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1psutto
I'm going to be involved in the bristol Literature Festival this year
http://unputdownable.org/
and have created a venue here -
http://www.librarything.com/venue/77316/Bristol-Literature-Festival
and will be adding details as I get them - would be great to see some LTers there :-)
http://unputdownable.org/
and have created a venue here -
http://www.librarything.com/venue/77316/Bristol-Literature-Festival
and will be adding details as I get them - would be great to see some LTers there :-)
2psutto
There is a competition to win books as part of the festival
Events list to b e published in September
For five people to win seven titles delivered to their door, we're asking folks to email us the answer to the following headscratcher: Who wrote War & Peace?
Was it: a) Andy McNab, b) Leo Sayer, c) Leo Tolstoy, or d) Lionel Messi?
Email your answers to: contact@unputdownable.org
Five correct answers will be chosen from our hi-tch 'randomiser' - deadline is midnight 15 July 2012
Winners announced at 'Meet Jasper Fforde' @ Foyles Bookshop, Mon 16 July, 6pm. Be there!
Events list to b e published in September
For five people to win seven titles delivered to their door, we're asking folks to email us the answer to the following headscratcher: Who wrote War & Peace?
Was it: a) Andy McNab, b) Leo Sayer, c) Leo Tolstoy, or d) Lionel Messi?
Email your answers to: contact@unputdownable.org
Five correct answers will be chosen from our hi-tch 'randomiser' - deadline is midnight 15 July 2012
Winners announced at 'Meet Jasper Fforde' @ Foyles Bookshop, Mon 16 July, 6pm. Be there!
3psutto
Event list will be published next week, looks like some very interesting stuff lined up, will be sure to post details here when I can!
4psutto
The programme should be on the website later today (fingers crossed) - looks like a great programme too, some interesting venues including a bus, caves & a replica of the Matthew (the ship John Cabot discovered mainland America in).
http://unputdownable.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_(ship)
Andrew Miller, Helen Dunmore, Gideon Defoe, Stanley Donwood, John Lanchester and many others!
I'll be chatting about the fest more here as we go along...
http://unputdownable.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_(ship)
Andrew Miller, Helen Dunmore, Gideon Defoe, Stanley Donwood, John Lanchester and many others!
I'll be chatting about the fest more here as we go along...
5psutto
Just 1 week away from the first event - Iain Banks talking about his latest "Culture" SF book at Waterstones in Bristol town centre
6psutto
First event tonight - Iain Banks talking about his latest "Culture" SF book at Waterstones in Bristol town centre
7psutto
As part of the festival we’ll be running a Treasure Trail around Bristol Bookshops.
Facebook savvy people can check it out here http://www.facebook.com/events/list#!/events/536941286322204/ more info will soon be on http://unputdownable.org/ & Tweeps can follow @BristolLitFest
The Trail begins on Sat 13 Oct at 10am and closes on Sat 20 Oct, 5pm.
It begins and ends at The Parlour, College Green, BS1 5TB (next to the music shop).
It's free to enter and in return for a bit of brainpower & shoe leather each team will receive a copy of Treasure Island by RL Stevenson kindly donated by Wordsworth Classics @ www.wordsworth-editions.com & you can win Prizes from Waterstones, Foyles, Blackwells, Stanfords, PRSC, MShed, Yogawest, Forbidden Planet, Rise, Dark Mountain & each participant will walk away with a small gift from BFL
Would be great to see some friendly faces in the Parlour on the Saturday as I hand out the books & register people for the Trail!!
Facebook savvy people can check it out here http://www.facebook.com/events/list#!/events/536941286322204/ more info will soon be on http://unputdownable.org/ & Tweeps can follow @BristolLitFest
The Trail begins on Sat 13 Oct at 10am and closes on Sat 20 Oct, 5pm.
It begins and ends at The Parlour, College Green, BS1 5TB (next to the music shop).
It's free to enter and in return for a bit of brainpower & shoe leather each team will receive a copy of Treasure Island by RL Stevenson kindly donated by Wordsworth Classics @ www.wordsworth-editions.com & you can win Prizes from Waterstones, Foyles, Blackwells, Stanfords, PRSC, MShed, Yogawest, Forbidden Planet, Rise, Dark Mountain & each participant will walk away with a small gift from BFL
Would be great to see some friendly faces in the Parlour on the Saturday as I hand out the books & register people for the Trail!!
8psutto
Iain Banks was definitely on form and very funny at Waterstones. He's signed 2 copies of his new book as prizes for the forthcoming BFL Treasure Trail
11psutto
So far the Litfest has been amazing - especially good was the writers in the Caves session last night - there is Crime in the Caves tonight so sign up or miss out on an amazing experience! still 6 days of great events to go
12psutto
OK so have a bit of breathing space to mull over the events that have gone already - Saturday Carolyn Lewis kicked off the fest with a brilliant writers workshop, the WW2 bus was out and about in Bristol, Dr. Louise Younie talked about the medical benefits of writing there was an army of kids at the adventure corner in Waterstones, The writers & artists yearbook got people talking and James Long launched his new book the lives she left behind to round off the day.
Sunday - the Harbourside was taken over by Pirates in a great event with Peter Lord and Gideon Defoe and we had a special event in Redcliffe caves with the Bristol Writers Group. People chatted about historical fiction in St. Stephens and Ujima radio had a very entertaining show including amusing chat about the Jamaican Patois Bible
Monday - Another great event with Faber Crime writers in the caves and TM Alexander, Moira Young, Sarwat Chadda and illustrator Chris Young inspired budding authors with "How to write stories kids really want to read"
Tonight we have John Lanchester in a special free event at St. Stephens - "Capital & other pleasures" as well as "An evening of book design" at the Arnolfini
Sunday - the Harbourside was taken over by Pirates in a great event with Peter Lord and Gideon Defoe and we had a special event in Redcliffe caves with the Bristol Writers Group. People chatted about historical fiction in St. Stephens and Ujima radio had a very entertaining show including amusing chat about the Jamaican Patois Bible
Monday - Another great event with Faber Crime writers in the caves and TM Alexander, Moira Young, Sarwat Chadda and illustrator Chris Young inspired budding authors with "How to write stories kids really want to read"
Tonight we have John Lanchester in a special free event at St. Stephens - "Capital & other pleasures" as well as "An evening of book design" at the Arnolfini
13Nicole_VanK
Sounds like a great time.
15psutto
Wednesday was a busy day as we had a Self-publishing workshop with Silverwood publishing, an introduction to the more traditional publishing process with an event exploring the relationship between writer, editor and agent. We had Andrew Miller and Clare Clark in conversation in a church and two local authors Jari Moate and Mike Manson talked about their books and the writing process in the Thunderbolt pub. Yesterday we had a splendid writer's conference at Spike Island and a fantastic event with Stanley Donwood at PRSC...
Tonight we have Helen Dunmore reading from Greatcoat, an event to celebrate Jamaica 50 with Lillian Allen and a performance masterclass (audiobooks) by Nick Rawlinson with Cider!
Tonight we have Helen Dunmore reading from Greatcoat, an event to celebrate Jamaica 50 with Lillian Allen and a performance masterclass (audiobooks) by Nick Rawlinson with Cider!