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A Friday night knees up & The Golden There’ll be a dazzling awards ceremony recognising Oyster Food Awards, in association the best food producers around from 7.30pm followed by street food, music and dancing till late. with Visit Cornwall. Get your tickets now at porthlevenfoodfestival.com At Porthleven Food Festival we’re all about celebrating or with cash at Nauti But Ice, Stargazey or Four Crows the very best food from Cornwall and beyond. This Gallery in Porthleven. £10 each. year we’re going a step further and are extremely proud to introduce the Golden Oyster Food awards, At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has in association with Visit Cornwall magazine and presented by Daphne Skinnard from BBC Radio won, and all must have prizes.’ Cornwall. Music from 8.30pm Polly Money With a melodious, sun-kissed voice and pop songs that offer a cheeky wink on the way out of your ear, 20-year-old Polly is Cornish through and through. She’s been writing songs, playing guitar and piano since childhood and her debut 2013 release The That Guy EP saw her perform in Paris to 80,000 people supporting Muse at the Stade de . Handpicked by the BBC Introducing team to play at Glastonbury Festival in 2014, Polly’s performance ensured that their support continued with airplay from Tom Robinson on 6Music and David White on BBC Radio Cornwall. Polly is currently organising the release of ‘The Adventures of the 90’s Kid’ a 6 track mini record. facebook.com/Polly-Money-Music-126595484073245

Flats and Sharps Blurring the lines between bluegrass, folk QER and country, local boys Flats and Sharps have gained a nationwide recognition for Read our interview with performing their own highly original songs Kirk from Flats and as well as fresh renditions of bluegrass Sharps on page XX and classics. These five incredible young catch them again around musicians have honed their skills in more the harbour over the than 300 live performances over four years weekend.. charming and wowing audiences across the UK along the way. They’ve just released their second album, King of My Mind and are preparing for a European tour. flatsandsharps.co.uk.

The Jar Family Imagine steam punk infused Bob Dylan wrestling The Pogues with Bez in a top-hat, dancing alongside. Intrigued? This superb QER six piece have mesmerized audiences at over 400 live gigs “Its knock out rootsy folk with their old fashioned sense of rock, that has choruses showmanship and raucous blues as big as the room.” addled industrial folk. Crack Magazine thejarfamily.com 0808 0909 Map Saturday No. 2 11am Josh Eggleton – A Café, Porthleven Aged just 15 Josh started working at his local fish and Chef’s Theatre chip shop. Since then his passion for food led him to become one of the youngest Michelin starred chefs in the country aged just 27 at his country pub The Pony & Trap near Bristol. The pub is recognised as one of the best gastropubs From gastropubs to seaside eateries we’ve scoured in the country as Josh loves cooking unpretentious, the best of the South West to bring you a cornucopia sustainable food using local, organically farmed of chefs to cook up a Porthleven-worthy storm and DID YOU KNOW?: The Chef’s Theatre is free to attend produce. He also runs his own food festival, Eat Drink make your tastebuds dance. but we do pass a hat round after each demo. Any Bristol Fashion, based in tipis in Bristol’s historic Queen spare change you can donate is hugely appreciated Square. Sponsored by and enables us to keep our demos free of charge. theponyandtrap.co.uk Above Beach Cottages

“Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear, We can begin to feed..”

10am QER Antony Worral Thompson – A Café, Porthleven Did you know? Josh turned down jobs with Antony is our festival patron and an award winning chef, author, television the likes of , Angela Hartnett presenter and broadcaster. He’s best known to TV audiences for the BBC’s Ready and Marcus Wareing to move back to his roots Steady Cook and . in South Bristol and open a place of his own. He now spends most of his time indulging his passion for food at his two restaurants, creating ‘real food for real people’ at The Kew Grill and pub QER classics at The Greyhound, near Henley-on-Thames. Antony calls the kitchen his playground where he “Porthleven always has a loves to experiment with ingredients using modern special place in my heart.” and classic methods. awtrestuarants.com Noon Ben Tunnicliffe – Jude Kereama – A Café, Porthleven Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn. The Beach, Sennen. Hailing from New Zealand (he’s half Maori, a quarter Chinese and a Classically trained Ben Tunnicliffe has owned and quarter Malaysian), Jude and his wife Jane run Kota Restaurant with worked at restaurants across Cornwall including the rooms, and Kota Kai here in Porthleven. Michelin starred Abbey Restaurant in Penzance and the Kota has been awarded 2 Rosettes by the AA and a Bib Gourmand from prestigious Scarlett Hotel. The Michelin Guide, as well as being named as one of The Telegraph’s Top in 2012, Ben took over the Tolcarne Inn in Newlyn, 50 summer restaurants in Britain. producing fabulous seasonal fare in a relaxed setting. Jude creates fresh, exciting dishes using local organic meat and fish with The Inn holds a Bib Gourmand and being literally a his renowned Asian twist. stones throw from one of the best and most diverse fish markets in the country it’s no wonder the pub has kotarestaurant.co.uk & kotakai.co.uk become a popular destination to enjoy the amazing bounty of our local waters. Ben has also opened an eponymous eatery at Sennen Cove – a relaxed and friendly environment with a menu featuring family favourites and coastal classics, QER executed to perfection using local, seasonal QER produce. Did you know? In 2015, Jude appeared on the BBC’s Great “It is all about enjoying British Menu alongside our next demo chef Josh Eggleton — and tolcarneinn.co.uk & life and making people they’re all set to grace our TV screens again later this year. benatsennen.com smile.” 1010 1111 2pm 1pm Fiona Were – A Café, Porthleven Jack Stein After training in New Zealand, Fiona has been in the UK for 16 years & Simon Allott – and has worked in establishments including the Fifteen, Cornwall, the Greenbank Hotel and the Mullion Cove Hotel. A Café, Porthleven Along the way Fiona has been awarded some top accolades including Jack Stein, the middle son of Rick being named one of the top 10 female chefs in the UK by The Independent and Jill Stein started as a kitchen on Sunday and a couple of AA Rosettes too. She even admits to a few TV porter in the family’s flagship Seafood appearances. Restaurant in Padstow in his school She now runs her own business offering private dining experiences in holidays. homes and holiday accommodation across Cornwall and beyond. He is now the executive chef across cheffionanz.com their restaurants in Cornwall and beyond. Jack likes to bring the world he has sampled on his travels to his family‘s restaurants using the knowledge he has gained to adapt local ingredients into dishes that QER reflect the culture of the places he has been. Did you know? Fiona and her partner Iain have a nano holding where they grow their own fruit and veg and have a Simon moved to Cornwall in 2014 flock of rare breed Indian Game and Red Dorking chickens. and after working as head chef at the Carbis Bay Hotel, took over the head chef position at , Porthleven. 3pm He grew up just outside of Nicky Grant, Patissiere and Chocolatier Manchester but now lives in Carbis Bay with his partner and children. He – A Café, Porthleven spent summers learning how to cook Award winning chocolatier and patissiere Nicky works from her kitchen studio in West- in Cornwall before moving to France Cornwall making wedding cakes, chocolate sculptures, fresh chocolates & truffles and where he worked as head chef at wedding favours. L’Atelier Gourmand. Nicky combines her design skills in sugar and www.rickstein.com/eat-with-us/ chocolate craft with the best local ingredients QER porthleven/ including Cornish cream, butter and eggs, wild flower honey and Cornish Seasalt to create some of the most “As a trained designer and sought after cakes and chocolates in the country. She patissiere, I am passionate now teaches a range of courses in the art of chocolate. about exceptional design, finish and taste.” nickygrant.com

4pm Stew Eddy – A Café, Porthleven Originally from Marazion, Stew trained with Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and with Michael Caines at Gidleigh Park. As Head Chef at Hunstrete House, Bath, he was awarded his first Michelin star and 3 AA Rosettes. He took over the Victoria Inn, Perranuthnoe in 2006 with his wife Anna and awards, accolades and recognition culminated in a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2013 and 2 AA Rosettes the following year. The couple then opened The Square at Porthleven in 2012, a bistro style QER café/restaurant serving amazing dishes using the best of the QER seasonal, local ingredients Cornwall Did you know? Simon can has to offer. often be found surfing the break Did you know? The Square Stew will be cooking alongside his in Porthleven between shifts. was awarded a BIB Gourmand Head Chef Bryok Williams in the 2016 Michelin Guide. thesquareatporthleven.co.uk 1212 1313 Outstanding Cottage Marketing & Management

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Cornish Chilli Crab “This is a variant of the classic Singapore chilli crab using British brown crab which has a much sweeter flavour. I also like to add some Marmite to the soy sauce to deepen the savoury flavour of TASTE the sauce. This is a perfect the dish to be shared as it involves lots of mess and is always a great conversation starter!” NATURE Jack Stein

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Method: 1. Put the crab on its back on the chopping board, so that the WE PRESS, claws and softer body section face upwards, then simply FERMENT, BLEND twist off the main claws, leaving the legs attached to the body. AND BOTTLE RIGHT HERE IN 2. Now put your thumbs against the hard shell close to the crab’s tail, and push and prise the body section out and away CORNWALL from the shell, the legs should still be attached to the body.

3. Remove the small stomach sac situated just behind the crab’s mouth and pull away the feather-like gills (dead man’s fingers) which are attached along the edges of the centre part and discard.

4. Using a teaspoon, scoop out the brown meat from inside the shell and reserve. Ingredients (Serves 4): 5. Chop the body into quarters and then cut the main claws in 2 kg cooked brown crab half at the joint. Crack the shells of each piece with a hammer or the back of a large knife. 4 tablespoons groundnut or sunflower oil 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 6. Heat the oil, garlic, ginger and chilli in a wok for a minute to allow their aromas to release. 2.5 cm (1 inch) fresh root ginger, finely chopped 7. Next, turn up the heat and fry off the brown crab meat, then Our business is all about respect 3 medium-hot, red, Dutch chillies, finely add the , soy, marmite and water. These all add and balance. We create our chopped savoury and sweet notes to the finished dishes. premium ciders and juices, using 4 tablespoons tomato ketchup 8. Now stir-fry the crab for 2 minutes and finally finish with traditional craft practises, produced 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce chopped coriander and spring onions. CONTACT US ON: 01503 269007 to modern, exacting standards. 1 teaspoon marmite 9. Serve immediately with lots of finger bowls and napkins as www.cornishorchards.co.uk 150 ml (5 fl oz) water this is a messy dish. AWARD WINNING BRAND 2 spring onions, cut into 5 cm (2 inch) /CornishOrchard AT THE INTERNATIONAL Jack Stein. Inspired by © Rick Stein Seafood 2001. pieces and shredded lengthways BBC Books Handful of chopped fresh coriander @CornishOrchards CIDER AWARDS 2015. 1616 1717 LIST OF STALL LOCATIONS

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2222 2323 Map “Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t music No. 2 you, will you join the dance?” Our very own Porthleven Town band, kick off the daytime music with a performance on both See pages 7 and 8 for our Friday night line up. Saturday and Sunday morning at 10.15am in the Harbour Head bar. Throughout both daytimes you From a buskers party around the harbour by day to our rip-roaring After Dark can enjoy free live music while you wander around the port at our Busk Stops (more on p.26). Parties there’s plenty of opportunity to sit back and relax to some tunes… or enjoy a good ol’ Cornish knees up! Saturday Listen out for the start of the Festival at 10am on Saturday when the rarely heard bells of The Cadgwith Singers kickstart the evening entertainment with some Traditional Sea Shantys. Porthleven’s iconic Clock Tower ring out to signify the start of the fun. Thank you to Porthleven Watch them perform on the Harbour Head at 6pm followed by the Porthleven School Signing Choir Town Council for arranging this. at 7pm. And don’t miss the fireworks at 9pm.

Saturday – Shipyard Tent – Mad Hatter’s Ball – 7 to 11pm Sponsored by Sunday – Shipyard tent – from 4 to 9pm – FREE ENTRY. Tickets £10 from porthlevenfoodfestival.com Tillley Hats Shanty The Mad Cows Bringing a modern twist to classic roots reggae, QER Let loose your party animal and experience ‘Post Modernist Bovine Smut PIC TO BE this -based band have just released their “Jamaica’s authentic Funk’ as The Mad Cows roll into town. Pumping out a melodic mix of folky new album Nowhere to Nowhere and are touring in ADVISED dubwise bass & rhythms funk and melodic mayhem, these guys combine audience participation and 2016. Shanty have performed all over the UK and blended with a new UK infectious grooves that will leave you asking yourself “ Am I Bovvered?”, Europe playing packed out shows and appearing at twist, soulful vocals and “Does that Make me Lazy?” and “Hit Me Baby One More Time”. prestigious music festivals including Glastonbury, a jazzy brass band, I’m Boomtown Fair, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, In 2009 they set off Glastonbury Festival with a bang at the backstage hooked!” opening and they’ve been known to host various British Hollywood Kendal Calling, Ostroda Reggae Festival, Outlook Becca D, MTV / Beats 1 heartthrobs being spotted partying with them ‘til the early hours of the Festival and many more. shantyband.com morning Don’t miss it. It’s gonna be mad! facebook.com/The-Mad-Cows Louella Jade Eke Biere De Luxe Be captivated by sweet honey melodies with a whiskey kick over a strong rhythm Smashing it on the live circuit recently these Cornish boys deliver a hectic, rum- guitar. Cornish singer Louella has influences in every genre so expect songs that fuelled blend of gypsy punk, shanty, rock n roll and more. With gigs across the UK PIC TO BE reach from folk to blues to rock and roll. Loella has supported The Levellers and and Europe under their belt they fuel stomping feet that crave the itch of a good ADVISED engages her audiences through both song and conversation. ol’ knees up, while always keeping their Kernow roots. louellajadeeke.com facebook.com/bieredeluxe Grapefruit Moon Boundless Brothers Distinctive individual vocals, fine blended harmonies and a range of acoustic instruments. Grapefruit Moon are Expect pop and rock sounds with folk influences from this fabulous Rachel Williams, Stuart Ellis and Steve Panter. This trio has a love of varying musical styles and come together five piece. After they released their debut EP Untold in November at a junction where Americana meets folk music. With their Welsh Harp, acoustic guitars and double bass they 2014, interviews and airtime followed through BBC Introducing perform sumptuous original songs and give an inventive twist to any music that moves them. along with press coverage including a video review of their first facebook.com/Grapefruit-Moon single by The Guardian. Last summer they performed at folk festivals including The Den at Cambridge, Shrewsbury, Warwick, Sidmouth Fringe and the BBC Introducing stage at CiderFest. Kezia Drift between folk and blues with a tinge of country as Kezia’s lyric based songs and thoughtful melodies on the boundlessbrothers.com guitar and piano float across the main tent. Her musical abilities have also gained her slots supporting artists Prize for best including The Proclaimers, Kaiser Chiefs and she’s played at some major UK Fretivals. Her powerful lyrics and Cadgwith Singers beautiful voice has earned her the Cornish Guardian’s What’s on Awards Best Female for two years in a row. Fresh from the Cadgwith Cove Inn, this local favourite male voice choir mad hat keziaofficial.co.uk will kick off proceedings on Saturday night. Pop on your panama or brush cadgwith.com/cadgwithsingers.htm up your bonnet on Saturday QER night as our sponsor Tilley KEEPING IT LOCAL FABULOUS FIREWORKS Hats will be awarding a very Check out the Singing Seagulls choir at the Atlantic Inn at 8.30pm, “One of the most original Don’t miss our fabulous firework extravaganza on Saturday at 9pm. special prize for the best mad Mighty Voodoo Den at the Harbour Inn at 9pm and Shabby Chic at Out and exciting artists to This year the display has been designed by pupil’s at Porthleven hat in the room. Fancy dress of the Blue from 9pm. Plus don’t miss the Porthleven Garage band in the come out of Cornwall” School working with Fully Fused. fullyfusedfireworks.com is encouraged! LitFest tent from 7.30pm. Ralph McTell 2424 2525 BUSK STOPS CLASSICAL music

We’re mixing things up during the daytime this year with five Busk Stops around the Harbour showcasing some fantastic Penzance Youth acoustic talent across Saturday and Sunday. DON’T M The amazing colourfulISS: Samba From Porthleven Town Band opening proceedings with their Celtica performing under String Orchestra beautiful brass sound to the funky beats of Samba the clock tower on Saturday A sophisticated evening of classical and Dakadoum Brazilian performances to include: Celtica there’ll be a real party kicking off around the harbour. Drummers at 1pm on Sunday. with Kerenza Elgar - Serenade for Strings Grab a cocktail from the VW Walton - Pieces from Henry V Roam around and discover some cool new sounds and street camper while you’re there and Bruce - Two Downland Songs performers. rock around the clock! Hurr Soprano Schubert - String Quartet in G minor MUSIC FROM: Flats and Sharps Charlotte Lloyd Butler Saturday 16th April 7pm across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and regular appearances in London and Birmingham. With Original songs and toe-tapping renditions of Singer/ songwriter performing haunting acoustic folk a reputation for innovation and a commitment to bluegrass classics. and pop. St Bartholomew’s Church, exploring and expanding the repertoire for string James Dundon Natahaniel Truscott Church Row, Porthleven orchestra, be prepared for a musical journey through the familiar and the unexpected. Returning with his beautiful Dutch street organ that’s Performing originals and covers with a chilled Penzance Youth String Orchestra present a broad been entertaining and enchanting people since the acoustic vibe. range of classical music, brought to life with 1920’s. infectious energy, musical vitality and compelling £8 including an interval glass of Prosecco. Lois French performance style. Nationally recognised Kate Plumtre Indie jazz and folk. ambassadors for the best of music making in Tickets from Porthleven Holiday Cottages office or Rock, pop, jazz and blues. Cornwall, the players have made an outstanding contact Rosie Hughes on 01326 574270 or rosie. Pearl Love reputation for themselves with popular concerts [email protected] Louelle Jade Eke Acoustic tunes on guitar and ukulele from this Sweet honey melodies with a whiskey kick . Falmouth student. Folk Outlaws Will Mead Traditional folk. Jazz rock and pop covers. David and Freya Will Sid Smith Acoustic duo playing sing along and folk classics A melodic pop sound with diverse influences, Will from the likes of Johnny Cash to Ed Sheeran — and describes his sound as Enercholy (Melancholy with the odd original too. Energy).

Charlotte Lloyd Butler Busk Stop Natahaniel Truscott 2626 2727 On the new album… an interview with King of My Mind was released in March and went straight into the charts in HMV and the sales were better than expected which is fantastic. We took a manger’s deal on and Flats and Sharps they got us to focus on our originals, which is actually the stuff we want to be doing. They put us in a studio in Devon where there were no pubs and hardly any WiFi and left us Flats and Sharps have played every band who’ve recorded and released new album there for four days with David McEwan one of King of My Mind on their own label. They’ve the best producers in the UK who’s worked on Porthleven Food Festival since the a tour of Europe planned for 2016 alongside Plan B’s The Defamation of Strickland Banks, together. We’ve got the management in place event began. This year, as well as multiple UK Festival appearances. amongst other things. and we’ve deliberately released the album on performing on the Main Stage on But each year Flats and Sharps give their We were let loose to be as creative as we our own label. Friday night, they’ll also be going management a list of days to hold sacred and wanted and we’ve done some new stuff we If you go with a label you can very easily be big old school to put in an appearance free of other engagements. Porthleven Food never thought we’d do on a record. Festival is always on that list. for a short amount of time and then die out. at our Busk Stops around the Har- On their fifth member… But then there are bands who stay around and bour on Saturday. We got the lowdown from the band’s banjo that’s what we’re aiming for by self-releasing. player and singer-songwriter Kirk ‘only the best’ Everyone’s in for an extra treat this year as So it goes from being a sprint to being a The last year has been a total whirlwind for the Bowman. we’ve got a fifth member who couldn’t make marathon and we plan to keep this band going last year’s Festival because he lives up in for a very long time. Carlisle. We knew of Danny on the bluegrass scene and always wanted a fiddle player to add King of My Mind is available to buy in all good something more to our sound. He’s fantastic. record stores and on iTunes and is even available on vinyl. Find out more about the boys at flatsandsharps.co.uk QER For us Porthleven Food Festival marks the start of the summer – it’s a home feeling and it’s so important.

On Porthleven Food Festival… For us, Porthleven Food Festival marks the start of the summer – it’s a home feeling and it’s so important because when we started you guys gave us a chance. We end up high off life after the Food Festival because we get such great feedback. On moving up… The last few months it really feels like Left to right: Danny ‘D4’ Hart, Kirk ‘only the best’ Bowman, Liam ‘Leemoan’ Fitzharris, Mikey ‘Pikey’ everything we’ve been pushing for is coming Ponsford and Josh ‘Jish’ Warner. 2828 2929 Map Literary Fringe No. 5 Festival “When is a raven like a writing desk?” Food for the mind and the soul… For the first time at Porthleven Food Festival we’ve Take the opportunity to come and meet the added a fringe Literary Festival: food for thought contributors, browse our stalls and maybe join us for a from authors, writers, poets and performers. We’re coffee... or a beer, or two. Located on the beautiful Lizard peninsula, surrounded by top quality joined by Caught by the River’s resident DJ Stephen ‘Spoonful’ Parker who’ll be keeping the chilled vibe Keep up with the latest info on Twitter @ producers who help create mouthwatering dishes for the evening menu. going all weekend with specially picked vinyl sounds. PorthlevenLitFest At prices that won’t break the bank! Saturday

10.30am | Songs of Welcome | Danu Fox Singer, ceramonialist and celebrant Danu Fox introduces Earth Singing; strong natural vocals of place and landscape.

11am | Getting Started Fiction Workshop | Wyl Menmuir Novelist, Wyl Menmuir explores ways to start writing your book. Using the exercises that helped him as he wrote his debut novel, Wyl will explore the habits you’ll need to develop to keep going. And to finish. Bring a notebook, a pen and an open mind.

Wyl lives on the north coast of Cornwall with his wife and two children and works as a freelance editor and literacy consultant. His first novel The Many is released by Salt Publishing on 15 June, 2016.

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12.30pm | The Mermaid’s Knowledge - Sirens from Homer to Zennor | Alex Woodcock

‘We know everything that happens on the teeming earth’ say the sirens in Homer’s Odyssey. Their song is seductive, mesmeric, lethal… leading the listener to disaster. Alex explores the imagery and folklore of the mermaid as well as her connection to creativity and place. Open Tuesday - Saturday 6pm - 11pm, Food 6pm - 9 pm Alex is a writer and stonecarver. After completing a PhD on Takeaway Fish & Chips available Tuesday - Saturday 6pm - 9pm medieval sculpture he became a stonemason and spent six years at Exeter Cathedral conserving its iconic west front. www.shipinnmawgan.co.uk He has written two books on medieval sculpture. His third, on the Romanesque carving of Devon and Cornwall, will be Tel: 01326 221240 published later this year. Mawgan-in-Meneage, Helston, Cornwall TR12 6AD www.fresshh.co.uk beakheads.com 3030 3131 2pm | The journey to publication | Liz Kessler Sunday Liz has written sixteen novels for children and young adults. Her books have sold over four million copies worldwide, have appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers list and have been translated into twenty-five languages. 11am | Spriggans, Piskies and Kick-Boxing Killers | Lucy Liz will talk about her journey to publication – including how she made ends Cooper and Joy Salisbury meet whilst starting out, working with foreign editors, and the book that What lurks beyond Cornwall’s sunshine, surf and golden sands? Join writers took fifteen years to get published. She’ll Joy Salisbury and Lucy Cooper as they share the influence Cornwall has on their share her top tips for anyone trying to get work. Joy lives and works in Penzance. She writes English Seaside Thrillers published in today’s market, and will answer featuring Winciette Jenkins, ice-cream lady assassin. questions from the tent. QER Read more about Liz, Writing as Joy Johnson Boswell, she’s currently penning a book on the Spanish Liz’s first Young Adult novel, Read Me Civil War. Lucy is a writer with a love of folklore and fairy tales. She grew up in the Like A Book, was published last year, and her best selling Emily Windsnap series and a wilds of West Penwith and is the author of the latest in the best-selling Element features a seventeen-year-old girl exploring Encyclopedia series, The Element Encyclopedia of Fairies (HarperCollins, 2014). her sexuality and coming out as gay. It has been described by international Hollywood film deal in bestselling author Jodi Picoult as ‘a welcome reminder that love is love, our interview on page 34. no matter what,’ and by bestselling author Sarah Waters as ‘a warm, funny, Hear her talking about 12.30pm | Harriers over Afghanistan engaging novel about friendship, family and following your heart.’ her YA books on Sunday at 2pm. QER - 10 Years On | Captain Adrian ‘Ade’ lizkessler.com Orchard OBE Royal Navy “We’ve got a range of From the death of the Harrier to the birth of the 3.30pm | Desert Island Books | Ella Berthoud and Antony Worral-Thompson authors, writers, performers and poets taking part new British super carriers, musings on life and Writer and Bibliotherapist, Ella Berthoud, will interview Anthony Worrall-Thompson, asking the across the two days with leadership from Captain Ade Orchard, Commanding audience to help in prescribing books to Anthony. Also, the audience will be asked for their literary ailments with vinyl sounds creating the Officer Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”. instant prescriptions available for dispensing! vibe and book signings. Joining the Royal Navy in 1986, he qualified as Everyone’s welcome to a Sea Harrier pilot. After flying extensively from Ella started reading on a journey from Tehran to London when she was five. She spent the next thirteen years join us for a boogie, a beer aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious, Invincible and Ark reading books in inappropriate places like ski-lifts and trampolines. She’s studied English Literature and Fine or a discussion. It’s not Royal, he commenced a three year exchange in the Art and co-published The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies with Susan Elderkin. Ella lives in West going to be stuffy, quiet or USA flying the Harrier AV-8B. Sussex with her husband and three daughters. ellaberthoud.com pretentious!” Returning to the UK he flew the Harrier GR7 and in 2006 took command of 800 Organiser Jay Armstrong. Naval Air Squadron. Tours in Afghanistan were followed by MOD and a further USA tour in the Pentagon, taking command of Culdrose in 2015. 5pm | On the Road not Taken | Paul Dodgson An hour of storytelling, folk music and memoir by writer and performer Paul 2pm | YA fiction (& cake) | Lisa Glass et al Dodgson. Four authors, who live in Cornwall or whose books are set in Cornwall, discuss writing young adult (YA) fiction. Join Lisa Glass, Lu Hersey, Liz Kessler and Anna McKerrow for Paul is a writer, playwright, radio producer, composer and musician. He has an informal panel event, with a chance to share tea and cakes with them afterwards. written 14 plays for BBC Radio 4, spent 18 months as part of the Eastenders Lisa Glass is the author of the Blue trilogy of young adult novels, set within the surf writing team and was the writer on the award winning drama-documentary community of Newquay. The first of the series is currently being adapted into a film series Monsters We Met for BBC2. He has also written the music and lyrics directed by award-winning screenwriter and director John Duigan (Sirens, Head in the for four musicals at Theatre Royal Bath. On the Road not Taken has been Clouds). commissioned by BBC Radio 4 as an Afternoon Drama to be transmitted in Lisa Glass 2016. ontheroadnottaken.co.uk Lu Hersey is the author of Deep Water, a mesmerizing mystery set in a beautiful, remote Cornish village. Deep Water was the winner of the 2013 Mslexia Children’s Novel Writing Award and was recently longlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase Award. 6pm | Performance Poetry Kym Martindale | Teacher at Falmouth University, Liz Kessler has written sixteen books for children and young adults. She writes middle grade novels about living up a muddy lane in Cornwall. Writes poetry mermaids, fairies, time travel and superpowers, and young adult novels about teenagers coming of age, falling Be soothed, amused, challenged and maybe shocked. when she can. in love and discovering their identity. Anna McKerrow is the author of Crow Moon and Red Witch. Anna is the Children’s Books Editor at Booktrust. With: Nathan Hardy | Performance poet changing the world She has also published four volumes of poetry and taught creative writing in adult education for seven years. one stanza at a time. Zach Jackson | Emotive, image-laden poetry Anna is a Pagan, reads the tarot, is a Reiki practitioner, and is a little bit obsessed with stone circles. accompanied by minimal atmospheric arrangements. Sarah Cave & Ben Wilson | Students at Falmouth Quiet people yelling. University About the sponsor Elementum Journal is delighted to sponsor the first Porthleven Literary Festival. We’d love to welcome you 7.30pm | The Garage Band to the Lit Fest marquee and introduce you to many of our contributors who will be speaking, performing or exhibiting their art. Come and say hello and enjoy some food for the soul and the mind. A musical excursion of improvised soundscape and verse, inspired by the contents of a weasel’s satchel. Elememtum is a new publication from Cornwall launching in June 2016 and will be published three times a Although having never played the same piece twice, the Garage Band, regularly string themselves together in year. It is a journal of new writing and visual arts that explores our connection to the natural world. a Porthleven garage to spontaneously record and produce their musical interventions. Expect anything. Listen wondrously. Meet the team at the Porthleven Lit Fest or find out more at elementumjournal.com 3232 3333 3.30pm | The Blog - How to avoid trolls, alienating the crowd and a P45 | Sgt Colin Taylor Find out how one man found a route into writing through blogging and how the blog is a brilliant free tool in developing writing skills to gather and generate an audience. He will introduce the various platforms available online and offer his experience on where to focus energies.

Colin is a resident of the Isles of Scilly. He’s also a writer and Police Officer of 20 years. He’s mostly known for his Like Heartbeat but Less Frenetic Isles of Scilly Police Facebook blogs where 55k followers enjoy updates on his No. 12 policing of the archipelago.

@ScillySergeant facebook.com/IslesofScillyPolice/ half page - still to be arty happenings supplied QER

Snap happy Brand Colours: Pantone 449 C C = 65, M = 55, y = 100, K = 28 Don’t miss local photographer Carla Regler’s photography exhibition in Websafe = 59582B Pantone 381 C C = 20, M = 0, y = 91, K = 0 the Lifeboat Studio (Map no. 27) over the Festival weekend. Specialising in Websafe = D6E03D seascapes, landscapes and wildlife, Carla’s image of Porthleven being battered by the ferocious storms in 2014 won the Weather category in the British Life Photography Awards.

Recently QER extended café Fish tales Following last year’s mermaid, this year look out for a giant fish floating in the harbour. Created from recycled materials by local college students it’ll light up at night. Just five minutes from Porthleven by car – head towards Penzance on the A394. Breage, TR13 9PY 3434 3535 An Interview

with: Liz Kessler On Cornwall as an inspiration… I sit working with a view of the sea and I go out walking the dog along the cliffs and coast paths. My second YA book which comes out in October Mermaids, fairies, ghosts and pirate is based on a small seaside town and some of the big dramatic scenes are completely inspired by dogs: author Liz Kessler’s tales are the coastline around here. filled with colour, magic, and intrigue On Porthleven… and adored by millions of young We caught up with her for a pre- people across the globe. Festival chat… I love it. I’m a keen photographer and it’s my go to place on a stormy day. I go there for big, dramatic We’re delighted to have her headlining On her latest publications… waves and to watch the big boys surfing. Find out more about Liz and her books at our Lit Fest this year where she’ll The paperback that comes out at the time of the lizkessler.co.uk share stories about her books, getting festival is called Read Me Like A Book. It’s about a published and the writer’s life. 17-year-old girl exploring her sexuality and going from her last boyfriend to her first girlfriend via a massive crush on a teacher. On common themes… No matter what I’m writing about I always find myself QER writing about the things that matter to me. Things like looking after your friends, being good to your “I was playing a game called Fantasy family, standing up for what you believe in, becoming comfortable with who you are. QER Lives where you describe your ideal life and I realised I wanted to be a writer.” On getting started… Hollywood director Robert Stromberg, who directed Malificent and worked on When I was 8 or 9 I used to write poems and was convinced I was going to be a poet when I grew up but films including The Hunger Games has I got into journalism and teaching and forgot about been signed up to work on developing writing for a long time. Then, some years later, I was Liz’s Emily Windsnap series into a on holiday playing a game called Fantasy Lives where you describe your ideal life and I realised I wanted to potential film. be a writer. So literally overnight I signed up for an MA in novel writing and went from there. On her most successful series… The most popular series I’ve written is the Emily Windsnap books. I think of her as a tomboy mermaid. She’s not really a girlie-girlie mermaid. She’s more the kind that gets into scraps and scrapes. On the possibility of an Emily Windsnap film… It’s probably the thing fans ask me about most, when the movie will be out. A Hollywood producer called Reid Shane has the option and the exciting thing that happened recently is he signed a major Hollywood director called Robert Stromberg who directed Malificent and was artistic director of films like Avatar and The Hunger Games. So that’s a big step. It still feels like a long way off and not real but it’s very exciting. 3636 3737 If you go down to the bridge today….

you’re in for a big surprise! Map No. 6

The bridge across the harbour was a big hit at last in the living room and me and my sister and my Dad year’s Food Festival. So this year it’s back… with one would be the goats and my Mum, who was always so small and rather hairy addition! prim and proper, would hop out and play the troll,” Ali recalls. This year, if you want to cross the bridge, look out for the toll troll who’ll be stepping out of the land of Ali is always game for a spot of dressing up and last fairytale to collect your money. year at Lifeboat Day played the role of a pirate, so this will be another Porthleven dress-up to add to her CV. Porthlevener Ali Kite will be taking on the role of troll in memory of her Mum Evelyn, who she remembers “I love the Food Festival, it’s so fabulous to see always used to play the troll in the Three Billygoats everyone bustling around enjoying themselves,” Ali Gruff with her family. says, “And the sillier the better for me when it comes to helping out… that bridge needs a troll and this one’s “I must have been about five and we’d set up a ramp for Mum – I’m the troll, fol-de-rol!”

Ali will be selling wristbands for £1, which will allow unlimited bridge crossings. All profits from the bridge Ali will be taking on the role of bridge troll in will go towards the Fisherman’s Mission. You’ll also memory of her Mum Evelyn, and collecting money be able to get a band from the Information Point. for the Fisherman’s Mission. Just make sure you show it to the troll as you cross to appease her!

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