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BOOKS by the BEACH By WWW. BOOKSBYTHEBEACH.CO.UK 11-15 APRIL BOOKS byby thethe BEACH2018 TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE STEPHEN JOSEPH THEATRE SCARBOROUGH BOOK FESTIVAL WELCOME WED 11 APRIL 10.30AM – 11.30AM £7 A WARM WELCOME to our NATALIE fifth BOOKS BY THE BEACH. HAYNES ANTIGONE - GREEKOEDIPUS MYTHS AND 2018 is a year of commemorations - one hundred years of Votes HOSTED BY PETER GUTTRIDGE for Women and the bicentenary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. We’re joining in the celebrations and inviting you to the party. SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY CONCERT HALL We’ve a festival feast with everyone’s favourite flavour. There are themed lunches at The Crescent Hotel and The Stephen Joseph Bistro. A Brazilian Breakfast at Palm Court provides a fruity start...whilst Wykeham Abbey Old Kitchen is the perfect setting for a candelit dinner and a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Writer, broadcaster and former stand up comedian Natalie Haynes is the author of Crime and thriller writers play their part and we’ve a new drama The Amber Fury and The Ancient Guide to Modern set in the town hall council chamber. Radio, screen and theatre Life. She has written and presented BBC Radio 4 stars take to the stage and we’re exploring the science of food. show, ‘Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics’. There’s a dancer in the art gallery, musicians in the library and In a fresh look at the tale of Oedipus and Antigone St. Mary’s Church opens its doors to tales of Anne Brontë. Poignant Natalie introduces her new novel, The Children thoughts are shared for Amnesty International and TV journalists of Jocasta and brings Ancient Greece to life. discover what’s hot off the press. Myths and history intermingle and we reminisce on favourite childhood reading. Prize winning authors rub shoulders with comic actors and screenwriters. 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A lecturer on the suffragettes, Diane has also appeared on radio and consulted on numerous TV documentaries, and the film Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham-Carter. Royal Literary Fund It’s ‘Votes for Women’ but of course men are welcome too! BOOKSBYTHEBEACH.CO.UK 3 Brochure design by www.charlottemiddleton.co.uk WED 11 APRIL WED 11 APRIL 1PM – 2PM £8 5.30PM – 6.30PM £7 CATHERINE NICHOLAS HEWITT SHAKESPEARE RENOIR’S DANCER CHURCHILL HOSTED BY ALLAN MALLINSON HOSTED BY ALLAN MALLINSON SCARBOROUGH ART GALLERY SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY Wheelchair access but toilets CONCERT HALL are located upstairs Catherine Hewitt studied French Literature and Art Son of a diplomat, Nicholas Shakespeare spent History at Royal Holloway and Courtauld Institute of much of his youth in the Far East and South America. Art. Her book Renoir’s Dancer, tells the story of the Novelist and biographer, he is translated into twenty Impressionists’ model, Suzanne Valadon. Suzanne languages. It’s hard for us to imagine the Second posed for, and had affairs with many renowned World War without Winston Churchill taking over at painters. Then Renoir discovered her secret: the the helm, but in Six Minutes In May Nicholas shows model was herself a talented artist who fought to be how easily events could have gone in a accepted in a male dominated world... different direction... WED 11 APRIL WED 11 APRIL 3PM – 4PM £6 Royal Literary Fund 7.30PM – 8.30PM £8 INCLUDES FIONA COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF WINE BEN SAMPSON OR BEER IN SEARCH OF MARY SHELLEY SMITH THE 401 SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY MARATHON MAN SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY CONCERT HALL This event is sponsored CONCERT HALL by The Royal Literary Fund Mary Shelley was raised in a house of radical thinkers. Aged sixteen, she eloped with Percy Ben Smith ran 401 marathons in 401 days. Bysshe Shelley, living on the move across Britain He burnt 2.4 million calories; ran with 10,000 and Europe, as she coped with debt, infidelity and people; inspired 600 first-time marathon runners death. Published for the 200th anniversary of and visited 101 schools. He raised in excess of Frankenstein, prize-winning writer and poet Fiona £325,000 for charity. Sampson shares the real woman behind the story. Hurry to catch him @the401challenge! A BBC Radio 4 book of the week. 4 SCARBOROUGH BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKSBYTHEBEACH.CO.UK 5 THU 12 APRIL 3PM – 4PM £7 THU 12 APRIL ROBERT 10.30AM – 11.30AM £6 GODDARD SAMANTHA PANIC ROOM & Ë THRILLER WRITING ELLIS ANNE BRONT HOSTED BY PETER GUTTRIDGE TAKE COURAGE - SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY HOSTED BY HELEN BOADEN CONCERT HALL ST. MARY’S CHURCH Robert Goddard’s first novel, Past Caring, was Anne Brontë is often seen as the forgotten sister, an instant bestseller. Since then his books have overshadowed by her older siblings and sidelined captivated readers worldwide with their by history. But not today...as playwright and journalist edge-of-the-seat pace and labyrinthine plotting. Samantha Ellis takes us on a poignant journey into The first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was Anne’s life - a feminist writer ahead of her period. dramatised for TV, starring John Thaw. Today, Take time to visit Anne’s final resting place in the Robert talks about his latest novel Panic Room and cemetery nearby. humorously shares a few secrets of his own... THU 12 APRIL THU 12 APRIL 12.30PM – 1.30PM 5.30PM – 6.30PM £7 DONATION ON DOOR MARTY CLASSICAL JOPSON CONCERT THE SCIENCE OF FOOD PURE NOSTALGIA SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY CONCERT HALL CONCERT HALL Dr Marty Jopson has been making science TV Pure Nostalgia is written and presented by programmes for over twenty years. He has worked Maria Billington -The lives and music of Cole Porter behind the camera but also in front as the long and Irving Berlin with special tribute to Forces standing science presenter on the BBC1 flagship Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn. programme, The One Show. Tonight he takes us on It stars soprano Samantha Holden, violinist a mouth-watering tour of the twenty-first century Phillip Mindenhall and pianist Howard Beaumont. kitchen and everyday food miracles. 6 SCARBOROUGH BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKSBYTHEBEACH.CO.UK 7 FRI 13 APRIL 10AM – 11AM DONATION ON DOOR THU 12 APRIL AMNESTY 7.30PM – 9.30PM INTERNATIONAL £30 TICKET INCLUDES THREE COURSE DINNER DAVID HEWSON EVENT BALI RAI CANDLELIT DINNER SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY WYKEHAM ABBEY OLD KITCHEN CONCERT HALL This venue does not have wheelchair access David Hewson is a former journalist who worked at Award winning author Bali Rai presents his The Times, The Independent, and The Scarborough Amnesty story, The Colour of Humanity, and argues Evening News. He is the author of nearly twenty that race is an outmoded, illogical and divisive crime thrillers set in various European cities, concept. Based in Leicester, Bali promotes reading including an acclaimed interpretation of Danish TV for pleasure, greater empathy and human rights to drama The Killing and the Nic Costa series set in youngsters across the UK. Organised by Rome. Tonight he will be talking about JULIET and Scarborough Amnesty Group. ROMEO, his retelling of Shakespeare. FRI 13 APRIL 12.30PM – 2.30PM £23 INCLUDES A HEARTY THU 12 APRIL £7 TWO COURSE LUNCH 7.30PM – 8.30PM JULIAN AARONOVITCHBEN NORTON EAT ME CAFE FESTIVAL LUNCH YORKSHIRE VET HOSTED BY BARRY FORSHAW HOSTED BY PETER GUTTRIDGE THE STEPHEN JOSEPH SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY THEATRE BISTRO BAR CONCERT HALL Julian Norton stars in the TV documentary Ben Aaronovitch grew up as part of an engaged series, The Yorkshire Vet which follows Skeldale and lively North London family. He has written for Veterinary Centre, the modern, relocated Herriot many TV series including Doctor Who and been a practice featured in the All Creatures Great and bookseller. 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