 Raworths Literature and Lecture Series.
Henry Sutton,
author, journalist and books editor of the Daily Mirror, returns as
the 2012 guest Literature Curator. Henry has put together a fabulous
programme that combines high quality literature with high quality
debate and yet remains accessible and features a number of well-known
names, featuring in some of the most magnificent venues Harrogate has
to offer, including the Old
Swan Hotel, Wesley Chapel and Harrogate Theatre.
Bestseller Victoria
Hislop, Dickens’ biographer Claire Tomalin,
Grumpy Old Men’s John
O’Farrell, British Book Awards winner Kate Summerscale
and the Man Booker Prize shortlisted Jon McGregor.will feature,
among many other big names. We've brought you some more top picks
below to help you decide!
We anticipate demand to be high, so literature lovers out there
should book soon to avoid disappointment.
For our full
programme of inspirational writers, visit
www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
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Michael
Frayn -Saturday
7 July, Spiegeltent, 3.30pm
A modern master, acclaimed for his
outstanding journalism, brilliant comic and cerebral plays and subtle
novels, Michael Frayn is one of our finest contemporary writers best
known for the long-running and much-loved farce, Noises Off. His
dramas Copenhagen and
Democracy
recently featured in a high profile retrospective of his work. His
latest novel Skios
is a story of mislaid identity, misdirected passion and miscalculated
consequences set on the Greek island.
Tickets: £8
(unreserved)
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Sue
Townsend - Thursday
26 July, Wesley Chapel, 6pm
Sue Townsend is the creator of one
of the most successful characters in Britain’s modern literary
history. Thirty years after writing the iconic first Adrian Mole
book, Sue Townsend remains one of Britain’s most popular novelists.
Her work is characterised by the combination of comedy with social
commentary.
Her father was a postman, she left school at 15 and after working in
a factory and shop and married a sheet-metal worker and began a
family. After joining a writers’ group in her thirties, her life
changed. Townsend has had a difficult relationship with success. Her
health battles, including a kidney transplant and blindness, are
reflected in her work. Her recent novel is The Woman Who Went to Bed
for a Year.
Tickets: £10
(unreserved)
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Tom Service
Saturday 14
July, Wesley Chapel, 11am
Tom Service regularly presents Music Matters, Radio 3′s flagship
classical music magazine programme exploring the big ideas driving
today’s music world. He writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine,
Opera, and Tempo and teaches at Trinity College of Music. His book, Music as Alchemy,
explores the magic of the conductor’s silent gestures to inspire
orchestras to the heights of musical and expressive possibility and the
demigod-like status many maestros inspire. It reveals how the catalysts
of place, time, and personal history are alchemised into the indelible
magic of life-changing performances.
Tickets: £10
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Nile
Rodgers
Friday 27
July, Harrogate Theatre, 12.30pm
Nile Rodgers is one of the world’s greatest producers and the
co-founder of hit 70s band Chic. In this very special spoken word event
he’ll be talking about his life and work and the stories which make up
his fascinating autobiography, Le Freak.
Rodgers has worked with just about every major star, from Michael
Jackson and Bob Dylan to Prince and Duran Duran. Born into a mixed-race
family of dopefiend bohemians, he learned – at a very early age –
everything he needed to know about love, loss, fashion, art, music, and
the subversive power of underground culture. He jammed with Jimi
Hendrix, took acid with Timothy Leary, toured with Big Bird on Sesame
Street’s road show, and played guitar behind history’s greatest soul
singers. And then, one night, he discovered disco.
Tickets: £12
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Sarah Raven
Saturday 28
July, Wesley Chapel, 3,30pm
Gardening is the new rock ‘n’ roll, and Sarah Raven is the poster girl
for all things you can grow, cut and eat from your garden. Combining an
ethical approach to the earth, her BBC TV series Pollination Nation
looks at the vital role of the small things that run the world:
insects. Her latest book, ties in with the TV show, looking at the
crucial work wildflowers play in the British countryside.
She is a regular writer for the Telegraph, presenter of BBC Gardeners’
World and award-winning author for her gardening and cookery books, including
Sarah Raven’s Garden
Cookbook. Prepare to be inspired to get your hands dirty.
Sarah Raven will be interviewed by Elizabeth Balmforth, curator of RHS
Garden Harlow Carr.
Tickets: £8
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