Festival Programme

Events in the Fiction genre

EventDescriptionDateTimeWhere
Hideous Kinky (15)Director: Gillies Mackinnon. Starring: Kate Winslet, Said Tagmaouhi. UK 1998. 98 mins. Mackinnon’s beautifully filmed literary adaptation of Esther Freud’s best selling semi-autobiographical novel about a ...22 Mar 20088:00 pmCambridge Arts Picturehouse
The Piano (15)Director: Jane Campion. Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin. Australia 1992. 120 mins. A mute woman travels to New Zealand with her ...23 Mar 20088:00 pmCambridge Arts Picturehouse
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 ...28 Mar 20082:30 pmADC Theatre
Will SelfHis award-winning, original and inventive prose has made Will Self one of today’s best known and well-respected writers. His latest book, The Butt, is ...29 Mar 200811:30 amADC Theatre
Rose TremainAccomplished and acclaimed novelist Rose Tremain makes her highly anticipated debut at the festival with her latest novel, The Road Home. Concession price: £6.00 29 Mar 20082:30 pmADC Theatre
Debut WritersThree of the most talented new writers to be published this year will read from and discuss their work. Taking centre stage this year ...29 Mar 20084:00 pmThe McCrum Lecture Theatre
Julie Myerson & Esther FreudCelebrated for their powers of story-telling and brilliant evocation of place, Julie Myerson and Esther Freud will read from their latest novels Out of Breath, and Love ...29 Mar 20085:30 pmADC Theatre
Jill Paton-Walsh and Nicola UpsonStart your Wordfest Sunday morning with cherished local crime writer Jill Paton-Walsh and fresh new talent Nicola Upson. Quintessential English crime at its best. Introduced by ...30 Mar 200811:00 amThe McCrum Lecture Theatre
Sara ParetskyThe hugely popular creator of VI Warshawski graces our shores with her new novel, Bleeding Kansas. Her new standalone novel is a compelling portrait ...30 Mar 200812:30 pmADC Theatre
Fay WeldonAn irrepressible literary figure, Fay Weldon has entertained four generations of readers with her sparkling wit and libidinous prose. On dazzling form with her latest novel, ...30 Mar 20082:00 pmADC Theatre
Misha GlennyFor three years Misha Glenny has been recording stories from the global underworld. He has spoken to countless gangsters, policemen and victims of organised crime ...30 Mar 20082:00 pmCripps Court
Mark Billingham and John HarveyCome and spend an enthralling hour in the company of two world class crime witers who are discussing their detectives, Tom Thorne and Charlie ...30 Mar 20083:30 pmADC Theatre
Alan SillitoeFrom his highly-acclaimed first books ¬ Saturday Night And Sunday Morning and The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner ¬ to his more recent ...30 Mar 20085:00 pmADC Theatre
Suite FrançaiseDon’t miss this wonderful opportunity to eavesdrop on what promises to be a fascinating and illuminating conversation between prizewinning translator and Cambridge academic Sandra Smith, translator of Suite ...30 Mar 20086:30 pmThe McCrum Lecture Theatre
Ben OkriJoin the Booker prizewinning author of The Famished Road for a party of the soul and mind. Always delightful and captivating, Ben Okri will ...30 Mar 20086:30 pmADC Theatre
Young and InnocentDirector: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Edward Rigby. UK 1937. 80 mins. As well as being an important film in his own ...27 Apr 20082:30 pmCambridge Arts Picturehouse
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