Festival Programme

Friday's Events

EventDescriptionTimeWhere
All Day Poetry WorkshopA workshop for developing writers who would like to explore the challenges of rhyme and repetition offered by forms such as the sestina, pantoum ...10:30 amAnglia Ruskin University
All Day Fiction WorkshopAre you interested in writing fiction? If so, come along for an all day workshop with Kate Pullinger. Through a series of set tasks ...10:30 amAnglia Ruskin University
Translation Workshop (French-English)This lively, hands-on workshop about translating literature from French to English will be offered by expert translator Ros Schwartz and Franco-Algerian author Nadia Galy. ...10:30 amThe Fitzwilliam Museum
Janet Street PorterTighten your seat belts for what is sure to be a whirlwind start to this year’s festival. Janet Street-Porter has spent three decades at the forefront ...1:00 pmADC Theatre
A Different Point of ViewThis poetry workshop will use the collections in the Fitzwilliam to explore ways in which taking a new perspective can prompt fresh ways of ...1:30 pmThe Fitzwilliam Museum
Louis de BernieresOne of Britain’s best-loved and bestselling authors makes his long awaited Wordfest debut. Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Birds Without ...2:30 pmADC Theatre
Oliver JamesCelebrated psychologist Oliver James discusses his latest books Affl uenza and Selfi sh Capitalist. Food for thought on the demands of 21st century living form the author of ...4:00 pmADC Theatre
Sir David KingFree to speak out for the first time since publication of this highly anticipated book, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser talks about what can ...5:30 pmADC Theatre
Wendy CopeProving that quality can also be popular, Wendy Cope is here to read from her forthcoming miscellany, Two Cures for Love. Indulge yourself for ...7:30 pmADC Theatre
Yasmin Alibhai-BrownYasmin Alibhai-Brown’s poignant and impassioned one-woman show about a Ugandan in Britain, captures with warmth and grit how theatre and Shakespeare helped change her ...9:00 pmADC Theatre
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