Saturday Day Pass £5*
This allows entry to the following events:
St Michael & All Angels Hall - Upstairs:
12.15pm Allison Pearson – I Think I Love You
Chair: Sam Baker, editor, Red Magazine and author, The Stepmothers’ Support Group.
1.30pm Beyond Bridget: from Agas to Satirical Sagas
Prue Leith (A Serving of Scandal), Annie Sanders – Annie Ashworth & Meg Sanders – (Famous Last Words), Mavis Cheek (Truth to Tell) & Lizy Buchan (Separate Beds) discuss satire, sex and social observation. Chair: Fanny Blake, Books Editor, Woman & Home.
2.45pm Lucy Worsley – Courtiers: the Secret History of Kensington Palace.
The Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in conversation with fellow historian and local author George Goodwin. His book Fatal Colours: Towton 1461 – England’s most brutal battle, is published in March 2011.
4pm Robert McCrum - Globish
The novelist and former Observer literary editor explains how the English language became the World’s language and is extending its influence in the digital age.
The Tabard Theatre, Bath Road
4pm A Rusty Gun: The Politics of Prison.
Former armed robber Noel ‘Razor’ Smith with local MP, Angie Bray. Chaired by Dexter Dias QC.
5pm: Beyond Books: What makes Award-winning Audio & Drama?
A panel of actors, readers and critics, followed by the results of The Best Audiobooks of the Year 2010 and the English Heritage/Chiswick House playwriting awards.
St Michael & All Angels Hall - Downstairs:
4pm Poetry session
Details to follow
6.15 pm Book Festival Drinks reception, signings by Sir Andrew Motion - free admission, pay-bar in aid of Festival charities.
*Please watch for late alterations to the programme