Festival
programme set to be revealed April 3rd
The year is absolutely flying by, and if you haven't done so it's
time to mark your diaries for the Festival weekend of May 29th - 1st June,
2014. We are almost ready to reveal a
wide-ranging programme that will indulge all your literary and
cultural interests at our beautiful central London venue, King's
College, with a four-day programme of events featuring a stellar cast
of writers, artists, musicians and journalists.
The full programme will be revealed on April 3rd at our special
event with Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton
in conversation with Robert
Macfarlane at Union Chapel, presented in association
with the Royal Society of Literature and Intelligent Life magazine (see
below).
Festival
Supporters and Friends don’t have to wait until then
– we'll open priority booking for members a week earlier, so it’s a
great time to sign up and
support the Festival. Don't miss seeing your favourite artist or
author as tickets will go fast.
And if you join as a
Festival
Supporter now, you will receive two free
VIP tickets to our Eleanor Catton event in April, plus other
fantastic benefits, including access to our superb Festival Members
room with great coffee and views of the Thames – the perfect place to
put your feet up and mingle with the 'Literati'!
As a Founding
Patron you could directly sponsor an author or event
at the Festival – take your pick from our terrific line up that
includes Tim Winton, Clive James, CK Stead, Fleur Adcock, Kim Scott,
Stella Duffy, Fay Weldon, Geoffrey Robertson, Helen Garner, Anna
Funder, Witi Ihimaera and many others.
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A taste
of what's to come...
We can't wait to unveil an exciting film strand alongside events in
the beautiful Chapel at Kings College, which will be the perfect
stage for our music and poetry events and complement the extensive
series of literary talks being planned.
Programme
highlights include:
- Tim Winton opening the
Festival on Thursday 29th May in a conversation with Front
Row presenter Kirsty
Lang
- Helen Garner with Helen Simpson on
the blurred lines between truth and fiction,
chaired by Carmen
Callil on Sunday June 1st, presented in
association with the Royal
Society of Literature
- The launch of Pacific Highways,
a special NZ-focused edition of prized literary journal Griffith Review with
CK
Stead, Kate
de Goldi, Steve
Braunias, Ian
Wedde and Julianne
Schultz
- Australia's rising
star singer-songwriter Emily
Barker will perform an exclusive and intimate
show exploring the literary connections within her
music
- ANZ War & Words: three events
exploring the role of Australia & New Zealand in
conflicts across the centuries, including contributions
from Lord
David Owen, Evie Wyld, ML Stedman, Paul Ham and Ross
McMullin
- And much,
much more to be announced soon...
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More
tickets released for Eleanor Catton
Thurs
April 3rd, London
We've
just released a new tier of tickets for our fast-selling Eleanor
Catton event, in partnership with The Royal Society of Literature and
Intelligent
Life, at the Union
Chapel in Islington.
Book now and
don’t miss seeing the Man Booker Prize Winner interviewed by
bestselling travel writer and Chair of the Booker Prize Judges,
Robert Macfarlane. The evening will also feature a performance
by Māori singer Kawiti
Waetford from the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
foundation, and actress Kerry
Fox. It's a night you won't want to miss!
£12
/ £9 conc. / £5 students
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