2008 NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Our 2008 autumn programme, celebrated international culture and creative writing from around the world. The events covered a range of themes from business, travel and domestic reality to heritage, history, ethnicity, walking and poetry and ran from 29th September to 5th October 2008. Some of our events were sponsored by the Embassies of Japan, Khazakstan, Crotia and Latvia.
Here is Lillian Avon, Founder and Director of the Festival, introducing this year's events:
Here are the highlights:
2008 PROGRAMME
Theo Paphitis.
An Evening in the Den with Theo Paphitis of Dragons’ Den fame
Mon 29 Sep, 6.30pm, The Opera House, Boscombe, Time and price to be confirmed
Our headline event at the Opera House, Bournemouth’s eclectic venue will be followed by a business networking event with business magnate, Theo Paphitis. Theo will read and sign his autobiography Enter the Dragon that charts his boyhood travel from Cyprus to tea boy with Lloyds of London to successful business turnarounds with Ryman the stationer and La Senza lingerie chains.
Velta Snikere - Latvian poetry performance - an event supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia.
Multicultural Perspective Poetry Reading with Louisa Adjoa Parker
Wed 1 Oct, 2pm, (Venue to be confirmed) Bournemouth
West Dorset writer and poet Louisa Adjoa Parker and founder of the Black History in Dorset Project will discuss how her mixed race heritage and domestic experiences informs her writing. For more information about Louisa's current projects, please visit her website at: http://louisaadjoaparker.co.uk
Louisa Adjoa Parker
A Blessing in Disguise - a humorous domestic romance
Wed 1 Oct, 2pm, (Venue to be confirmed) Bournemouth
Poole-based romance novelist, Pam Fudge tells the turbulent the story of Alex Siddons who discovers she is pregnant after 25 years in a childless marriage.
The Consequences of Love - paying the price of love in Saudi Arabia
Wed 1 Oct, 6.30 pm at Boscanova Cafe, 650 Christchurch Road, Boscombe BH1 4BP
A free event. Reading and book signing of Sulaiman Addonia's debut novel inspired by the "mysterious girls of Jeddah who made love possible with their secret love notes". A secret world where quashing of individuality and forbidden practices elicits clandestine relationships and a culture of complicity homosexuality.
Federico Garcia Lorca Appreciation with Suzannah Spencer-George
Thur 2 Oct, 2pm, Venue: ETC International College, Bournemouth
This famous poet and dramatist is key in the canon of Spanish literature and we are delighted that Suzannah will bring him to life in a moving retrospective that celebrates his life and works.
International Story Writing Workshop with Mary Sharnhorst
Thur 2 Oct, 6.30pm, Venue: ETC International College, Bournemouth
A workshop aimed for international students of English intermediate level and above that begins with writing a ghost story from the participant’s culture and ends in the award of a prize for the winner.
Quotable quotes panel quiz with Brian Jenner and notable VIPs
Fri 3 Oct 2008, 7 pm, All Fired Up Café, Bournemouth town centre
Effervescent creative entrepreneur, Brian Jenner, will host a “Quotable quotes panel quiz” featuring a panel of VIPs that will test their competitive streaks.
Brian Jenner - Quotable Quotes Quiz.
”A Slice of Apple Pie” - reading and signing by Julie Musk
Sat 4 Oct, 11.00 am, Ink Bar, Print Room, Richmond Hill, Bournemouth
Local writer and editor Julie Musk was living happily in Frampton near Dorchester, when her husband’s job uprooted the family and took them to the States for two years. In this book, she describes the family’s experience of moving from Dorset to Ohio and passes on exclusive first-hand knowledge about life in the great US of A. Reading and signing session.
Julie Musk in Death Valley
“Selling your Father’s Bones” a Wild West Travelogue with Brian Schofield
Sat 4 Oct, 12.30 pm, Ink Bar, Print Room, Richmond Hill, Bournemouth
Continuing on the travelling theme, Brian Schofield, former editor Sunday Times Travel magazine will feature “Selling your Father’s Bones”, his Wild West travelogue and adventure story of the 1877 Exodus of the Nez Pearce Native American Indians and offer travel writing tips.
Brian Schofield - Selling your Father's Bones
Literary Heritage Walks are a constant feature of the festival and this year is no exception. Our regular two-hour Bournemouth Literary Heritage Walk with Bournemouth guide & historian John Walker will start on Sun 5 Oct at 2 pm beginning at St Peter’s Church in Hinton Road, £3.50 per person.
Your own world of words – an interactive poetry performance with Keith Bennett
Sunday 5 Oct, 3.30 pm, Venue to be confirmed.
Keith is the pioneer of “a poem and a pint” soirees throughout the South West and you must not miss this infectious poetry performance.
Keith Bennett - interactive poetry performance
And finally, our programme ends with a Multi Media Poetry Performance and World Music Party featuring Collum Regan on Sun 5 October, 5pm at ETC International College in West Hill Road, Bournemouth.
Tickets
Most events are free but for those requiring ticket purchase, please call Lillian Avon on 01202 417535. To book your ticket please write a cheque made payable to LILLIAN AVON and send to BLF, 20A Parkwood Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2BH, Dorset, England.
AUTUMN QUIZ – WIN A COPY A. L. KENNEDY’S “DAY”
(winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year)
Answer the following question and email your answer to: info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk and win a copy of A.L. Kennedy’s “Day”. Winner will be drawn out of a hat and notified on 27 September 2008.
Question: What did A.L. Kennedy’s character Alfred Day do during the second world war?
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED
The Bournemouth Literary Festival is now a self-funded association which means that anyone can organise, contra-market and self-fund their own event and collaborate with our audience development and event management experience. To discuss further please contact either Lillian Avon at info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk or David Jones at davidjones@etc-inter.net
Our 2008 autumn programme, celebrated international culture and creative writing from around the world. The events covered a range of themes from business, travel and domestic reality to heritage, history, ethnicity, walking and poetry and ran from 29th September to 5th October 2008. Some of our events were sponsored by the Embassies of Japan, Khazakstan, Crotia and Latvia.
Here is Lillian Avon, Founder and Director of the Festival, introducing this year's events:
Here are the highlights:
2008 PROGRAMME
Theo Paphitis.
An Evening in the Den with Theo Paphitis of Dragons’ Den fame
Mon 29 Sep, 6.30pm, The Opera House, Boscombe, Time and price to be confirmed
Our headline event at the Opera House, Bournemouth’s eclectic venue will be followed by a business networking event with business magnate, Theo Paphitis. Theo will read and sign his autobiography Enter the Dragon that charts his boyhood travel from Cyprus to tea boy with Lloyds of London to successful business turnarounds with Ryman the stationer and La Senza lingerie chains.
Velta Snikere - Latvian poetry performance - an event supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia.
Multicultural Perspective Poetry Reading with Louisa Adjoa Parker
Wed 1 Oct, 2pm, (Venue to be confirmed) Bournemouth
West Dorset writer and poet Louisa Adjoa Parker and founder of the Black History in Dorset Project will discuss how her mixed race heritage and domestic experiences informs her writing. For more information about Louisa's current projects, please visit her website at: http://louisaadjoaparker.co.uk
Louisa Adjoa Parker
A Blessing in Disguise - a humorous domestic romance
Wed 1 Oct, 2pm, (Venue to be confirmed) Bournemouth
Poole-based romance novelist, Pam Fudge tells the turbulent the story of Alex Siddons who discovers she is pregnant after 25 years in a childless marriage.
The Consequences of Love - paying the price of love in Saudi Arabia
Wed 1 Oct, 6.30 pm at Boscanova Cafe, 650 Christchurch Road, Boscombe BH1 4BP
A free event. Reading and book signing of Sulaiman Addonia's debut novel inspired by the "mysterious girls of Jeddah who made love possible with their secret love notes". A secret world where quashing of individuality and forbidden practices elicits clandestine relationships and a culture of complicity homosexuality.
Federico Garcia Lorca Appreciation with Suzannah Spencer-George
Thur 2 Oct, 2pm, Venue: ETC International College, Bournemouth
This famous poet and dramatist is key in the canon of Spanish literature and we are delighted that Suzannah will bring him to life in a moving retrospective that celebrates his life and works.
International Story Writing Workshop with Mary Sharnhorst
Thur 2 Oct, 6.30pm, Venue: ETC International College, Bournemouth
A workshop aimed for international students of English intermediate level and above that begins with writing a ghost story from the participant’s culture and ends in the award of a prize for the winner.
Quotable quotes panel quiz with Brian Jenner and notable VIPs
Fri 3 Oct 2008, 7 pm, All Fired Up Café, Bournemouth town centre
Effervescent creative entrepreneur, Brian Jenner, will host a “Quotable quotes panel quiz” featuring a panel of VIPs that will test their competitive streaks.
Brian Jenner - Quotable Quotes Quiz.
”A Slice of Apple Pie” - reading and signing by Julie Musk
Sat 4 Oct, 11.00 am, Ink Bar, Print Room, Richmond Hill, Bournemouth
Local writer and editor Julie Musk was living happily in Frampton near Dorchester, when her husband’s job uprooted the family and took them to the States for two years. In this book, she describes the family’s experience of moving from Dorset to Ohio and passes on exclusive first-hand knowledge about life in the great US of A. Reading and signing session.
Julie Musk in Death Valley
“Selling your Father’s Bones” a Wild West Travelogue with Brian Schofield
Sat 4 Oct, 12.30 pm, Ink Bar, Print Room, Richmond Hill, Bournemouth
Continuing on the travelling theme, Brian Schofield, former editor Sunday Times Travel magazine will feature “Selling your Father’s Bones”, his Wild West travelogue and adventure story of the 1877 Exodus of the Nez Pearce Native American Indians and offer travel writing tips.
Brian Schofield - Selling your Father's Bones
Literary Heritage Walks are a constant feature of the festival and this year is no exception. Our regular two-hour Bournemouth Literary Heritage Walk with Bournemouth guide & historian John Walker will start on Sun 5 Oct at 2 pm beginning at St Peter’s Church in Hinton Road, £3.50 per person.
Your own world of words – an interactive poetry performance with Keith Bennett
Sunday 5 Oct, 3.30 pm, Venue to be confirmed.
Keith is the pioneer of “a poem and a pint” soirees throughout the South West and you must not miss this infectious poetry performance.
Keith Bennett - interactive poetry performance
And finally, our programme ends with a Multi Media Poetry Performance and World Music Party featuring Collum Regan on Sun 5 October, 5pm at ETC International College in West Hill Road, Bournemouth.
Tickets
Most events are free but for those requiring ticket purchase, please call Lillian Avon on 01202 417535. To book your ticket please write a cheque made payable to LILLIAN AVON and send to BLF, 20A Parkwood Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2BH, Dorset, England.
AUTUMN QUIZ – WIN A COPY A. L. KENNEDY’S “DAY”
(winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year)
Answer the following question and email your answer to: info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk and win a copy of A.L. Kennedy’s “Day”. Winner will be drawn out of a hat and notified on 27 September 2008.
Question: What did A.L. Kennedy’s character Alfred Day do during the second world war?
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED
The Bournemouth Literary Festival is now a self-funded association which means that anyone can organise, contra-market and self-fund their own event and collaborate with our audience development and event management experience. To discuss further please contact either Lillian Avon at info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk or David Jones at davidjones@etc-inter.net
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