‘BOOK ‘N AUTHOR’ WEEK – A LITERARY FESTIVAL
The confirmed programme so far is
Monday 19th April at 11.00am: Sir Ghillean Prance, former Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, starts The Eype Spring 2010 ‘Book ‘n Author’ Week with a talk and presentation of his book Rain Forest, Light and Spirit, splendidly illustrated by Harry Holcroft in the challenging Brazilian rain forests and with a foreword by Prince Charles in which he says “It is a powerful advocate and call to arms.”.
At 2.30pm: Christopher Booker, the celebrated global warming ‘sceptic’ and author of The Real Global Warming Disaster explores the many scientific myths behind the ‘religion’ of global warming and explains the rationale of the growing sceptic community.
Tuesday 20th April at 11.00am: Jennifer Kavanaghand the The O of Home. In many very complimentary endorsements of her book including one from Terry Waite CBE this one from Caroline Moorehead stands out, “ Home – the longing for it, the loss of it, the need for it – is one of the defining images in a modern world of travel, globalisation and uncertainty. In exploring the many meanings and interpretations of the word, Jennifer Kavanagh has produced a memorable and important book.” http://www.o-of-home.co.uk/
At 6.45pm: A familiar face on our television screens Simon Hall, the BBC’s Crime Correspondent for the South West introduces his latest crime thriller The TV Detective and talk about his work http://www.thetvdetective.com/
Wednesday 21st April at 2.30pm: Sarah Bakewell introduces Michel Eyquem de Montaigne through her entertaining book How To Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Answers http://www.sarahbakewell.com/ Montaigne had many things to say about many things. One in a particularly appropriate way for present times as in ‘Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth…For why shall pain rather make me confess what is, than force me to say what is not?”
Thursday 22nd April at 11.00am: How does a war start? In Cry Havoc; The Arms Race and the Second World War 1931 – 1941 Dr. Joe Maiolo, Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London, shows, in rich and fascinating detail, how the arms race between the Great Powers developedand led inexorably to global conflict. Here is a behind the scenes and vivid portrait of the thinking of those making the key decisions – Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Stalin and Roosevelt. Revealed is the full extent of the dilemmas confronted by the leaders of the western democracies and the dilemmas they faced between defending their nations and preserving the essential nature of the societies they sought to defend. www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/people/academic/lecturers/maiolo/
Thursday 22nd April at 6.45pm: Mario Petrucci introduces the award winning film by Seventh Arts Heavy Water: A film for Chernobyl the film made following the publication of Mario Petrucci’s book of the same name. The film will be followed with readings by Mario of his poems from his latest book iTulips and a general discussion on his many interests and books. Mario Petrucci won the 1999 Bridport Prize for Poetry with his poem Negativity written on the very first day of his induction as the first ever Poet in residence at the Imperial War Museum. His is currently the Poet in Residence at BBC Radio 3. http://www.mariopetrucci.com/
Friday 23rd April at 2.30pm:
Possibly best known for his two memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (now available on DVD) and Things My Mother Never Told Me Blake Morrison talks about his many literary works of poetry, fiction, journalism, literary criticism and libretti as well as adapting plays for the stage. Some of his earlier works have also been featured in television programmes: Little Angels, Little Devils (CH4 1994), Bicycle Thieves (1995) and Flying Eye: The Great Divide (BBC 2 1997) presented by Blake and based on themes from his book Too True. His haunting new novel The Last Weekend, set in Suffolk, is published in early May though we will have advance copies for sale in April. www.blakemorrison.com
Tickets for all these events are £7.50 and include refreshments appropriate to the time of day and free parking. The Bridport Tourist Information on 01308 424901 are the agents for sales and we have arranged that the normal £1.00 postage fee will be paid by the Eype Centre for the Arts and not by ticket holders.
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Books by these authors and indeed any other books can be pre-ordered or bought at our dedicated book ordering site at the Book Shop, South Street, Bridport.
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