Folkestone Book Festival 2013 by Ioannis Ioannou

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 24 November 2013 www.folkestonebookfest.com

Welcome to the Folkestone Book Festival 2013 November is an exciting time for the Creative Foundation as we bring the Folkestone Book Festival to town. Curated for the second year by Geraldine D’Amico I’m thrilled by the programme she has arranged. I have hardly recovered from last year and as I write my tomotillos as recommended by James Wong at his 2012 talk are growing nicely in the garden. I now look forward to the ten days of the festival to find out what adventures of the mind and body I will be sent on by the authors. I am delighted that this year this journey will be shared with young students from the Folkestone Academy who have been working with writers in residence to produce their own work. I do hope you can join us all and I look forward to seeing you. Alastair Upton Chief Executive, Creative Foundation

15 – 24 November

This is the darkest time of year, nights are long and days short. Here is a festival to bring you light and warmth, words and fun, ideas and stories.

Take advantage of our great pricing offers!

We hope to throw some light on our history from merchant adventurers to suffragettes, castle builders to nuclear physicists, to help understand and offer a forum to discuss the ailing NHS, war on terror and what future for today’s young people. Come gather round our virtual fire to listen to stories from novelists Dorothy Koomson, Deborah Moggach or Lionel Shriver. Take up your chance to read or perform at the open mic. Bring the kids for great storytelling or to enjoy a magic lantern show. Meet the mountaineer who climbed Everest, the doctor who pushes boundaries, the flautist who travels the world and the artist who conceived Folkestone’s mermaid. Enjoy a Shakespeare play, laugh at middle class foibles, discuss a great novel, try a writing workshop, test your literary knowledge and much much more.

Early bird

Above all, enjoy! Geraldine D’Amico Curator, Folkestone Book Festival

Purchase your Folkestone Book Festival tickets before and inclusive of Friday 11 October 2013 and get £1 off per ticket. This offer applies for all full adult rate and Friends tickets only and for all Folkestone Book Festival events.

Participate

The Street Game Literature is taking to the streets. Starting at Quarterhouse, follow clues and solve mysteries, unravelling a tale that plays out on the walls and pavements of the Creative Quarter. Take a journey and discover the hidden corners and characters of the neighbourhood – at any time of the day or night.

Group bookings For those of you who want to purchase quite a few tickets we have put together a great offer! Purchase more than 6 full adult rate or Friends tickets for any Folkestone Book Festival events and receive a 15% discount on the final price. This offer doesn’t apply for concession tickets or free events.

Part story, part game, all adventure, The Street Game has been developed by students at Folkestone Academy with the help of writer David Varela.

Concessions

David writes for an extremely broad range of media. His most recent work includes a series of site-specific plays called The Seed for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad; script consultancy on a chart-topping mobile game called Zombies, Run! (nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award); and the screenplay for steampunk adventure movie Clockwork Watch.

This year we have also extended our concessionary rates (apply where stated) to under 21s, full time students, senior citizens, registered unemployed and registered disabled. Just show us a proof of status!

Families

The Street Game will start at Quarterhouse. Look out for information on how to take part in the windows of the building and on the Quarterhouse and Folkestone Book Festival websites.

Folkestone Book Festival has the cheapest family ticket in Kent and we are proud of it! For only £20, a family of 2 adults and 2 children can enjoy any of this year’s children and family events. Facebook: /FolkestoneBookFestival Twitter: @FstoneBookFest

Fri 15 – Sun 24 Nov / Any time Quarterhouse & Creative Quarter Free 3

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Friday 15 November

Saturday 16 November History

1913: The World Before the Great War Charles Emmerson

Great lives

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Kipling’s sister Mary Hamer and Andrew Lycett

Theatre

As You Like It Critically acclaimed Transport Theatre reinvents this popular favourite amongst Shakespeare’s comedies. Rosalind, the daughter of an exiled leader, falls in love with Orlando. Separately the two are banished from their homeland by Rosalind’s dictator uncle.

Transport Theatre will cut, reorder and improvise around the text bringing the piece down to a palatable playing time of 1 hour and 45 mins. By underpinning Shakespeare’s text with references to contemporary political exile they hope not only to make the play accessible and present a clear understanding of this classic text but also offer audiences new perspectives on our own society, the wider world and Shakespeare. Transport’s work employs a strong visual, sonorous, filmic, ensemble and physical style. The piece will expand the form of what theatre can be and the horizons of the artists involved and audiences engaged.

In the wild depths of the forest they find unexpected freedom and are reunited with friends and family. A vibrant, touching, and timely story about love, statelessness, and above all the human capacity to endure. Brought to you from the innovative company behind Invisible, 1001 Nights, Elegy and Europe. An utter treat The Telegraph on 1001 Nights Essential viewing Time Out on Elegy Powerful…smart and smartly acted The Guardian on Invisible Ensemble acting at its best Evening Star

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Fri 15 Nov / 1.30pm and 7.30pm Quarterhouse £10 / £8 concessions 4

Not only did Rudyard Kipling have a sister but she practiced as a famous medium, under a false name. When Mary Hamer began to look into the life of Trix Kipling, comparing it with her brother’s, she knew she had to tell their stories together, side-by-side and explore how the loss and separation they suffered as young children shaped the lives of brother and sister in very different ways.

Charles Emmerson takes us on a tour of a world unaware it is on the brink of disaster but already showing the signs of globalisation and modernism. Told in his book through the stories of twentythree cities – Europe’s capitals at the height of their global reach, the emerging metropolises of America, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, the boomtowns of Australia and the Americas – Charles Emmerson will give us glimpses of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem. Essential to better understand what happened next.

In conversation with Kipling’s biographer, Andrew Lycett, Mary tells how she came to write her prize-winning novel, Kipling & Trix.

Sat 16 Nov / 11.00am / Folkestone Library £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

Sat 16 Nov / 12.30pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions Science

Marcus Chown explains the Big Stuff Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work – or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing? These are some of the questions Richard Feynman’s student, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, will attempt to explain in simple terms using his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes.

Sat 16 Nov / 2.00 pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions 5

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Saturday 16 November Illustration by Rosemary Clunie

Saturday 16 November

Great lives

Wilkie Collins: A Life of Sensation Andrew Lycett Fiction

Meet Dorothy Koomson Chaired by Daren Kearle, Community Development Librarian, Canterbury & Swale.

He gives a fully-rounded portrait of Wilkie Collins the novelist, playwright, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White, Victorian gentleman-about-town, traveller and man of extraordinary double standards, who lived a life that could have come straight out of one of his bestselling novels. Wilkie had many Kentish connections – not just through his close friendship with Dickens, but also through his regular holidays in Ramsgate, where he used to keep one family in one address and a second in another.

Dorothy Koomson writes internationally bestselling emotional thrillers with strong moral dilemmas. Her powerful, thought-provoking stories have a crime element but still focus on the relationships between the characters and the complex emotions of family and friendships. You will be among the first to hear about her latest novel, The Flavours of Love, her 9th in 10 years. It tells the story of Saffron Mackleroy who is trying to rebuild her life after her husband is murdered. A letter from her husband’s killer, claiming to be innocent, sets off a chain of events where the truth about Saffron’s carefully ordered world is finally revealed...

Part biography, part history, part intimate family saga, this book brings the Victorian literary and cultural world to life and puts it expertly into context.

Dorothy Koomson will also tell us about her passion for books and writing, her love of food and her advice to would-be novelists.

Sat 16 Nov / 2.00 pm / Folkestone Library £8.50 / £6.50 friends / 4.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Sat 16 Nov / 3.30pm / Quarterhouse £9.50 / £7.50 friends / £5.50 concessions 6

Transition 3 Launch Transitions 3, launched by Pavement Pounders in partnership with Mental Fight Club, which supports those recovering from mental illness, addresses themes of crossing and transformations with ascent and renewal as its focus. Free entrance and complementary drinks followed by readings from the journal and a performance by a rhythm and voice group. Part of the general programme of events, workshops and exhibtions at the Poetry Pop Up Shop. See festival website for more information.

History

Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One Kate Adie

Sat 16 Nov / 7.00pm / Poetry Pop Up Shop Free event with readings and drinks

In 1914 the world changed forever, a generation of men went off to fight and women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives, acquiring their own rights and often an independent income. The much-loved former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie charts the seismic move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and asks what these women achieved for future generations.

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Following on his highly regarded lives of Ian Fleming, Dylan Thomas, Rudyard Kipling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Lycett presents the first definitive biography of Wilkie Collins.

Creative writing

Kate Adie was one of the best-known faces on television for her reporting from the major wars of recent years. She has won an impressive array of awards, honorary degrees and was awarded an OBE in 1993.

Theatre

As You Like it See page 4 for details.

Sat 16 Nov / 5.00pm / Quarterhouse £9.50 / £7.50 friends / £5.50 concessions

Sat 16 Nov / 7.30pm / Quarterhouse £10 / £8 concessions 7

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Sunday 17 November

Debate

Café Philo: What Use are the Arts? Julian Baggini Deep into a decade of austerity, government funding of the arts is being squeezed. But why should the state fund the arts in the first place? What, if anything, justifies using our resources on literature, theatre, film or dance?

Debate

God Bless the NHS Roger Taylor The National Health Service has never been more popular. Yet politicians want to reform it prompting the most widespread political campaign by doctors since Aneurin Bevan established the NHS in 1948. It may cost the coalition government dearly.

Join Julian Baggini for a philosophical investigation in which all are invited to take part.

Sun 17 Nov / 10.30am / Rocksalt (bar) £7.50 / £6.50 friends / £5.50 concessions Includes a hot drink and pastry

So why did they do it? Roger Taylor attempts a balanced take on those who support and oppose the new system, and at the patchy history of attempts to reform the NHS and the likelihood of the success this time round. He examines the ideology behind the current reforms and the inevitable conflict when politics and medicine mix.

Creative writing

HG Wells Prize The winner of this year’s H.G. Wells £1,000 literary prize will be announced at The Grand Hotel, along with several other prizes. The ceremony, which was a major success last year, follows a buffet lunch. This will also be the launch of the annual anthology of short stories. There will be readings from the winning and shortlisted entries by the writers themselves.

Warning: this talk might be bad for your blood pressure! Roger Taylor has worked for the Financial Times and is co-founder and director of research at Dr Foster, an organisation that exists to make healthcare data better and improve the quality of care.

Sun 17 Nov / 12.30am / The Grand £15 / Call 01303 222222 to book Box Office 01303 858 500

Sun 17 Nov / 1.00pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions 8

History

Debate

Churchill and the Bomb Graham Farmelo

Can Atheists learn anything from Religion Richard Norman, John Butler, Julian Baggini (chair)

Graham Farmelo, the author of the prize-winning biography of Paul Dirac, shows us a different image of Churchill.

Julian Baggini brings together Professor of Moral Philosophy and Vice-President of the British Humanist Association Richard Norman and Methodist John Butler who used to run the Contemporary Theology Group in Canterbury.

The Prime Minister tried to understand the new world opened up by quantum physics in the 1920s and 30s, and wrote repeatedly about the coming of unimaginably dangerous new explosives. Britain then was the world leader in nuclear research but Churchill, unconvinced of the potentially earth-shattering implications of his physicists’ research, ceded the initiative to the US.

Is atheism necessarily hostile and sometimes even more dogmatic than religion? Does religion have anything to offer non-believers? Do its high-profile critics misunderstand it? These are some of the questions they will explore before inviting the audience to join in the discussion.

Graham Farmelo received the Kelvin Prize for his outstanding work in communicating science to a wide audience and is sure to captivate with this talk about the secret history of the weapon that transformed modern geopolitics.

Sun 17 Nov / 2.30pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions

Sun 17 Nov / 4.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / 3.50 concessions 9

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Sunday 17 November

Monday 18 November Creative writing

Creative Writing Taster with Jacqueline Summer This workshop will give the basis of inspiration in the development of creative writing skills. Jacqueline Summer, a professional story teller, writes poetry and stories, and teaches Creative Writing and Art for Kent Adult Education. www.kentadulteducation.co.uk

Fiction

The Big Book Group Frank Barnard, Rachel Johnson, Deborah Moggach with Craig Melvin

Mon 18 Nov / 10.30am / The Cube £3 / Call 0845 606 5606 to book

Host, Craig Melvin, will discuss all manner of things book related and test your literary knowledge with the big quiz as well as ask Frank Barnard, Rachel Johnson and Deborah Moggach about their novels, why and how they write and their favourite reads. Come along with your book group, your friends or by yourself. This warm, welcoming show is a great night out for everyone who enjoys a good read.

Art

The Post-Impressionists – The Origins of Modern Art Anthony Slinn

Frank Barnard’s latest novel, A Time for Heroes, set in Kent, Sussex and France, has been hailed as ‘a magnificent epic...about heroism, the romance of aviation and the conflict between fathers and sons...encompassing two world wars...elegiac and profoundly moving.’

Acclaimed lecturer Professor Anthony Slinn shows how the Post-Impressionists – from Cezanne and Van Gogh to Matisse and Picasso – built on the work of the Impressionists and took painting into exciting new areas.

Rachel Johnson’s dazzling Winter Games intertwines the story of a debutante sent to Munich in 1936 and that of her granddaughter, seventy years later, a journalist writing a travel feature on Bavaria. ‘A rip-roaring read’ Evening Standard

Sun 17 Nov / 7pm / The Grand £8

Deborah Moggach’s delightful Heartbreak Hotel is another brilliant read. An actor who, having inherited a decrepit B&B rural Wales, decides to offer courses for divorcees. The result is as hilarious as charming!

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Play On Words

Literature

What Matters in Jane Austen John Mullan What are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage? What do the characters call each other? Is there any sex in Austen? How much money is enough? Which important characters never speak? And how does she manage to make her readers feel they are as clever as she is?

History

Merchant Adventurers James Evans

These are some of the questions Professor of English literature at UCL John Mullan will answer in the most entertaining and enthusiastic manner, proving how Austen can be credited with inventing the modern novel.

Follow James Evans on this pioneering Tudor voyage of exploration in search of a new route to China and its riches: an extraordinary story of daring, discovery and tragedy. Treacherous arctic conditions, pirate raids, a visit to the infamous court of Ivan the Terrible, heroic failure but above all ground-breaking achievements that laid the foundations for England’s subsequent expansion on the global stage.

Mon 18 Nov / 5pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

Poetry from Page to Stage with JimJam Arts.

Sun 17 Nov / 6pm / Quarterhouse £9.50 / £7.50 friends / £5.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Sun 17 Nov / 7.30pm / Poetry Pop Up Shop £5 10

Mon 18 Nov / 1pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions 11

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Monday 18 November Great lives

Tuesday 19 November Schools Gala

A Mountaineer’s Story Doug Scott This talk, lavishly illustrated with Doug’s celebrated mountain photography, gives a very personal account of a lifetime spent in the world’s highest mountains – both the highs and the lows. Doug takes us from humble beginnings on the gritstone of Derbyshire, through to routes on the big walls of the world in the Dolomites and Yosemite, from the arctic circle of Canada to the India Himal. He will also tell stories of his expeditions to North Africa, Turkey, the Hindu Kush, Everest and K2. Doug Scott, CBE, has climbed 49 peaks, including the highest on all seven continents: “the seven summits”. In 1975 he became the first Englishman to climb Mount Everest with Scotsman Dougal Haston. Apart from the South West face of Everest climb during Chris Bonington’s Expedition , he has never used artificial oxygen. In 1979 he made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain. Doug has long recognised that these achievements crucially relied on the support of local mountain people, porters and Sherpas. In 1998 he founded the charity Community Action Nepal (www.canepal.org.uk) which today has over 40 on-going community welfare projects reaching 250,000 people, including operating nine schools, seven health posts and building two porter overnight shelters.

Children and Families

Megan Rix and the Victory Dogs Megan shares her research for The Victory Dogs, The Great Escape and new book The Bomber Dog including the incredible stories about the courageous animals that helped Britain during WWII, such as the search and rescue dogs trained to find people trapped under Blitz rubble, the messenger pigeons travelling hundreds of miles carrying critical information and Simon the ‘able sea-cat!’ Megan also talks about her own two dogs, Bella and Traffy, and her experience in helping to train Assistance Dogs and Pets as Therapy dogs. Megan also reveals her own writing process, how research is transformed into a story – and then offers her top tips to aspiring writers. The event concludes with a Q&A section.

Mon 18 Nov / 6.30pm / Quarterhouse £9.50 / £7.50 friends / £5.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Tue 19 Nov / 11.30am & 1.30pm Leas Cliff Hall Free for schools 13

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Tuesday 19 November

Creative writing

Folkestone Writers Short Story Competition Come and find out who are the winners of this year’s Short Story Competition, listen to a reading of the winning entry and of extracts from the anthology. There will also be a short talk on how ‘A Fireside Tale’ (part of the Anthology) was transformed from a narrative poem to a broadcast recording for four voices with sound effects. COMPETITION Best stories will be published in the Folkestone Anthology. FIRST PRIZE £100 / SECOND PRIZE £50 No particular theme. Each entry must tell a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It must be the author’s own original work, as yet unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. All entries must be received by Oct 30th 2013. For more information see Festival website.

History

Castles in Britain, 1066-1650 Marc Morris

Tue 19 Nov / 3pm / Fresh & Easy Free

Kent has some of the finest castles in the world, with some of the greatest stories to tell. Rochester, the tallest tower of its kind in Europe, besieged by King John in 1215; Dover, the most majestic fortress in Britain, attacked by the French the following year.

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Family Reading and Writing workshop

But, as historian and broadcaster Dr Marc Morris shows in this illustrated talk, there was much more to such buildings than battlements, boiling oil and bloody mayhem. Castles were also homes to their owners, and symbols of their right to rule.

Get some hints and tips about how to help your child read and write, with children’s poet Joseph Coelho. For children 5+ and their families (all children must be accompanied by an adult).

Tue 19 Nov / 4pm / Poetry Pop Up Shop £2 each, £6 for a family of four (max two adults)

Tue 19 Nov / 1pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Participate

Friends of the Book Festival Quiz The Friends Quiz is always a popular event during the Festival. Literary knowledge is not compulsory – a little will help along with lots of general knowledge!

History

Kate Parry Frye’s Suffragette Diary Elizabeth Crawford

Teams can be no more than 6 people but don’t worry if you are on your own – or can’t quite make up a team – you can join with others. There will be a raffle during the evening.

Elizabeth Crawford, a bookdealer, discovered Kate Parry Frye’s diaries piled in boxes in a dripping North London cellar. They tell in rare details the forgotten story of one woman’s contribution to the struggle for Votes for Women which took place a century ago.

To book for the quiz, please call Box Office on 01303 858 500 or email info@flits.org.uk Special Quiz Night offer: Buy a bottle of house wine and receive some free nibbles.

Tue 19 Nov / 7pm / Quarterhouse £30 per table (max 6) or £5 per person

Crawford who edited the diaries will tell us how they convey the reality of the campaign as, day after day, Kate knocks on doors, arranges meetings and speaks from carts in market squares and seaside piers. She endures indifference, incivility and even the threat of firecrackers under her skirt. Kate’s words bring to life the world of the itinerant organiser – a world of train journeys, of complicated luggage conveyance, of hotels and hotel flirtations and of boarding houses.

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Speak it! Speak up! Speak out! Performance poetry workshop, with spoken word poet Leah Thorn.

Tue 19 Nov / 4pm / Poetry Pop Up Shop £15

Tue 19 Nov / 5.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions 15

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Wednesday 20 November

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Poetry To Survive Life By Poetry workshop for women, exploring the power of words that shape the way we think!

Wednesday 20 November

Wed 20 Nov / 10am – 12 noon Poetry Pop Up Shop £10

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Family Reading and Writing workshop Get some hints and tips about how to help your child read and write, with children’s poet Joseph Coelho. For children 5+ and their families (all children must be accompanied by an adult).

Wed 20 Nov / 4pm / Poetry Pop Up Shop £2 each, £6 for a family of four (max two adults) Great lives

Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of the Great Gatsby Sarah Churchwell

Art

Director Baz Luhrmann, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Ederton, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. 143 min

Sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker talks to Stephen Deuchar, founding director of Tate Britain and director of the Art Fund, about her life and art.

The Great Gatsby (2013) Sarah Churchwell Q&A

Sarah Churchwell, Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities, tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, exploring the relation of The Great Gatsby to the chaotic world he inhabited.

Cornelia Parker in conversation with Stephen Deuchar

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby’s nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

She describes the parties, the drunken weekends on Long Island, the jazz clubs and speakeasies, the casual intersection of high society and organized crime, and the growth of celebrity culture of which the Fitzgeralds themselves were the epitome.

Her life-size mermaid modeled by a resident of the town is now a much loved feature of the Folkestone Artworks. From tough rural roots to teaching in the art schools that had rejected her and opposed for years to the commercial art market, she is now regarded internationally for her complex, darkly humorous, ironic style.

Sarah Churchwell, author of Careless People, joins us again after the film to discuss the book and film adapatations with the audience in an interactive Q&A.

With wit and insight, Sarah Churchwell shows how F. Scott Fitzgerald created a classic and in the process discovered modern America.

Find out why she has been called a “conceptual artist, a provocateur, a theorist with a sense of humour.” For more information on Folkestone Artworks please go to www.folkestoneartworks.org.uk

The Great Gatsby is the festival read.

Wed 20 Nov / 2.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Ticket for both Careless People and The Great Gatsby: £12 / £10 friends / £6.50 conc.

Wed 20 Nov / 1pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Film

Wed 20 Nov / 6.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Photo: Cornelia Parker, The Folkestone Mermaid, end of The Stade, overlooking Sunny Sands, 2011, part of the Folkestone Artworks – www.folkestoneartworks.co.uk

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Thursday 21 November

Local history

Folkestone Through Time Pam Dray Local family historian Pam Dray shares her photos and memories of the town in which she grew up. This will awaken nostalgic memories and be of great interest to anyone wishing to learn more about Folkestone’s history. Pam is now thinking of her third book and would particularly like to hear your stories about the town.

Thur 21 Nov / 2pm / Wood Avenue Library Free

Thursday 21 November Meet the authors

Truth and Lies Andrew Daws and Alicia Foster Andrew Daws’ self-published novels are satires masquerading as romantic comedies, based on his sometimes hilarious, tragic and at times outrageous experiences as an architect. Alicia Foster is the author of Warpaint, a compelling tale of truth and lies, tragedy and black comedy, based on the lives of four women painters during the Second World War. Both will talk about their novels as well as their writing and publishing experiences.

Thur 21 Nov / 7pm / Fresh & Easy £5 at the door including nibbles

History

Seven Flowers and How They Shaped the World Jennifer Potter

‘The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.’

In this illustrated talk, novelist and horticultural historian Jennifer Potter considers seven flowers that have inflamed hearts and minds in cultures around the world for millennia: the lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid. Each has a story that reveals astonishing truths. Added together they tell a coherent story of the evolution of mankind from creation myths to Charles Darwin’s books on natural selection.

Humour

The Man Who Dropped the Le Creuset on His Toe Christopher Matthew The author of Now We Are Sixty will delight us with mordant, witty, cautionary verses on the terrors, pitfalls and opportunities which face the pesto-loving middle classes. Not only can expensive, enamelled, cast-iron cookware be very dangerous in the wrong hands, but so too can Pilates, open-air opera in evening dress, weekending in Wales with a pug, gastro-tourism in Tuscany, the mid-life parachute jump as an alternative to physiotherapy, and pushing a trolley in Waitrose.

In his one volume magisterial new book, the acclaimed author of Stalingrad and D-Day, Antony Beevor throws new light on the history of the Second World War, bringing together all those conflicts from the Sino-Japanese War to the Winter War in Finland which were facets of what we know as WW2. He shows that the war was not simply a monolithic clash of state against state, of three great Allied powers against the Axis and Japan. In many countries, especially in those occupied by the Germans and the Japanese, people found themselves crushed by rival factions in an international civil war. Prepare to rethink what you thought you knew.

Celebrated for her fiction and non-fiction, Jennifer Potter writes about the history and culture of plants, plantsmen and gardens. She is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, a Hawthornden Fellow and an Honorary Teaching Fellow on the Warwick Writing Programme. Her most recent books include Strange Blooms and The Rose, A True History.

Thur 21 Nov / 1pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

The Second World War Antony Beevor

Thur 21 Nov / 5.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions 18

Thur 21 Nov / 7pm / Quarterhouse £9.50 / £7.50 friends / £5.50 concessions 19

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Photo: © Jim Lukach

Friday 22 November Trains

Children and Families

Passionate about Trains Christian Wolmar

Christmas Lights and Bright Ideas! A month before Christmas and all through the town, people will be joining from miles around. Folkestone will be shining bright as we bring in the festive season. Join us as we gather in the town centre and make our way to Quarterhouse, winding our way through the Creative Quarter, illuminating the town as we go. Pick up a lantern or bring your own. Choirs will provide the soundtrack to our journey. The parade will conclude at Quarterhouse with mulled wine, soft drinks and mince pies before the open mic.

Britain’s foremost railway historian, Christian Wolmar, tells the story of the Trans-Siberian Express – the longest railway line in the world (nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok) and one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the nineteenth century. Conceived under Tsar Alexander III, it played a crucial role in both the Russian Civil War and the Second World War.

All the Creative Quarter shops, studios and galleries will stay open until 8pm. Local shops will once again take part in the Window Display Competition, pulling out all the stops to get everyone in the yuletide spirit for the coming weeks. Vote for your favourite window display telling stories of hope and happiness and win amazing prizes!

Wolmar, a leading commentator on transport, will also share his views on the future of rail travel in the UK and explain why he will fight the campaign to become London mayor on the issue of transport.

In partnership with Folkestone Town Centre Management.

Fri 22 Nov / 1pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

Fri 22 Nov / 5pm / Town Centre, Creative Quarter & Quarterhouse Free Participate

Folkestone Shines To all writers, this is your chance to shine on that special night. Send us a story, poem or song (email or video) and we’ll choose the 20 best to perform on the night. A three minute time limit will be strictly imposed.

Fri 22 Nov / 7pm / Quarterhouse Free and open to all info@creativefoundation.org.uk Box Office 01303 858 500

Saturday 23 November

Debate

When the War on Terror began, Joe Glenton felt compelled to serve his nation. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. What he saw overseas left him disillusioned, and he returned home becoming increasingly politically aware and manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Born after September 1979? Struggling to find a decent job, even though you’re a graduate? Can’t afford to buy or even rent a house? No prospects? Welcome to the jilted generation.

From Promising Soldier to Rebel Joe Glenton

Jilted Generation: How Britain has Bankrupted its Youth Shiv Malik

Twenty-something journalists Ed Howker and Shiv Malik argue that, in stark contrast to their parents’ generation, millions of young Britons today face the most uncertain future since the early 1930s. Radical, angry and passionate, they take a closer look at who’s to blame for locking out Britain’s youth – and leaving our country not just broken but broke.

When he refused to return for a second tour, he was denied his right to object and called “a coward and a malingerer.” He went absent without leave and left the country, returning later to the UK voluntarily to campaign against the wars. The military accused him of desertion and threatened him with years in prison. He tells us what turned a passionate young soldier into a staunch campaigner against war.

Whether you are part of that generation or not, do come and join the discussion!

Sat 23 Nov / 11am / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

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Saturday 23 November

Music

Life in an Orchestra Gareth Davies Meet principal flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra Gareth Davies. Passionate about music and communicating his passion, he tells us about life on tour, stories and anecdotes from the LSO’s rich history (such as when the musicians narrowly missed being on the Titanic in 1912) as well as play some music. Enjoy and be inspired!

Local History

Sandgate Bob Preedy

Big Brother Lionel Shriver

Sat 23 Nov / 2.30pm / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

The Sandgate Society was formed in 1962 primarily to campaign against the demolition of the Royal Kent Hotel and other iconic buildings as Folkestone Council seemed intent on knocking Sandgate down, replacing heritage sites with anonymous and sometimes alien buildings. Bob Preedy presents Sandgate Since the Swinging Sixties, his celebratory publication for the Society of its 50 year history. He will guide us through the history of this fascinating village and discuss the frustrations of attempting primary research in the Folkestone area.

Meet the authors

Poetry John Whitworth and June English

Sat 23 Nov / 12 noon / Folkestone Library £6.50 / £4.50 friends / £3.00 concessions

“Food is by nature elusive. More concept than substance, food is the idea of satisfaction, far more powerful than satisfaction itself, which is why diet can exert the sway of religion or political zealotry.” Pandora in Big Brother

Science

Readings by two wonderful local poets.

Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body Kevin Fong

June English’s poetry has been defined as touching, funny, gutsy, erotic and tender and praised for its shocking accuracy in revealing human nature. John Whitworth describes himself as one of those fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial poets in which England is so rich (perhaps too rich). But Les Murray described him as ‘a wise and rueful vituoso’. Intelligent and erudite but above all fun, John Whitworth’s verse takes no prisoners.

You have seen Doctor Kevin Fong on television, drawing on his personal experiences – from working with NASA on the effect of zero gravity on the human body, to being part of an emergency response team fighting to save the lives of trauma victims in central London. He tells us the story of how the frontiers of the human body and the frontline of medicine have been explored and advanced together. Come prepared with questions.

Sat 23 Nov / 2.30pm / Folkestone Library £6.50 / £4.50 friends / £3.00 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Fiction

At the beginning of Big Brother, when Pandora picks up her sibling at her local airport, she literally does not recognize him. The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? The Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver, tackles a whole range of issues with her distinctive wit and ferocious energy. Why do we overeat? How much sacrifice will we make to save a single member of our family? Is it ever possible to save loved ones from themselves? Essential and unmissable.

Sat 23 Nov / 4pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions

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Sunday 24 November

Children and Families

The Night Lion and Other Stories Ed Boxall’s Magic Lantern Show “Me and the Night Lion are awake when everyone sleeps. We walk the moonlit rooftops as free as the night wind” Join writer and illustrator Ed Boxall for a unique magical storytelling performance. Ed uses huge books of paper-cut-pop-up illustrations to tell his dreamlike stories of night time travels. The stories are told in the dark with atmospheric lighting. The experience is like gathering round an indoorcampfire, enchanting and captivating for all.

Sun 24 Nov / 11am / Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Family ticket £20 (2 adults + 2 children) Children and Families

Pop-up Silhouette Worlds Ed Boxall Workshop Make your own pop-up silhouette world. You could make a scene, a lantern or a mini-theatre in a box. Safe artificial tea lights will be provided for illumination. Children must be accompanied by an adult (who are very welcome to make their own pop-up worlds).

Children and Families

Soterion Mission Stewart Ross Set in 2106, Stewart Ross’ thrilling new novel, Soterion Mission depicts a brutal world in which no-one lives beyond the age of eighteen. There is hope only if the legendary Soterion can be found and its secrets unlocked.

Children and Families

Be a Secret Breaker H.L. Dennis

Stewart offers unique insights into how he combined strong characters and a fast-moving plot with challenging ideas to produce one of the best reads of the year.

Young code-breakers: Can you read a rope? Do you want to use a code-breaking machine? Brodie, Hunter and Tusia are three kids chosen to solve the greatest unbroken code in the world. But why will some people kill to stop them?

Sun 24 Nov / 12 noon / Folkestone Library £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions Family ticket £20 (2 adults + 2 children) Age 12+

Join Team Veritas and crack the codes to help them. A fun and exciting event for the whole family.

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Sunday 24 November

Sunday 24 November Poetry Pop Up Shop

Reinvention Local History

A Town Unearthed Book Launch: Folkestone before 1500 This three year community archaeology project is now complete with the launch of two publications which draw together new and exciting insights into the archaeology of the town and provide an illustrated summary of the history of the town from earliest times to the 1500s.

Local History

Pavement Pounder walk No two Pavement Pounders guided walks are ever the same. Their offering for the 2013 Book Festival will lead us down untrodden paths and shed new light on familiar byways. En route we shall meet and be entertained by the odd guest speaker with tales both tall and short. Join us.

Sun 24 Nov / 11am – 1pm Poetry Pop Up Shop £15 Great Lives

Jim Bob Jim Bob, author and former Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine singer answers questions about his life and work and reads from his second novel Driving Jarvis Ham – a witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship between Jarvis, a tea-room assistant, diarist, lift-cadger, Princess Di fan, secret alcoholic and relentless seeker of fame, and his only friend, unwitting manager and designated driver.

Archaeologists Dr Keith Parfitt, Dr Andrew Richardson (Canterbury Archaeological Trust) and Dr Lesley Hardy (Canterbury Christ Church University) will outline the most important findings.

Sun 24 Nov / 11am / Quarterhouse £6.50 / £4.50 friends / £3.00 concessions

Sun 24 Nov / 2.30pm / Folkestone Library £6.50 / £4.50 friends / £3.00 concessions Debate

What Should We Tell Our Daughters? Melissa Benn Writer, journalist and campaigner Melissa Benn presents her manifesto for modern womanhood – a guide through the perils and pitfalls of parenting girls. Our daughters need to be prepared for stresses that are coming into play now as early as pre-school. This should appeal to every mother who has ever had to comfort a daughter who doesn’t feel ‘pretty’, for every young woman who outperforms her male peers professionally and wonders why she is still not taken seriously, and for anyone interested in the world we are making for the next generation.

Sun 24 Nov / 3.30pm / Quarterhouse £8.50 / £6.50 friends / £4.50 concessions Box Office 01303 858 500

Learn how to embroider lines of poetry onto your clothing. Just bring an item of clothing and your inspiration. All other materials provided.

Humour

A tale of questionable hairstyles, homemade charity singles, reality TV auditions and paedophile alerts at the local swimming baths.

Life with Dr Who Neil & Sue Perryman

With terrible roadside breakfasts and grisly MURDERS.

“I love my wife. I love Doctor Who. I believe my wife loves me. My wife does not love Doctor Who. I think I can make her change her mind.”

Sun 24 Nov / 6.30pm/ Quarterhouse £7.50 / £5.50 friends / £3.50 concessions

On the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, Neil Perryman, a lifelong fan of the programme, tells us about his insane quest to make his wife watch every episode of Doctor Who from the very beginning. There were tears and laughter. His wife can tell us if she became a fan too.

Poetry Pop Up Shop

Fabulous Females Women-only poetry bill to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Sun 24 Nov / 7.30pm – 9.30pm Poetry Pop Up Shop £7

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Pre show dining offers at the Creative Quarter! Fancy a bite to eat before you attend any Folkestone Book Festival events? Rocksalt

is offering a 10% discount to all Book Festival ticket holders on the day of the event, Monday to Thursday only at its restaurant or bar area. Must be ordering food, cannot be used only on drinks. Why not book a table in advance? Call Rocksalt on 01303 212070 Open daily 4-5 Fishmarket, Folkestone CT19 6AA www.rocksaltfolkestone.co.uk

Become a friend of the Folkestone Book Festival The Friends offer support and sponsorship of Festival events. Your membership of the Friends is an important element ensuring the future success of the Festival.

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For an annual membership fee of £10 single, £15 double (couples/ friends) you can enjoy the following benefits and make a vital contribution to the Folkestone Book Festival.

— Priority booking

is offering a 10% discount to all Quarterhouse ticket holders on the day of the event. Why not book a table in advance? Call The Smokehouse on 01303 884718 Open daily 1 Back Street, Folkestone CT20 6NN www.thesmokehousefolkestone.co.uk

— Dedicated Friends area on the Festival website

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— Friends Festival Preview — Concessions on Festival tickets

is also offering a special pre-theatre set menu to all Book Festival ticket holders on the day of the event. £18 for two courses and £23 for three courses of your choice from a specially created menu. To book a table in advance call 01303 250397 Open daily apart from Mondays 2 – 4 South Street, Folkestone CT20 1RW www.bloomsfolkestone.com

— Book reading group — Annual quiz night To join the Friends please contact: Jo Olliver, Membership Secretary Tel 01303 247775 or email info@flits.org.uk

The Poetry Pop-Up Shop will provide a showcase for clothing, pottery, wall hangings and photographs that feature poetry in some way. Local school students and community groups MIND and Homestart will be exhibiting their work, alongside local artists.

Come and visit Folkestone’s first-ever Poetry Pop-Up Shop! You’ll find us at Georges House Gallery, 8 The Old High Street from Saturday 16 through to Sunday 24 November 2013, 11am-5pm, with preview night on Friday 15 and late night opening on Friday 22 November. Box Office 01303 858 500

To take advantage of these fantastic offers at both restaurants simply quote ‘Book Festival Offer’ on arrival or when booking and display your tickets to receive your discount. Please note that this offer does not apply for Folkestone Book Festival free events.

The shop will be staffed by poets, who will be offering some exciting creative writing workshops, films and impromptu readings and performances...

15 November – 31 December 2013

With Di Burns, Joe Coelho, Sharon McCaron & Leah Thorn

An exhibition of art works by the Folkestone Arts Collective

The FAC is part of the Artistic Community of Folkestone, representing Artists, Photographers, Sculptors, Jewellery Makers and Musicians enabling them to showcase their craft. www.folkestoneartists.org.uk folkestoneartists.wordpress.com Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library, Grace Hill, Folkestone CT20 1HD 29

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Booking Tickets

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Quarterhouse is a fully accessible venue. Please inform the Box Office of your requirements.

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Concessionary rates apply (where stated) to under 21s, full time students, senior citizens, registered unemployed and registered disabled. Proof of status will be required.

By Train High speed trains run regularly from London St Pancras International (Journey time 57 Minutes). The last return train from Folkestone to London is at 22:56. Folkestone Central Station is a short walk from the centre of town and approximately 15 minutes from Quarterhouse. National Railway Enquiries – 08457 484 950 or www.nationalrail. co.uk

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Quarterhouse Fresh & Easy Poetry Pop Up Shop Rocksalt Folkestone Library Wood Avenue Library Leas Cliff Hall The Grand

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Folkestone Book Festival 2013 Featuring Kate Adie Antony Beevor Melissa Benn Marcus Chown Kevin Fong Dorothy Koomson Deborah Moggach Cornelia Parker Doug Scott Lionel Shriver www.folkestonebookfest.com Facebook: /FolkestoneBookFestival Twitter: @FstoneBookFest

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