Fiction
“Fiction is fact distilled into truth”
Edward Albee
Veronica Henry
Sat 24th Sep, 2011, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Baptist Chapel £6.00
The Birthday Party. Veronica began her writing career in television drama, working on a variety of programmes including The Archers, Heartbeat and Holby City. In 2000 she began writing...
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Ann Widdecombe: Hiking Boots and Ballroom Slippers
Sun 25th Sep, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
St Mary’s Church £8.00
Appledore Book Festival is delighted that Ann Widdecombe is honouring us with a return visit this year. Ann was an MP for 23 years, has been a journalist and...
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Tom Vowler
Wed 28th Sep, 2011, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
St. Mary’s Hall £5.00
Tom Vowler’s debut short story collection The Method and Other Stories, won the international Scott Prize in 2010 and has since received critical acclaim, including the Edge Hill Reader’s...
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Tim Kevan
Thu 29th Sep, 2011, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
St. Mary’s Hall £5.00
Law and Disorder. Tim Kevan reads extracts from his two comedy novels Law and Peace and Law and Disorder (which The Times described as “a cross between The Talented...
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Jan Mazzoni: The Snow Fox Diaries
Thu 29th Sep, 2011, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
St. Mary’s Hall £5.00
The Snow Fox Diaries. Come and hear Jan Mazzoni in conversation with Maggie Murray on the subject of her thought-provoking new novel The Snow Fox Diaries. Set against the...
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Nicholas Evans: The Brave
Sat 1st Oct, 2011, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
St Mary’s Church £8.00
The Brave. Author of The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans talks about this new novel The Brave, a powerful and heartrending story about the effects of family secrets and the...
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William Nicholson
Sun 2nd Oct, 2011, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
St Mary’s Church £8.00
The Golden Hour. Renowned as a playwright for the award-winning Shadowlands, and as a screenwriter for films such as Gladiator and Elizabeth – the Golden Age amongst many, William...
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William and Virginia Nicholson: Double Bill
Sun 2nd Oct, 2011, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
St Mary’s Church £12
Who can forget the heartbreaking beauty of Shadowlands, William’s award winning play, and later film, about the love between C S Lewis and Joy Gresham? Or Crash, exploring financial...
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