickets from Grain No. 1, 1-3 Castlegate - 01636 701877 or 07553 928099

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ThursDAY 7 JULY TH

Orenda Books – Our International Panel

Writing the Criminous: Prose and Verse

7pm - 8pm BST Online www.Iaminprint.co.uk

11am - 12:30pm Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre, Appletongate

£4 / DIGITAL PASS FOR ALL 3 I AM IN PRINT EVENTS £10 (ALL TO INCLUDE CATCH UP LINK)

£5/£4 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

A fantastic online event hosted by Orenda Books, featuring literary thrillers and crime fiction in translation. Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurdardóttir will be talking about her new book, Cold As Hell. Lilja will be joined by German author Simone Buchholz, writer of the bestselling Chastity Riley series, with her new title River Clyde and Antti Tuomainen ‘the funniest writer in Europe’ with his latest release, The Rabbit Factor.

Celebrating the publication of the latest in their crime reference guides, Catching a Killer, Stuart Gibbons and Stephen Wade offer an account of murder investigations down the centuries in England. Stephen’s new poetry collection, Stretch, (published by Smokestack) is concerned with his work as a writer in prisons. This promises to be a fascinating discussion around true crime and the prison system.

Chaired by Karen Sullivan, Founder & Publisher at Orenda Books. Sponsored by Duncan & Toplis.

Writing Newark: Bricks and Mortar, Space and Light

FriDAY 8TH JULY

11:30am - 1:30pm Newark Library Meeting Room, Beaumond Gardens, Baldertongate £8/£6 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

Do you have a favourite building in Newark? Using simple exercises and images to inspire you, this lively writing workshop helps you explore the atmosphere, history or your memories of Newark’s rich built heritage.

Everyone is welcome. Fiona Theokritoff is a local poet and experienced creative writing tutor. So, whether you want to try out poetry, short fiction or memoir, come along! Limited capacity – early booking recommended.

Literature Village

10am - 4pm Newark Market Place FREE Located near the Town Hall, we present stalls full of literary delights – with the chance to meet local authors, museums, booksellers, publishers, craft makers and more.

Literally Lyrical with Saga Fiction 12 noon - 1pm BST Online - Zoom

Other Sides to Crime (writers) 11am - 12noon Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Two crime writers, William Shaw and David Mark, in conversation. Both have much loved series, but also other sides to their writing and engagement with readers. In lockdown William’s daily social media events were a support to many; he was also integral to a volunteer-run community bookshop and workspace where established authors supported new writers. As well as his Aector McAvoy series, David’s recent honest and open memoir about living with mental illness addresses an important issue in troubled times.

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£4 Music plays a large role in helping to invoke a certain mood, nostalgia or even a sense of time and space. But the struggles for writers to use song lyrics in their books is far too real.

This online panel discussion will help equip you with the tools you need to navigate the tricky world of copyright and publishing. Can your characters quote song lyrics in your latest novel? And how do you go about finding out whether a poem is in copyright? Find out all the answers and more at this accessible online event.

Festival Box Office: 01636 655755

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FriDAY 8 JULY TH

Alphabet Street and stories by Jonathan Emmett

Will Carver, Louise Beech & Sarah Sultoon 3pm - 4pm Newark Town Hall

1pm - 2pm Beanblock Café, Upstairs, St Mark’s Place

£6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

£2/ADULTS FREE BUT MUST BOOK

The Daves Next Door by Will Carver is a shocking, intensely emotive, wildly original thriller; a piercing examination of what it means to be human. Louise Beech will discuss her book, Nothing Else, a moving novel about surviving devastating trauma and the unbreakable bond between sisters - a story of courage and love, and the power of music to transcend–and change– everything. Sarah Sultoon is a journalist and writer, whose work as a CNN news executive has taken her all over the world. Her book, The Shot is a shocking and thought-provoking thriller with an international newsroom setting. Chaired

by Karen Sullivan, Founder & Publisher at Orenda Books.

Join author Jonathan Emmett for a storytelling session featuring his new picture book, The Book Family Robinson, a castaway adventure about books, shipwrecks, books, pirates – and more books, followed by Bringing Down the Moon and Alphabet Street.

Recommended ages under 6

We welcome back Orenda Books for an author panel event.

Philippa East and Elliot Wood 1pm - 2pm Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Crime writer Philippa East talks about her debut novel, Little White Lies, which was longlisted for The Guardian’s Not-The-Booker Prize and shortlisted for the CWA “New Blood” Award 2020, and her latest book, Safe and Sound.

Philippa and her husband Elliot will also be performing songs from their repertoire as folk duo The Miracle Cure. Come along for an excellent mix of fiction and folk!

Andrew Caldecott and Adrian Tchaivoksky 2pm - 3pm Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre, Appletongate £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Eyes of the Void, the second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Final Architecture trilogy, is a tense space adventure, set in a future where Human Colony worlds face extinction. Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott is set in a world that is on the brink of utter destruction. The few survivors live in domes protected from the lethal smog, serving Tempestas and Genrich, the world’s last two great companies with plans for mankind’s future.

Momenticon is the first of a speculative fiction duology.

Chaired by Alex Lewczuk, Siren FM.

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Peter Kerr – Don’t Call me Clyde!

5pm - 6pm BST Online www.Iaminprint.co.uk

£4 / DIGITAL PASS FOR ALL 3 I AM IN PRINT EVENTS £10 (ALL TO INCLUDE CATCH UP LINK) The Clyde Valley Stompers were Scotland’s premier jazz band and first ever super group. Yet in 1963, ‘The Clydes’, at the height of commercial success, disappeared from the scene. Don’t Call Me Clyde! documents the rise and fall of one of the most iconic British bands of its time, written by the band’s leader and clarinettist Peter Kerr. Peter is the author of the bestselling Snowball Oranges series of humorous Mallorcan travelogues and also writes fiction, including the humour-laced Bob Burns Investigates trilogy and the historical epic Song of the Eight Winds.

Famous Songs Inspired by Literature

7pm - 9pm (Including interval) Newark Town Hall £13.50/£11.50 FESTIVAL FRIENDS West End performers Glyn Kerslake and Elaine Glover bring this wonderful evening of music to Newark Town Hall! Performing a huge selection of hits that take their inspiration from literature - from Kate Bush’s infamous ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane, (based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) to showstoppers from Victor Hugo’s epic novel-turned-musical ‘Les Misérables’. Other musicals they will be performing songs from include Oliver!, Mary Poppins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, West Side Story and many more. Glyn is also an accomplished pianist and will be both musical director and arranger for the evening. The evening will be hosted by John Florence (BBC Radio Leicester).

Festival Box Office: 01636 655755

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SATURDAY 9 JULY TH

Festival storytime

10.30-11.30am Newark Library, Children’s Area, Beaumond Gardens

Literature Village

FREE – NO NEED TO BOOK! Join the Newark Book Festival Team, soundLINCS and children’s author Addy Farmer as we celebrate the 2022 Summer Reading Challenge with stories, music, crafts and more for families.

9.30am - 4pm Newark Market Place FREE Located near the Town Hall, we present stalls full of literary delights – with the chance to meet local authors, museums, booksellers, publishers, craft makers and more. Look out for the Young Journalist Academy, who will be joining us on the market today – why not say hello and see what they are up to!

“ One Doesn’t Stop at One Murder” 10:30am - 11:30am Newark Town Hall

Special Delivery - Street Theatre show

£6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

11.30am / 12.30pm / 2pm Newark Market Place Near Town Hall FREE Special Delivery is a brilliant piece of puppet theatre that will charm adults and children alike. Produced by A Bird In The Hand Theatre, Special Delivery is a simple story about the delights of trying something unexpected. When a heavily laden postman is suddenly surprised by a rain shower, he discovers that all his packages have lost their labels. In the process of trying to work out the intended recipients, he discovers a bit more about the people on his rounds - and decides to bring a little sunshine into all of their lives.

Gadgeteers Workshop

10 - 10.45am, 11 - 11.45am Newark Library Meeting Room, Beaumond Gardens FREE BUT MUST BOOK TICKETS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN It’s time to sign up to the libraries Summer Reading Challenge, so we are joining in with the Gadgeteer theme! Join the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity team for a hands-on workshop making your own gadgets. Recommended ages 7+

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Celebrating 101 years since Agatha Christie’s first novel was published in the UK, this panel will honour one of Christie’s most iconic heroines Miss Jane Marple. It’s been 46 years since the final Marple novel was published in 1976, but the public’s appetite for this fantastic character lives on! This year, Harper Collins are publishing a new anthology of short stories featuring Miss Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.

Crime Writer Elly Griffiths will join this panel to chat about her short story in the collection, and she will be joined by Martin Edwards, a leading expert, author and crime fiction critic. If you love a traditional murder mystery – don’t miss this fantastic event! Chaired by Tim Rideout.

Gareth Baker and the Riverboat Cruise Arrival 10.45 for sailing at 11am - 12.15pm Riverboat Cruises, behind the Castle

£3 CHILDREN / ADULTS FREE BUT MUST BOOK TICKETS Join storyteller Gareth Baker on the Trent and be amazed by his extraordinary adventures, both on, under and above the river! Then, for your younger ones, get ready for songs and actions as we hear The Gingerbread Man in his unstoppable adventures as he is chased by a little old lady, a cow, a horse and a dastardly fox. Prepare yourself for fun, laughter and smiles. Don’t forget to come dressed in your best book character costume to win a prize!

Early booking recommended. Recommended ages: 4+

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SATURDAY 9 JULY TH

Storytelling with Under The Bed Theatre 10am / 11.30am / 1.15pm / 2.15pm St Mary Magdalene Church Gardens, Church Walk FREE Join Under The Bed Theatre for outdoor story time including Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found. Combining live music, original songs and imaginative storytelling, their uplifting and playful shows offer messages of hope. And are full of inspiration and creativity – ready to have some fun? Then come along!

John Holmes MBE - This is the BBC Home Service 11am - 12.15pm Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre, Appletongate £5/£4 FESTIVAL FRIENDS John Holmes is known locally for his walks on BBC East Midlands Today, ‘Holmes & Away’ and ‘Historic Holmes’. Joining the BBC in 1969 as a producer and presenter, he has lived and breathed radio and television and epitomises all that is best in public service broadcasting. During this talk, he looks back on his life on radio and TV. John was awarded an MBE for his services to charity, not for unceremoniously falling in camel dung in Nottingham’s Old Market Square. If you love radio and TV, you’ll love his story.

Music for Market

12 noon - 12.40pm St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Walk

Ukraine and Its Continuing Agony

12.30pm - 1.30pm Newark Library Meeting Room, Beaumond Gardens £5/£4 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Maria Dziedzan was born in Grimsby to a Ukrainian father and a Welsh mother, but the family moved to Nottingham early in her life to be closer to the large Ukrainian community in the city. Maria’s three novels, When Sorrows Come, Driven into Exile and Bread and Salt (The “My Lost Country” series) detail the harrowing difficulties of Anna, a young Ukrainian woman living through the brutality of life in Western Ukraine during the second world war. The series touches on themes of nationality, identity, displacement, and resilience – themes that sadly painfully resonate with the Ukrainian diaspora today.

Summer Reads with Lucy Diamond, Milly Johnson & Cathy Bramley 1pm - 2pm Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS A fabulous trio of bestselling authors, chaired

by Tim Rideout. Lucy Diamond’s new novel Anything Could Happen is a warm, wise, funny, and uplifting story about love, second chances and the unexpected paths life can take us down. Milly Johnson’s The Woman in the Middle is a poignant, relatable story about family, responsibility and learning to balance it all. The Summer that Changed Us is the new feel-good read from Nottinghamshire’s Cathy Bramley, all about three women searching for friendship in a sparkling seaside town.

Sponsored by Tailored Marketing Solutions

FREE - A RETIRING COLLECTION WILL BE MADE Ruth Massey (voice) and Stephen Bullamore (piano) The House of Life. This concert will feature English story-telling through song.

The main work featured will be The House of Life, with the poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This beautiful song-cycle is made up of six sonnets, including the famous setting of “Silent Noon”. Ruth Massey has appeared on over 100 CDs, several of which have won Gramophone Awards. Solo CD recordings include Handel Dixit Dominus for The Sixteen and Handel Parnasso in Festa for The King’s Consort. Hollywood soundtrack recordings have also featured prominently in Ruth’s work, from the mighty Harry Potter films to DreamWorks’ potty-humoured animation Flushed Away.

The Book Family Robinson

2pm - 2.40pm Newark library Meeting Room, Beaumond Gardens £4/£3 FESTIVAL FAMILY FRIENDS/ADULTS FREE BUT MUST BOOK The Robinsons were a family of book lovers. Wherever they were, they ALWAYS had a book with them. But, when they’re shipwrecked on a tropical island and captured by a crew of angry pirates, will they find the right book to save them from walking the plank? Join author Jonathan Emmett for a castaway adventure brimming with brilliant books. Then take part in Emily’s Heads or Tails Quiz, a knockout quiz game that tests your memory of the story, and see if you can bag yourself a signed copy of the book!

Recommended ages 4-8. Sponsored by Karrot Entertainment

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SATURDAY 9 JULY TH

Louise Blyth: Hope is Coming

2:30pm - 3:30pm Tree, 25 Stodman Street £5/£4 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Newark’s Louise Blyth was 33 when her husband George died from bowel cancer, leaving her with 1 and 3 year-old boys. What she decided to do next was unexpected – she quit her dream job with Mars to write a book about what had just happened – a tale of grief and gratitude. And it struck a nerve.

This self-published book, released during lockdown, went on to become an Amazon best seller. This caught the eye of publishing giants Hodder and Stoughton who signed her and published Hope Is Coming. Louise lives locally and wrote the book in several coffee shops across Newark; she can often be found in Newark Library with her children.

Music in Fiction: Michelle Davies, Lucy Nichol, David F Ross 3pm - 4pm Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS We welcome back Hull author Nick Quantrill who will be chairing today’s event. Nick’s Private Investigator novels featuring Joe Geraghty and are published by Fahrenheit Press. Nick is also the co-founder of the Hull Noir crime writing festival. He will be joined by a trio of authors all of whose novels feature music at the heart of them. Lucy Nichol’s new novel Parklife delves into the dark pull of addiction during a bright 1990s summer in Hull, with friendship, family and music playing key roles in this very human tale.

David F. Ross’s There’s only one Danny Garvey, is written with his trademark humour, and is a warm and poignant story of irrational hopes and fevered dreams, of unstoppable passion and unflinching commitment in the face of defeat. Michelle Davies’s new crime novel The Death of Me, follows music journalist Natalie Glass, who stumbles across a US gossip website that suggests a former rockstar’s death wasn’t quite what it seemed.

Sponsored by Peachy Events

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The Women’s Prize for Fiction Kirsty Capes & Lulu Allison 6pm - 7pm bst Online www.Iaminprint.co.uk £4 / DIGITAL PASS FOR ALL 3 I AM IN PRINT EVENTS £10 (ALL TO INCLUDE CATCH UP LINK) Join authors Kirsty Capes and Lulu Allison for a discussion about the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist. Kirsty’s first novel, Careless, is an upmarket coming-of-age novel, celebrating female friendship and the enduring hope to follow our dreams. Lulu Allison will talk about her 2021 novel Salt Lick.

Britain is awash, the sea creeps into the land, brambles and forest swamp derelict towns. Food production has moved overseas and people are forced to move to the cities for work. The countryside is empty. Kirsty and Lulu will be interviewed by Tim Rideout.

Tuning into the Beatles with Mark Lewisohn 7pm Palace Theatre, Appletongate £13.50/£11.50 FESTIVAL FRIENDS No musical act is going to be greater than the Beatles or make a greater contribution to British and world culture. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr hold on strong, universally recognised as a great artistic force, somehow still current and woven into the fabric of everyday life – the four brilliant lads who pumped the heart of the decade that also won’t shut up, the 1960s. Mark Lewisohn is the Beatles world authority. He’s the author of several acclaimed books, including Recording Sessions (1988, recently republished) and Tune In (2013), winner of the inaugural Penderyn Prize and the first in a comprehensive three-volume history, The Beatles: All These Years. Mark is presently hard at work on volume two. He will be joined by chair Nick Quantrill.

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Welcome to Storyland

10.30am - 4.30pm Newark Castle castlegate FREE

Literature Village

10am - 3:30pm Newark’s Musical Market Place FREE Join us as we take over Newark Market Place for the day, expect over 40 stalls, family fun and many surprises!

You will find a treasure trove of all things literary including crafts, books, poetry, authors and more. Don’t forget to visit the Festival Stall to have a go on our tombola, look out for the Young Journalists, our special stall with festival style headdresses, willow wreaths and magical face painting to help get you in the Festival mood and visit the Artisan craft market. The team from Rosie May foundation will also be joining us with their new Pink themed food and drink Tuk Tuk and will be offering rides around the Festival on their Tuk Tuk for a small donation.

Today will be filled with pop up performances, choirs, music, street theatre and all the fun of a creative music festival, so make sure to tune into social media for the latest performance schedule and news!

Rock Choir East Midlands

10.30am - 10.50am / 11.15am - 11.35am Newark Market Place FREE

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our family filled free storyland for 2022. Not only will the Castle be filled with authors and free crafts workshops but you can also have a go at both our new trails!

Expect the unexpected in Storyland… Pack those picnics and see you there!

We are pleased to launch our Arts Award activities for 2022, supported by The Mighty Creatives. Pick up your activity log books from the Castle Festival Stall to get your very own Discover Arts Award.

Ferdle

Love wordle? Then why not try our new game! Simply find the stones with letters on in trail zone to make your own words – take a photo and post on social media tagging us in and the biggest, best word will win a prize!

The Borrowers

Celebrating 75 years of the miniature world created by Mary Norton, look out for our trail of recycled mini people, fairy doors and the little world created by our communities. Don’t forget your activity trail leaflet.

Author & Crafts Zone

10.30am - 4.30pm Newark Castle

George the Dragon

12 noon - 3pm Newark Market Place FREE Everyone is invited to visit our beautifully crafted wooden dragon where you can have a go and operate the half dozen handles which launch 12ft tall George the Dragon into a grand display of hand cranked contraptioneering. He plays music, blows bubbles and displays the joys and ingenuity of mechanical engineering. Just turn the handles to generate smiles and laughter.

Join Festival favourites Gareth Baker and Vicky Kuhn who will host drop-in workshops based on their recent children’s books. Come and make your own magical jewellery - a necklace, a bracelet or badge. Journey to the far-off planet of Kimara and make your own alien mask.

Light up your imagination with author Lia Ginno who will be showcasing and signing her books and inviting you to create your own storytelling magnets and paper puppets. And don’t forget to bring a photo of yourself to star in your very own story.

The Faraway Tree

10.30am - 12.30pm / 1.30pm - 3.30pm Newark Castle Nottinghamshire artist Kerry O’Brien returns to the festival to run this creative session. In this workshop, children can create their own 3D model of Enid Blyton’s ‘The Faraway Tree’ and bring it to life with the characters from the story. This will all be made using paper, card, and plenty of imagination!

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SunDAY 10 JULY TH

Peaceful Possums Family Yoga

The Art of Storytelling

FREE

£10/£8 FESTIVAL FRIENDS (TO INCLUDE TEA/COFFEE)

10.30am - 11.15am and 12 noon - 12.45pm Newark castle Join Peaceful Possums Yoga for some exciting, fun family filled adventures - based on our favourite children’s books! A great way to start your book festival adventure.

Recommended ages 2-12 and their grown ups!

Music in the Bandstand 2.30pm-4.30pm Newark Castle FREE

11am - 2pm Tree, Stodman Street Storytelling is one of our most ancient art forms and is fundamental to the way that we communicate with each other. In this friendly and interactive workshop you can explore the craft of oral storytelling with storyteller and trainer Mike Payton, who is based in Nottingham. Mike draws his tales from Britain’s rich heritage and also from the four corners of the earth. Learn all about the power of stories and find out how to create and tell tales that are compelling, engaging, and fun! this workshop is suitable for all abilities.

Limited capacity – early booking recommended.

Indiana Bones and the Lost Indiana Bones and The Lost Library Library 11am - 12 noon

The Morning News with Keziah Rideout

10am - 11am Gannets Bistro, Castlegate

HarryHall, Heape Tudor National Civil War Centre, Appletongate Rebecca Bagley £4/£3 FESTIVAL FAMILY FRIENDS/ADULTS FREE BUT MUST BOOK

£8 INCLUDING A DRINK AND CAKE Join Keziah for an hour of debating today’s news over coffee and cake in the beautiful surroundings of Gannets. Keziah is part of the Newark Book Festival alumni, having previously interviewed children’s authors, where she joined the team at just 14 years old. She is now studying her A-Levels (Sociology, Psychology and Art) and plans to study Psychology at University.

She is into debating politics, so is very much looking forward to meeting you and leading today’s session.

Heritage and Homes with Mahsuda Snaith 10.30am - 11.30am Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Leicester-based author Mahsuda Snaith talks about her experiences writing for the Colonial Countryside Project, a writing and history programme exploring the African, Caribbean and Indian connections at 11 National Trust properties across the country. Join Mahsuda for a fascinating conversation, delving into the hidden and not so hidden histories and stories behind Britain’s homes.

Join author Harry Heape he reads from his fantastic book, Indiana Bones Indiana Bones is back for as a second dogtastic detective And The Lost Library. Indiana Bones is back for a second dogtastic detective escapade! escapade! Once again, he and his bestest friend, Aisha, have to gather their Once again he and his bestest friend, Aisha, have to gather their wits, courage and wits, courage, and plenty of snacks to sniff out clues and solve a twisty plenty of snacks to sniff out clues and solve a twisty mystery. mystery. On the hunt for the Avenger’s lost treasure, the intrepid travellers On the the Avenger’s lost But treasure, the intrepid set off onfor another set offhunt onforanother trek. nothing is travellers ever simple our heroes, and the trek, this time to the Temple of Diana at Ephesus. But nothing is ever simple for our slippery Serpent and stinky Ringo are still hot on their tails, determined to heroes, and the slippery Serpent and stinky Ringo are still hot on their tails, thwart their every determined to thwart theirmove. every move.

Recommended ages 6-9.

An irresistible comical adventure.

Pub Date ISBN Price Format Extent Territory Faber Category

2 June 2022 9780571353521 £6.99 Paperback 272pp World All Languages Fiction

BIC Categories

Adventure Stories (Children's/Ya) (YFC) Animal Stories (Children's/Ya) (YFP) Fantasy & Magical Realism (Children's/Ya) (YFH) Humorous Stories (Children's/Ya) (YFQ)

SALES POINTS

An interview with Louise Candlish & Fiona Cummins

Harry's brilliant events have earned him some very dedicated fans, he's always up for signings and festivals.

Harry Heape has worked closely with the National Literacy Trust on the launch of their Connecting Stories campaign and is an ambassador for their Bradford Hub.

1pm - 2pm Newark Town Hall £6/£5 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins has been described as Big Little Lies REVIEWS meets Broadchurch; a dark and gripping crime thriller about revenge, ‘Heape's prose strikes the right mix of funny and clever... A heartfelt adventure greed, ambition, and the true cost of friendship. The Heights is the latest story with a heroine readers will enjoy rooting for.’ Kirkus (Indiana Bones)

novel from Sunday Times Bestseller author Louise Candlish, described as fast-paced,Louise’s fun-packedaward read.’ Sunday Express2018 (Indiana Bones)Our House has recently been About the Authorand ‘A a nail-biting tale of tragedy revenge. winning thriller Harry Heape is an artist, a visionary and a very on ITV starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton. successful none-of-your-businessman.

A shy and ‘One of the shaggiest dog stories ever - and a heck of a lot of fun.’ i Newspaper quiet man, he lives and writes in deepest, darkest Both writers discuss Hahahahalifax.

Harry haswill written the hilarioustheir Shiny Pippin series.

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(Indiana Bones) new novels with our interviewer Tim Rideout.

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Rebecca Bagley lives in Bath. She has illustrated brilliant books such as the Shiny Pippin series, Don’t Mess with a Princess and Armadillo and Hare.

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SunDAY 10 JULY

1. Library 2. Newark Town Hall 3. Market Place 4. National Civil War Centre (box office) 5. Tree 6. Grain 7. Newark Castle 8. Gannets 9. Beanblock 10. St Mary Magdalene Church and Gardens 11. Buttermarket 12. Palace Theatre 13. Neverland Bookshop

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Newark’s Literary Heritage

2pm - 3pm Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre, Appletongate £5/£4 FESTIVAL FRIENDS

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Discover Newark’s remarkable literary heritage from Lord Byron’s first published poetry to the best of the town’s contemporary writers and much more between. An illustrated talk with John Baird, author of Follow the Moon and Stars – a literary journey through Nottinghamshire.

Traitor in the Ice – KJ Maitland

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Writing as KJ Maitland, Karen Maitland’s new Jacobean crime thriller series follows Daniel Pursglove as he becomes embroiled in the dark world of spies, murder, and treason, following the failed Gunpowder Plot. Traitor in the Ice is the second in the series and is set in 1607 in Battle Abbey, Sussex - Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery. He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide - for deeds far more dangerous than religious dissent.

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The Kanneh-Masons are seven Nottingham-based siblings who are classically trained musicians, ranging in age from 12 to 25 years old, all of whom play either violin, piano or cello. As a family, they’ve played the Royal Variety Performance in 2019 and their first album, ‘Carnival’, received the Global Award for Best Classical Artist in 2021. For full programme details please visit the NBF website.

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We are delighted to welcome Kadiatu, Aminata and Konya Kanneh-Mason back to Newark to end our Festival and share an evening of their wonderful music with us. Tonight’s performance will focus on Aminata and Konya performing, in addition Kadiatu will be in conversation with Tim Rideout to introduce the evening and discuss her memoir about her remarkable family – The House of Music.

Illustrated by Christine Goldschmidt

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6pm (with interval) Newark Palace Theatre, Appletongate

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An evening with the Kanneh-Masons

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PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE 1st July - 31st July

Exhibition: 70 Years of Books

St Mary Magdalene Church

Sarah Ann Juckes - Writer in residence

Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre

5.30pm BST

Saga Book Launch

Online - Zoom

7.30pm - 8.30pm BST

Online

10am - 3:30pm

Literature Village

Newark Market Place

12:30pm - 1pm

Time Hop! Community Launch Performance with Zuzka

Newark Market Place

9.15am arrival for 9.30am - 11am

Heritage Literary Walk

Newark Town Centre

11am - 12 noon

Amplifying your Climate Actions: A unique tool to build Climate Communities

St Mary Magdalene Church

11am - 12 noon

Schools - LD Lapinski

Newark Town Hall

1:45pm - 2:45pm

Darren Simpson

Newark Town Hall

2pm - 3pm

Gill Hornby – Godmersham Park

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre

Our Heritage Walk - Sconce & Devon Park: Springs, Linen, Railways and Fortifications

Meet at Rumbles Cafe

7pm - 9pm

Wine and Words

Grain No. 1, Castlegate

7pm - 8pm BST

Orenda Books – Our International Panel

Online

10am - 4pm

Literature Village

Newark Market Place

11am - 12:30pm 11am - 12noon

FRIDAY

Publishing Your Book – Q&A

Writing the Criminous: Prose and Verse Other Sides to Crime (writers)

TIME

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15th July - 19th July

1.45pm arrival for 2pm - 3pm

SATURDAY

EVENT

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre Newark Town Hall

11:30am - 1:30pm

Writing Newark: Bricks and Mortar, Space and Light

Newark Library Meeting Room, Beaumond Gardens, Baldertongate

12 noon - 1pm BST

Literally Lyrical with Saga Fiction

Online - Zoom Beanblock Café, Upstairs, St Mark’s Place

1pm - 2pm

Alphabet Street and stories by Jonathan Emmett

1pm - 2pm

Philippa East and Elliot Wood

Newark Town Hall

2pm - 3pm

Andrew Caldecott and Adrian Tchaivoksky

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre

3pm - 4pm

Will Carver, Louise Beech & Sarah Sultoon

Newark Town Hall

5pm - 6pm BST

Peter Kerr – Don’t Call me Clyde!

Online

7pm - 9pm

Famous Songs Inspired by Literature

Newark Town Hall

9.30am - 4pm

Literature Village

Newark Market Place

11.30am / 12.30pm / 2pm

Special Delivery - Street Theatre show

Newark Market Place Near Town Hall

10am - 10.45am / 11 - 11.45am

Gadgeteers Workshop

Newark Library Meeting Room

10.30am - 11.30am

Festival storytime

Newark Library, Children’s Area

10:30am - 11:30am

“ One Doesn’t Stop at One Murder”

Newark Town Hall

Arrival 10.45 for sailing at 11am

Gareth Baker and the Riverboat Cruise

Riverboat Cruises, behind the Castle St Mary Magdalene Church Gardens

10am / 11.30am / 1.15pm / 2.15pm

Storytelling with Under The Bed Theatre

11am - 12.15pm

John Holmes MBE - This is the BBC Home Service

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre

12 noon - 12.40pm

Music for Market

St Mary Magdalene Church Gardens

12.30pm - 1.30pm

Ukraine and Its Continuing Agony

Newark Library Meeting Room Newark Town Hall

1pm - 2pm

Summer Reads with Lucy Diamond, Milly Johnson & Cathy Bramley

2pm - 2.40pm

The Book Family Robinson

Newark Library Meeting Room

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Louise Blyth: Hope is Coming

Tree, 25 Stodman Street

3pm - 4pm

Music in Fiction: Michelle Davies, Lucy Nichol, David F Ross

Newark Town Hall

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LOCATION

6pm - 7pm BST

The Women’s Prize for Fiction - Kirsty Capes & Lulu Allison

Online

7pm

Tuning into the Beatles with Mark Lewisohn

Palace Theatre, Appletongate

10am - 3:30pm

Literature Village

Newark’s Musical Market Place

10.30am - 10.50am / 11.15am - 11.35am

Rock Choir East Midlands

Newark Market Place

12 noon - 3pm

George the Dragon

Newark Market Place

10.30am - 4.30pm

Welcome to Storyland

Newark Castle, Castlegate

Ferdle The Borrowers

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THURSDAY

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10.30am - 4.30pm

Author & Crafts Zone

Newark Castle

10.30am - 12.30pm / 1.30pm - 3.30pm

The Faraway Tree

Newark Castle

10.30am - 11.15am / 12noon-12.45pm

Peaceful Possums Family Yoga

Newark Castle

2.30pm-4.30pm

Music in the Bandstand

Newark Castle

10am - 11am

The Morning News with Keziah Rideout

Gannets Bistro, Castlegate

10.30am - 11.30am

Heritage and Homes with Mahsuda Snaith

Newark Town Hall

11am - 2pm

The Art of Storytelling

Tree, Stodman Street

11am - 12 noon

Indiana Bones and The Lost Library

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre

1pm - 2pm

An interview with Louise Candlish & Fiona Cummins

Newark Town Hall

2pm - 3pm

Newark’s Literary Heritage

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre

3pm - 4pm

Traitor in the Ice – KJ Maitland

Newark Town Hall

6pm

An evening with the Kanneh-Masons

Newark Palace Theatre, Appletongate

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