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8pm-10pm, Fowey Parish Church, £20 In constant demand, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in every sense of the word a live band. We are delighted to welcome to this year’s Matched with the unshakable dedication festival the highly acclaimed band Mad Dog of their massive and “loyal-to-the-hilt” fan Mcrea. They blend a unique mixture of folk base, Mad Dog Mcrea are more than just rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake a very popular act, with five albums under your ass’ music. From self-penned songs their belts, they are serious and acclaimed of adventure, drinking, love and life, to recording artists too. December 2019 saw traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless Mad Dog Mcrea release a 5-track EP titled pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never It’s a Sign. fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available before the start of the concert and during the interval.

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David Parker LAURIE LEE - DOWN IN THE VALLEY – THE LOST RECORDINGS 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

Reflections on love, landscape, writing, poetry, childhood, music and much more, from the voice of one of the great English writers of the last century, Laurie Lee. In 1994, the year of his 80th birthday, Laurie Lee shared his memories of an ‘eventful’ early life, in a series of interviews with the film maker and television director, David Parker. It was quite a coup, as Laurie did not ‘do’ television! In the recordings, he talks with sublime eloquence about his life in the Slad Valley, and the influence of the Julie Summers landscapes and memories of his childhood DRESSED FOR WAR on his subsequent writing. 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 In this illustrated talk, David will introduce the recordings, and using extracts from Dressed for War tells them, reveal what they tell us about one of the story of Audrey England’s finest chroniclers of our times. Withers, editor of British Laurie Lee - The Lost Recordings DVD and Vogue from 1940-1960. audio recordings are out now. Now almost completely unknown, Withers was Wine and soft drinks available. described in 1943 by Supported by Penguin Books the President of the Board of Trade as "the most powerful woman in London". A towering intellect with a genius for editing, an eagle eye for good design and the courage to take on some of the biggest personalities in mid-20th century fashion, Audrey Withers was also kind and generous. We are delighted to invite back to the Festival, author and historian, Julie Summers, who through her latest book, shines a spotlight on this forgotten feminist heroine.

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9-16 MAY 2020 Thirty-two artists and craftspeople invite you to their studios and exhibitions in Fowey

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*% *% William Ivory THROUGH THE EYES OF A SCRIPTWRITER 8pm-9pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

One of Britain’s leading television and theatre writers, William Ivory, was born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. He attended the Minster School and London University. However, he left university after a year and became a council dustman. He has written award- winning dramas for film, television and theatre, including: Journey to Knock, Common as Muck, The Sins, Burton and Taylor, Bomber’s Moon, Diary of a Football Nobody and was a BAFTA nominated writer for the film Made in Dagenham. He is currently Visiting Professor in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University.

This evening, William talks candidly about his career, the film industry and much more.

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Meet The Festival Team 12.30pm-1.30pm, Fowey Town Hall Friends Event – Free Entry

Calling all Festival Friends. Join the team that organises the Festival each year, for a drink and light lunch. The work we do throughout the year makes it all worthwhile when we met our visitors. If you would like to become a Friend and benefit from the membership, please see the Festival website for details or join up at this event. Dr Laura Varnam DAPHNE DU MAURIER AND THE BRONTËS: DU MAURIER ANNIVERSARY TALK 11am-12noon, Fowey Town Hall, £10

This year sees the 60th anniversary of the publication of Daphne du Maurier’s groundbreaking biography, The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë (1960). In this lecture, du Maurier expert Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford) will discuss the place of the biography within Daphne’s works and its importance as the first serious and sympathetic treatment of the Brontë sisters’ difficult brother, Branwell. Laura will discuss Daphne’s race to complete the book before noted Brontë biographer, Other Events Winifred Gerin, could publish her own, SUNDAY 10 MAY and she will also explore Daphne’s lifelong Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and fascination with the Brontë family, including galleries. See Page 8 the works of Emily and Charlotte. The Guided Walks. See Page 54 Infernal World of Branwell Brontë showcases du Maurier’s achievement as a biographer and researcher and we are delighted to celebrate the book at the Festival this year.

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Gill Hornby Dr Helen Taylor MISS AUSTEN WHY WOMEN READ FICTION: THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES 2pm-3pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 Fans of Jane Austen will delight in Gill Hornby's For her latest book, Why new book Miss Austen. Women Read Fiction: Based on a literary The Stories of Our mystery that has long Lives, Dr Helen Taylor puzzled biographers conducted over 500 and academics, it's a interviews with readers wonderfully original and emotionally and writers including complex novel about the loves and lives Hilary Mantel, Helen of Cassandra and Jane Austen which Dunmore, Katie Fforde, and Sarah Dunant, ingeniously imagines what Jane’s sister asking why women read fiction. She argues Cassandra Austen’s own life might have that female readers are key to the future been like, both before and after Jane's of fiction and considers why women are untimely death. Gill is author of the novels the main buyers of fiction, members of The Hive and All Together Now and of a book clubs, attendees at literary festivals biography of Austen for young readers. and why Pride and Prejudice and Jane Join Gill as she tells us all about her latest Eyre still resonate so strongly with British novel and the stories behind her narrative. women readers. Insight is also given into the challenges faced by female writers. Supported by Century. Helen, a longstanding friend of the Festival, is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Exeter, author, curator and was the first director of the Liverpool Literary Festival.

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Andrew Lownie One World THE MOUNTBATTENS: AN EVENING OF POETRY AND SONG THEIR LIVES AND LOVES 8pm-10pm, Fowey Parish Church, £15 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 One World is an original choral theatre Writer, historian and production by international award-winning literary agent, Andrew songwriter Helen Yeomans. This highly Lownie tells the story acclaimed show, which has already been of the unique marriage performed to sold out audiences, is a between a member of treat for the senses! It weaves together a the Royal Family, Dickie tapestry of song and spoken word, which Mountbatten, and one is breath taking, and it draws the audience of the richest women in Britain, Edwina into a world of questioning all our actions. Mountbatten. Mountbatten played a major The show is performed by the incredible part in the marriage of his nephew, Phillip, Glorious Chorus and newly commissioned to Queen Elizabeth and was Supreme Allied spoken word pieces are presented by Commander, South East Asia in World the talented poets; Matt Harvey, Liv Torc, War II and the last Viceroy of India. Edwina Alexandra Rhodes and Harula Ladd. was once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed many affairs Wine and soft drinks available. but was later known for her humanitarian work across the world. Lownie looks at the story behind Mountbatten’s leadership, Edwina’s affair with the former Prime Minister of India, Nehru, and Mountbatten’s assassination in 1979. Andrew Lownie runs one of the UK’s leading literary agencies. He is also author of the biography John Buchan and of the Literary Companion to Edinburgh.

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ÃSophie Hannah6PM, FOWEY TOWN HALL Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier: ÃA Reading Group with Dr Laura Varnam 9.30am-10.30am, Fowey Hall Hotel, £10

Come along to Fowey Hall Hotel for an informal reading group discussion of du Maurier’s historical novel Mary Anne (1954), with Dr Laura Varnam from University College, Oxford. Laura is a du Maurier expert, researcher, and regular contributor to the Festival. The reading group will be a relaxed and informal opportunity to discuss and share ideas about Daphne’s fascinating novel based on the life of her colourful great, great grandmother Mary Anne Clarke, mistress of the Duke of York. Please can participants have read the novel; no further Sponsored by preparation is necessary. Just bring yourself, your copy of the The Jamaica Inn novel, and your enthusiasm for du Maurier!

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Katrina Stephens David Parker – A Workshop SEA FEVER - THE PLEASURES AND THE PERILS EXPLORE THE ANCIENT ART OF CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING 11am-12noon, Fowey Town Hall, £10

10am-4pm, Fowey Parish Hall, £40 Surrounded by water we are, like the tide This informal workshop, led by Chinese ebbing and flowing, both drawn to the Brush Painting expert Katrina Stephens, is sea and yet at the same time terrified designed to give everyone, whatever their by its terrible, destructive power. Using experience of the art form, the opportunity remarkable home movie cine film, some to experiment with a number of different of it never seen before, documentary film subjects, ranging from birds and flowers, maker, David Parker, will tell the story of to fish or fowl to create variety. Katrina our relationship to the sea over the last will give detailed demonstrations and hundred years. Prepare to be delighted guide you through the skills involved to and horrified by what we will see and hear. produce stunning artwork. At the end of David Parker produced the series Sea the workshop, students will leave with Fever shown recently on BBC Four. an understanding of the unique nature of this art form and a number of completed pieces of their own. All Chinese materials Other Events will be supplied, but if you prefer to bring your own, please do so. Beginners, or those MONDAY 11 MAY Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and with experience, welcome. galleries . See Page 8 Numbers limited to 12. Guided Walks. See Page 55 The History of St Winnow Church. See Page 59

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ARKangel Eve Chase and Fiona Neill IN CONVERSATION LULLABY OF ANDALUSIA WITH VERONICA HENRY 12.30pm – 1.30pm, Fowey Parish Church Free entry – donations welcome 2pm-3pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £8

The traditions of Andalusia owe more to Writer and journalist, Eve Chase’s The Glass the wonderfully strange and sensual world House, is a gripping, dual-narrative story of the Orient, than to mainland Europe. about family secrets, lies and belonging, The themes of love and death pervade from the acclaimed author of Black Rabbit the spicy music and poetry of the region. Hall and The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde. It Through violin, guitar and voice, ARKangel is an emotional, thrilling book about family are a duo of over twenty years’ standing, secrets and belonging - and how we find with a passion for the feisty and soulful ourselves when we are most lost. repertoire of Spain and South America. Fiona Neill is an author and journalist who Premièred at Liverpool Philharmonic has written five Sunday Times bestsellers. Hall as the scene setter for Paco Peña’s Amongst other jobs she has worked as a ‘Requiem Flamenco’, Lullaby of Andalusia is foreign correspondent in Central America rich in ancient Andalusian deep song, the and was assistant editor for Marie Claire music of De Falla, Ravel, Sainz de la Maza, and the Times Magazine. Her latest book Rodrigo, Lorca and both Classic Tango and is a stunning psychological family drama, Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. Beneath the Surface. Eve and Fiona will Wine and soft drinks will be available. be in conversation with bestselling author, Veronica Henry.

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Francesca Wade Sophie Hannah SQUARE HAUNTING – FIVE WOMEN, HAVEN’T THEY GROWN FREEDOM AND LONDON BETWEEN 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 THE WARS 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £8 Join Sophie Hannah as she talks about her latest Mecklenburgh Square, on psychological suspense the radical fringes of interwar thriller, Haven’t They Bloomsbury, was home to Grown. An internationally activists, experimenters recognised bestselling and revolutionaries; among crime fiction writer, her novels have been them were the modernist translated into 49 languages and published poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. in 51 countries. Sophie’s psychological Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers historian Eileen Power, and writer and National Book Award for Crime Thriller of publisher Virginia Woolf. They each alighted the Year in 2013. She is the author of the there seeking a space where they could bestselling Poirot continuation mysteries. live, love and, above all, work independently. The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Francesca’s book biography explores Lives have been adapted for television as how these trailblazing women pushed Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams the boundaries of literature, scholarship, and Darren Boyd. Sophie has also created and social norms, forging careers that a Master’s Degree in Crime and Thriller would have been impossible without these writing at the University of Cambridge, of spaces of their own. Francesca has written which she is the main teacher and course for many newspapers and magazines, director. She is also a bestselling poet, including the Financial Times, London shortlisted for the TS Eliot award and her Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement work is studied at GCSE and A-level. and New Statesman. Francesca will be in conversation with broadcaster and Supported by Hodder & Stoughton journalist, Penny Smith.

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Turin Brakes ACOUSTIC SHOW 8pm-10pm, Fowey Parish Church, £23

The estimable London 4-piece Turin Brakes are touring an acoustic show in 2020 in-between playing their full electric set at a handful of festivals in the Summer. They are playing a range of songs spanning their 20-year career which includes STAY FOR THE seven top 40 singles and 6 top 40 albums with sales over a million worldwide. One of the finest indie bands of the last two decades, Turin Brakes founding FESTIVAL AT members and former primary school friends, Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, perform along with long-time band mates Rob Allum and Eddie Myer. Formed JAMAICA INN in Balham South London, Turin Brakes released their Mercury Music Prize ON WILD AND nominated debut album The Optimist in 2001 followed by Ether Song in 2003, which featured the top 5 hit single Pain Killer (Summer Rain). Their last studio BEAUTIFUL album Invisible Storm was released to critical acclaim in 2018. BODMIN MOOR Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available before the start of the concert and during the interval. just 25 miles from Fowey - 36 bedrooms and suites

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Tap into your inner Glee and Malone for a Pitch Perfect morning session of singing. Hospital Consultant and Fowey River Singers’ Musical Director, Andy Virr, has a passion for all things choral. Come and get a taste of singing in his choir – experience the thrill of singing in harmony, the sense of the movement as together you breathe in before that first note. Includes an opportunity to perform at tonight’s evening concert. Beginners to advanced welcome. __ 20 foweyfestival.com | [email protected] FOLLOW US fowey_festival FoweyFestival TUESDAY 12MAY © Onur Pinar Kate Aspengren REBECCA: PAGE, STAGE, AND SCREEN 11.30am-12.30pm, Fowey Town Hall, £8

Playwright Kate Aspengren takes a look at the way in which Rebecca was adapted for the screen and for the stage. We’ll hear select scenes read from the novel, view those same scenes as they appear in the 1940 film, and finally hear readings of the Sophie Hannah scenes as they appear in du Maurier’s own stage adaptation. DREAM AUTHOR: A MASTERCLASS HOW TO THINK AND WHAT TO DO Kate is on the faculty of Coe College in TO MAKE YOUR WRITING DREAMS Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she teaches COME TRUE creative writing, including a course on 9am-11am, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £20 adaptation. Her published plays include Sophie Hannah is an internationally Flyer and Blue Yonder. Her work has been bestselling crime writer and course produced throughout North America. director of University of Cambridge's new Master's degree in Crime & Thriller Writing. She’s also the founder of the Dream Author Coaching Programme. In this workshop for writers and aspiring writing, Sophie will teach participants how to: increase your chances of success; change incorrect, unhelpful and limiting beliefs; retain full control over your writing dreams and journey, instead of giving your power away to the first agent or editor who shows an interest in you; how to make sure your dreams, and your definitions of success and failure, aren’t working against you; how to be your own best and most powerful ally and advocate, throughout your writing life, Sponsored by and how to use Sophie's amazing invention, The Jamaica Inn the Literary Diagnostics method, (which is very different from editing), to take your writing to the next level.

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Penny Smith IN CONVERSATION WITH GRANT FELLER 12.30pm-1.30pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £10

Penny Smith is a television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. She's also a published novelist and has spent much of her professional life in the arts and literary worlds.

She's worked at the BBC, Sky, GMTV and Truro School Senior Classic FM. Currently, she's one of the main presenters at Talk Radio as well as Scala Chamber Musicians and continues to write for the national LUNCHTIME RECITAL newspapers and websites. She's also a 12.15pm-1pm, Fowey Parish Church frequent newspaper reviewer and cultural Free Entry, donations welcome commentator for the BBC News channels. She was born in Nottinghamshire and began Truro School’s talented senior chamber her career as a reporter and feature writer musicians present a short recital of on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph. music from the 18th and 19th centuries. Truro School’s busy and active Music Today, Penny will be in conversation with Department puts on nearly sixty concerts journalist and Fowey resident Grant Feller, each year, both at the school and talking about her career and love of the arts. around the county. Pupils, who benefit from a comprehensive programme of academic and extra-curricular music, regularly achieve Grade 8s and even diplomas before leaving the school, and participate in over thirty ensembles and choirs. In addition, Truro School is home to the choristers of the renowned Truro Cathedral Choir.

Other Events TUESDAY 12 MAY Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and galleries. See Page 8 Guided Walks. See Page 55

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Raynor Winn THE WILD SILENCE 2pm-3pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £10

We are delighted to welcome back to the Festival, Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path, in which she and Moth go out to find the sea, the windswept and wild coastline, to find a way through homelessness, to find themselves again. Today, Raynor will be talking about her follow-up book, The Wild Silence, where they come back to what should be home, but four walls no longer feel that way. For Raynor, recovering self-esteem and trust in herself and in others, is harder than she expected. She continues to face Moth's debilitating illness and struggles to find a way to adjust to a life in one place, unmoving. Until an incredible gesture by someone who read their story changes everything. Raynor will be in conversation with broadcaster and journalist, Penny Smith.

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Adult Short Story Awards Presentation 3pm-3.15pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, Free entry

Following on from Raynor Winn’s event, as guest judge for this year’s Adult Short Story Competition, she will be announcing the winners and presenting the prizes in conjunction with guest presenter, Penny Smith.

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Dr Laura Varnam SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: INTRODUCING A MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECE 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

Dr Laura Varnam is known at the Festival as a du Maurier expert but in her day job she teaches Medieval English Literature at University College, Oxford. Over the past few years Laura has entertained festival-goers with tales from Geoffrey Chaucer, the Anglo-Saxon poet of Beowulf, and the medieval mystic Margery Kempe. This year she introduces us to the late fourteenth-century chivalric romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. When King Arthur asks for a Christmas game, the adventure that befalls the court is startling and strange. Enter a green knight on a green horse who asks for a volunteer to strike him a blow with his own axe, in return for a rematch in a year’s time. When Gawain beheads him, the Green Knight simply picks up his severed head and rides away, to the astonishment of the court! Find out what happens next in Laura’s

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The Story Republicans A CORNISH CORNUCOPIA OF STORY AND SONG 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

The Story Republicans are a colourful band of tale-telling troubadours who are wowing audiences with songs, short stories and poetry with a strong Cornish flavour. Drawing on well-known writers such as poet Charles Causley and playwright Nick Darke as well as contemporary Cornish writers and songwriters including Annamaria Murphy, Simon Parker, Claire Ingleheart and Rick Williams. Tales of seafarers and landlubbers, poems stretching from Penwith to North Cornwall and songs of lost loves and innocence. ‘They really add a special touch of glamour and creativity to these events.’ Golowan Festival. Expect the quirky, mysterious and The Fowey River Singers much mirth. and the St Austell Town Wine and soft drinks available Brass Band CURTAINS UP! 8pm-10pm, Fowey Parish Church, £10

Please join us for an evening of your favourite songs from the musicals, in concert with the Fowey River Singers, St Austell Brass Band, Local Schools and Soloists. With songs from Les Misérables, Phantom, Wicked, Matilda, Oliver and much more, the evening is guaranteed to have you calling for an encore as the final curtain comes down!

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10AM, FOWEY HALL HOTEL HALL FOWEY 10AM, HOW TO WRITE WRITE A BESTSELLER TO HOW Round Table with Veronica Henry with Veronica Table Round £15 Hall Hotel, Fowey 10am-12.30pm, Henry author Veronica bestselling workshop, In this intimate at the A Wedding novel, her 21st of under the bonnet gets from in detail, Beach Hut and describes her writing process the final polish. She will show light bulb moment to the first she describe how and manuscripts, her original notes some of characters the develops and subplots, the plots structures send to all in preparation process the draft and navigates with plenty of session This will be an informal her editor. to notes. and take ask questions opportunity to 12, included. to limited coffee Numbers

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Nina Leonard Savicevic PIANO RECITAL 12.30pm-1.30pm, Fowey Parish Church Free entry – donations welcome

Nina was born in Plymouth, but from age 4 to 6 she and her family lived in Russia, where she started learning the piano and gave her first concert in St. Petersburg when she was only five years old. Back in England they lived in Exeter, where she was at the Maynard School and at age twelve she won a scholarship to Wells Cathedral School. Jeremy Rowett Johns At fourteen, she achieved the highest THE SMUGGLERS’ BANKER grade in the Southwest for her Grade 8 piano exam. She has won various prizes 11am-12noon, Fowey Town Hall, £8 at national and international competitions Founder of the Polperro Heritage Press, and won the Special Honourable Mention author and Cornish historian Jeremy Diploma at the Windsor International Music Rowett Johns tells the extraordinary Competition. In September 2019 she took story of Zephaniah Job, the ‘Smugglers’ up her scholarship to study at The Royal Banker’ of Polperro who masterminded the Northern College in Manchester, with flourishing contraband trade in one small Professor Ashley Wass. Today, Nina’s recital Cornish fishing village at the end of the will include music by Mozart, Schubert 18th century. Most of Job’s incriminating and Chopin. ledgers and letter books were destroyed Wine and soft drinks will be available. after his death in 1822 but a few survived to reveal the full extent of the ‘Trade’ involving, how privateering resulted in the capture of valuable prize ships, and how, eventually, the murder of a Customs officer led to the trial and execution of one of the Polperro smugglers and the end of Job’s involvement.

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Lucy Diamond and Dr Ian Mortimer and Veronica Henry Clare Clark A HOLIDAY ROMANCE THE IMPACT OF HISTORY ON WRITING 2pm-3pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £10 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

Bestselling authors Lucy Dr Ian Mortimer and Clare Clark Diamond and Veronica discuss the impact of history Henry discuss their latest on their writing. They consider novels, An Almost Perfect questions such as: ‘how do we Holiday and A Wedding at tell the truth about the past?’ the Beach Hut, both set in and ‘what is the meaning of the West Country. They knowing about our ancestors’ examine why holidays lives?’ They debate that to write are such fertile ground about the past fully, and draw out for drama - strained some of its meanings, historical friendships, precarious authors have to use fiction. marriages, budding romance, the pressure to Author of award winning, The Great Stink, Clare relax and have a wonderful time - and how Clark’s latest novel, In the Full Light of the Sun, all the baggage comes with us when we set against the backdrop of 1920s and 30s go away. They are both experts at putting Berlin, follows three characters caught up in relationships under the microscope when the surprising discovery of thirty-two previously everything is supposed to be perfect, unknown paintings by Vincent van Gogh. all written with their trademark wit and Dr Ian Mortimer, author of bestselling series, warmth. They also discuss why the lure The Time Traveller’s Guides, won the Winston of the English seaside is so attractive to Graham Prize for Historical Fiction for his writers - and readers who want an escape. novel The Outcast of Time. Supported by Macmillan Publishers and Supported by Virago and Simon & Schuster Orion Publishing Group

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Sponsored by Bookends of Fowey Lennie Goodings and Linda Grant BOOKS, WRITERS AND VIRAGO 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10

Lennie Goodings, Chair of the publishing house Virago Press, has published some of the greatest writers of recent decades: Sarah Waters, Marilynne Robinson, Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou among them. She has now written her own memoir about Virago Press, A Bite of the Apple. As a very early member of the publisher, she has continued to help lead the way for women writers in the UK, and we’re delighted that she is joined by one of her authors, Linda Grant, to talk about her latest novel, A Stranger City. Virago has published Linda’s books, for eighteen of her bestselling and award-winning writing years. Join us for a wonderful opportunity to see how a successful writer and publisher relationship can lead to magnificent books.

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Roger McGough is the author of over a ‘Brilliantly entertaining, hundred books of poetry for adults and led by a legend’ children. The exuberant new collection, joinedupwriting ranges from forgotten Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6 Music friendships and the idiosyncrasies of Presenter family life to the trauma of war and contemporary global politics. These poems explore the human experience 'Rueful, unpredictable in all its shades of light and dark but observation to please the always with McGough's signature wit, sharpest wits' irreverence and vivacity. This is the nation's favourite poet at his finest. The Independent Roger’s show with LiTTLe MACHiNe features a fine selection of vintage, ‘It's a long time since classic & surprising poems set to music. It’s a gala gig that’s making waves. Their I heard something so new album is The Likes of Us. exciting, a wonderful way of delivering poetry. The Formed in 2009, LiTTLe MACHiNe set most brilliant music and

classic poems to music and perform poetry band in the world’ them with energy, passion and humour. Music that moves the feet for words that Carol Ann Duffy move the soul.

@McgoughRoger President of the Poetry Society, Roger www.rogermcgough.org.uk McGough has been honoured with a CBE for services to literature and the s Freedom of the City of Liverpool. A member of Scaffold, (Lily The Pink, the Aintree Iron); GRIMMS; The Mersey

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Touring Theatre and the long-running Poetry Please on BBC Radio Four. The beat goes on. s Sponsored by Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available before the start of the concert and during the interval.

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FRI 8 MAY 8pm-10pm Mad Dog Mcrea Fowey Parish Church SAT 9 MAY 12.30pm-2pm Gill Hornby — Drinks Reception & Luncheon Fowey Harbour Hotel 4pm-5pm Julie Summers Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm David Parker Fowey Town Hall 8pm-9pm William Ivory Fowey Town Hall SUN 10 MAY

10.30am-5pm Mandy Flockton — Bookbinding Workshop Fowey Harbour Hotel 11am-12noon Dr Laura Varnam Fowey Town Hall 12.30pm-1.30pm Meet The Festival Team Fowey Town Hall 2pm-3pm Gill Hornby Fowey Town Hall 4pm-5pm Dr Helen Taylor Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm Andrew Lownie Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10pm One World Fowey Parish Church MON 11 MAY 9.30am-10.30am Dr Laura Varnam — Reading Group Fowey Hall Hotel 10am-4pm Katrina Stephens — Painting Workshop Fowey Parish Hall 11am-12noon David Parker Fowey Town Hall 12.30pm-1.30pm ARKangel Fowey Parish Church 2pm-3pm Eve Chase and Fiona Neill Fowey Harbour Hotel 4pm-5pm Francesca Wade Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm Sophie Hannah Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10pm Turin Brakes Fowey Parish Church

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10am-12noon Andy Virr — Choir Workshop Fowey Parish Church 9am-11am Sophie Hannah Fowey Harbour Hotel 11.30am-12.30pm Kate Aspengren Fowey Town Hall 12.15pm-1pm Truro School Senior Chamber Musicians Fowey Parish Church 12.30pm-1.30pm Penny Smith Fowey Harbour Hotel 2pm-3pm Raynor Winn Fowey Harbour Hotel 3pm-3.15pm Adult Short Story Awards Presentation Fowey Harbour Hotel 4pm-5pm Dr Laura Varnam Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm The Story Republicans Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10pm Fowey River Singers and St Austell Town Brass Band Fowey Parish Church

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WED 13 MAY 10am-12.30pm Round Table with Veronica Henry Fowey Hall Hotel 11am-12noon Jeremy Rowett Johns Fowey Town Hall 12.30pm-1.30pm Nina Leonard Savicevic Fowey Parish Church 2pm-3pm Lucy Diamond and Veronica Henry Fowey Harbour Hotel 4pm-5pm Dr Ian Mortimer and Clare Clark Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm Lennie Goodings and Linda Grant Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10.15pm Roger McGough and LiTTLe MACHiNe Fowey Parish Church THURS 14 MAY 9.30am-10.30am Dr Laura Varnam — Reading Group Fowey Hall Hotel 11am-12noon Duncan Minshull Fowey Town Hall 12.30pm-1.30pm William Hudd — Guitar Recital Fowey Parish Church 2pm-3pm Natasha Carthew Fowey Town Hall 4pm-5pm Monica Porter Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm Humphrey Hawksley Fowey Town Hall 8pm-9.30pm Michael Portillo Fowey Parish Church FRI 15 MAY 10am-4pm Collage Print Workshop Fowey Parish Hall 11am-12noon Brigit Strawbridge Howard Fowey Town Hall 12.30pm-1.30pm The Liskeard Poets Fowey Town Hall 2pm-3pm Rosanne Hodin Fowey Town Hall 4pm-5pm Carol Ann Lee Fowey Harbour Hotel 6pm-7pm Ian McCarthy Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10pm Festival Film Night — FIsherman's Friends Fowey Parish Church SAT 16 MAY 10pm-1pm William Hudd — Acoustic Guitar Workshop Fowey Parish Hall 10.30am-12noon Awards for Young Writers and Artists Fowey Parish Church 11am-12noon Gretchen Viehmann Fowey Town Hall 2pm-3pm Liz Fenwick Fowey Harbour Hotel 4pm-5pm Helen Cullen Fowey Town Hall 6pm-7pm Lamorna Ash Fowey Town Hall 8pm-10pm Festival Jazz Night — Tina May and Craig Milverton Fowey Parish Church

We look forward to seeing you next year. The Festival dates are: May 7th-15th 2021.

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ÃÃMichael 8PM,Portillo FOWEY PARISH CHURCH Julius by Daphne du Maurier: * A Reading Group with Dr Laura Varnam 9.30am-10.30am, Fowey Hall Hotel, £10

Come along to the Fowey Hall Hotel for an informal reading group discussion of du Maurier’s compelling third novel, Julius (1933), with Dr Laura Varnam from University College, Oxford. Laura is a du Maurier expert, researcher, and regular contributor to the Festival. The reading group will be a relaxed and informal opportunity to discuss and share ideas about this bold and daring novel, which represents a significant departure from Daphne’s first two works. Please can participants have read the novel; no further preparation is Sponsored by necessary. Just bring yourself, your copy of the novel, and your The Jamaica Inn enthusiasm for du Maurier!

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William Hudd GUITAR RECITAL 12.30pm-1.30pm, Fowey Parish Church Free entry – donations welcome

Professional guitarist and composer, William Hudd, first picked up the guitar aged eight and was soon delighting his audiences with the popular rock tunes of the 1960’s & 70’s. On hearing, and later meeting, the great Andrés Segovia, William Duncan Minshull was inspired to explore the depth and versatility of the classical guitar. William’s BENEATH MY FEET: WRITERS ON WALKING mission at the start of his career was…‘to engage with the audience and to master 11am-12noon, Fowey Town Hall, £8 any piece of music regardless of style Walking and writing have always gone and genre, from Bach to Black Sabbath together. Poets walk out a rhythm for their and everything in-between’. This remains lines and novelists put their characters on a his mantra today. Join us for an hour of path. But the best insights, the deepest and sheer delight as he provides an exciting most joyous examinations of this simple performance that takes us on a journey activity are to be found in non-fiction, through time, including composers such as travelogues and memoirs. Beneath My Feet: Scarlatti; Bach; Weiss and Grandos. William Writers On Walking rounds up the most will also perform a selection of his own memorable walker-writers from the 1700’s compositions. to the modern day. Duncan Minshull, audio Wine and soft drinks available. producer, and a writer and anthropologist on the subject of walking, will be asking the question: ‘Why do writers love walking, and what are the joys and benefits gained from such a simple but compelling activity?’ Discussing his latest book, Beneath My Feet: Writers On Walking, he will provide answers from Petrarch and Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf and Will Self, and looking to the audience for views too.

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Natasha Carthew Monica Porter SONG FOR THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN AGAINST HITLER - 2pm-3pm, Fowey Town Hall, £8 THE YOUNG RESISTANCE HEROES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Poet and author Natasha Carthew, will be 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 in conversation as she explores how she researched her own Cornish Heritage, Generations have read The Levant Mine and the infamous Cornish Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier’s Knockers, in order to write, Song for the tale of children under Forgotten, her new prose-poem for the wartime occupation, but National Trust. This wonderful book is not few know the real life stories only steeped in the past, but also relevant of those who went further to today’s audience and the uncertainties and stood up to the Nazis. In her latest of our future. As part of this event, Natasha book, Children Against Hitler, journalist and will also read from the book and discuss author Monica Porter gathers together her practice of wild writing and how she their stories, showing how in a variety of wrote the book outside, high up on the audacious and inventive ways, children as exposed cliffs of the tin coast. young as six, resisted the Nazi menace, risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives in the process; a heroism that, until now, has largely gone unsung.

Monica’s previously published book, Deadly Carousel: A Singer’s Story of the Second World War, was about her own Other Events mother, Vali Rácz’s, rescue of Jewish THURSDAY 14 MAY friends in Nazi-occupied Budapest in Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and 1944, for which she was honoured, by Yad galleries. See Page 8 Vashem, as one of the Righteous Among Guided Walks. See Pages 54 and 55 the Nations.

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Michael Portillo LIFE: A GAME OF TWO HALVES 8pm-9.30pm, Fowey Parish Church, £16

Having graduated from Cambridge in 1975 with a first-class history degree Michael Portillo rose quickly through the ranks of the Conservative Party as a researcher before winning the Enfield Southgate by-election in 1984. So began an equally meteoric rise to power – within four years Margaret Thatcher had made him a Minister and four years later John Major brought him into the Cabinet in 1992, the same year he was admitted to the Privy Council. Michael went on to suffer the slings and arrows of political fortune, losing his seat in 1997 then fighting his way back two years later to join William Hague’s Shadow Cabinet. He contested the leadership of the party in 2001, opting to return to the backbenches when Iain Duncan Smith won, then declined Michael Howard’s offer of a Shadow Cabinet post and left the Commons in 2005.

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Join Mary Harold for a day-long creative printing workshop, using collage, print & paint to create a flock of fantastical birds! The day will start by decorating some papers to use throughout the workshop. Using birds as our inspiration, we will create a collection of beautiful, cut-out flying birds. We will be using paper, paint and simple print methods to layer and embellish, resulting in a beautiful piece for you to take away. No experience is required. Please come along prepared to get messy! Either wear old clothes or bring an apron. Please bring scissors, a craft knife and cutting mat, if possible. These tools will be available, but be prepared to share. Textile printing expert and teacher at Plymouth College of Art, Mary also runs other workshops for the college covering a range of printmaking and dyeing techniques including indigo and shibori.

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FRIDAY 15 MAY * 45 % foweyfestival.com | [email protected] foweyfestival.com FRIDAY 15 MAY 15 FRIDAY Other Events Other Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and galleries. See Page 8 See Page and galleries. studios Various Art Trail. Fowey 54 See Page Guided Walks. 46 See Page Gardens. Secret TAILS FROM ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA FROM TAILS Wine and soft drinks available. drinks Wine and soft 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £10 Town Fowey 6pm-7pm, when filming for ago 30 years almost the Antarctic visited Ian first in January 2020 South of was adventure recent His most the BBC. and EMMY This BAFTA cruising company. an expedition as guide for his of years two has spent almost cameraman wildlife winning award whales and camping humpback watching being seasick in storms, life Life In The series like filming for penguins and seals whilst amongst the white from stories Planet. Ian’s and Frozen Blue Planet Freezer, those BBC series some of with film clips from illustrated are continent in the wild. about life stories of and a host Ian McCarthy The du Maurier Festival Society presents Fowey OF ARTS AND LITERATURE Secret Gardens Friday and Saturday 15th-16thMay

owey is packed with pretty little side streets and alleyways where you will find Secret Gardens open to the public on Friday 15th and F Saturday 16th of May during festival week.

Explore lots of lovely gardens plus the waterside setting of the Grammar School Garden on the Esplanade. Amongst these you will find hidden walled gardens, terraces with spectacular views over the estuary, nectar plants, lavenders, succulents and seaside grasses. In some gardens refreshments will be provided.

Entry by donation to Fowey Festival. You can download a map and details on Fowey Festival website. Maps also available in shops and cafes round the town. www.foweyfestival.com

(Due to the steep nature of Fowey, some gardens may have difficult access.)

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Festival Film Night – Fisherman’s Friends INTRODUCTION AND Q&A WITH FISHERMAN’S FRIEND, JON CLEAVE 8pm-10pm – Fowey Parish Church, £10

Festival film night embraces this wonderfully uplifting British film Fisherman's Friends. A 2019 biographical comedy-drama directed by Chris Foggin from a screenplay by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth.

A huge friend of the Festival, singer, founding member of the Fisherman’s Friends, and children’s author, Jon Cleave, will introduce this evening’s film.

A fast-living, cynical, London music executive heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he’s pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. He becomes the ultimate ‘fish out of water’ as he struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families who value friendship and community over fame and fortune.

The film is based on the true story about Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, a group of Cornish fishermen from Port Isaac who were signed by Universal Records and achieved a top 10 hit with their debut album of traditional sea shanties. Jon will wind up the evening with a question and answer session about the film.

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[ 9 Award wining author, Liz author, wining Award sees her seventh Fenwick, the Sea, The Path to novel, universally published to It is a high acclaim. multi-generational powerful, THE PATH TO THE THE SEA TO THE PATH 2pm-3pm, Fowey Harbour Hotel, £10 Hotel, Harbour Fowey 2pm-3pm, Cornish the stunning against set story moves, international ten After coastline, ex-pat as a writer, Liz describes herself and dreamer three, of mother wife, expert, she is a bit of Undoubtedly, turned doer. her is clear through a global nomad, but it in her heart remains writing, that wonderful Liz will be in conversation, Today, Cornwall. writing, and her latest her life, discussing the Sea. The Path to novel, Collins Publishers Harper by Supported Liz Fenwick Liz Fowey, About Syllables 17 by and illustrated written Viehmann, is a Gretchen to dedicated haiku book of the four through in Fowey life foweyfestival.com | [email protected] foweyfestival.com Gretchen is a writer, illustrator and illustrator is a writer, Gretchen who has been the Director photographer Post York the New of Photography of and now Daily News York and the New Photography and Editorial Press teaches Her meticulously University. Falmouth at by is inspired pen and ink style detailed and cartoons images news the historic up with in the small town she grew that on work at She is currently Manhattan. of Cornish as an illustrated as well a novel called Gwari. game card language 11am-12noon, Fowey Town Hall, £8 Town Fowey 11am-12noon, including the crucial fifth season, seasons, love The book is a comedic the Mizzle. has been the New that town the to letter for inspiration home and native Yorker’s to and is dedicated years, fifteen the past magic and ridiculous moments the many in Fowey. life up year-round make that Gretchen Viehmann Gretchen FOWEY ABOUT SYLLABLES 17

SATURDAY 16 MAY 50 SATURDAY 16 MAY 51 © Frederick Wilkinson There is the Cornwall is the Cornwall There as a knew Lamorna Ash idyllic, folklore child – the spent she where rich place her summer holidays. is the Cornwall Then there DARK, SALT, CLEAR SALT, DARK, Lamorna Ash Lamorna 6pm-7pm, Fowey Town Hall, £8 Town Fowey 6pm-7pm, increasingly when, feeling she discovers to she moves in London, dislocated End. An Land’s near a fishing town Newlyn, discovery personal of journey evocative with the poetry and deep history replete Dark, our fishing communities, of Salt, as a strikingly Lamorna Ash Clear confirms She is an education voice. original new and the charity IntoUniversity at worker the Times Literary for writer is a freelance She has magazine. and TANK Supplement have that plays numerous written herself London. and Oxford Edinburgh, toured fish, but slowly! kinds of She can gut most Lamorna will be in conversation Today, and tales her writing journey discussing debut.behind this stunning available. drinks Wine and soft Bloomsbury by Supported foweyfestival.com | [email protected] foweyfestival.com THE TRUTH MUST DAZZLE DAZZLE MUST TRUTH THE GRADUALLY Supported by Michael Joseph by Supported 4pm-5pm, Fowey Town Hall, £8 Town Fowey 4pm-5pm, and journalist writer today, In conversation The Lost Helen Cullen. Her debut novel to reviewed was William Woolf, of Letters Newcomer for and shortlisted high acclaim It has the Irish Book Awards. at the Year of Helen television. for also been optioned Sunday Times Magazine the for freelances and book writer features and is a regular the Irish Times. for In conversation reviewer Helen will be talking about her latest today, Dazzle Gradually , a Must The Truth novel and flawed the complex, of celebration human heart. optimistic stubbornly Helen Cullen Tina May

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Festival Jazz Night WITH TINA MAY AND THE CRAIG MILVERTON TRIO 8pm-10pm, Fowey Parish Church, £15

Sing and Swing the Fabulous Forties. Join us this evening as internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist, Tina May, and The Craig Milverton Trio take the stage to celebrate the wonderful singers and bandleaders from the fabulous forties swing era. With VE Day in mind, Tina will be performing songs from Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald to Sinatra, Billie Holiday and of course Dame Vera Lynn. All tremendous artists who sang with the greatest bands anywhere…Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey....and such great songs too! A Festival Jazz evening not to be missed. Come and celebrate with us.

Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available before the start of the concert and during the interval.

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Other Events SATURDAY 16 MAY Fowey Art Trail. Various studios and galleries. See Page 8 Secret Gardens. See Page 46

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Daphne du Maurier's Fowey Picturesque Charlestown Sunday 10 May 2pm-4.45pm Sunday 10 May 10.30am-12.30pm Friday 15 May 2pm-4.45pm Thursday 14 May 10.30am-12.30pm £10 £10 This is your opportunity to learn about Daphne, The charming little harbour of Charlestown her life, her novels and Fowey. You will be led by was built during the Napoleonic Wars and is either Dawn Surl or Lynn Goold who have been one of the most beautiful ports in the country. leading walks linked to Daphne du Maurier Sally Penhaligan, an accredited local guide will for more than 20 years. We will be stopping help you explore the history of the port and the at the delightful Readymoney Cove where days of sail. We will look at its transformation refreshments (not included in the ticket price) from a tiny fishing village into a thriving will be available if required. Be inspired by the shipping community of shipbuilders, mariners, landscape and the way it is intricately involved sailmakers and other maritime occupations in Daphne’s works. A linear walk of 1.5 miles, right up to WW2. It has continued popularity as mostly downhill. Meet: Main Car Park, Hanson a location for film and TV, featuring in The Eagle Drive, Fowey PL23 1ET by information panel. has Landed and Frenchman’s Creek and more Finish Town Quay, Fowey. recently Poldark. A linear downhill walk, about 1 mile, ending in the port. Meet: Outside St Paul’s Church, Charlestown.

The guide reserves the right to alter or cancel the walk which might endanger the safety of the

group. Guides subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Most walks include some hills, steps or stiles and maybe unsuitable for those with mobility impairment. Please wear stout shoes and bring a waterproof coat. Strictly no dogs please. Booking is essential at www.foweyfestival.com

To learn more about Daphne du Maurier, visit the renowned, Jamaica

Inn. Home to the only du Maurier museum, with many recently acquired

exhibits, some never seen in public before, including Royal letters and many personal possessions. For full details, visit: www.jamaicainn.co.uk

54 foweyfestival.com | [email protected] Hidden Bodinnick Rebecca Walk Monday 11 May 10am-12.30pm Wednesday 13 May 10am-3.30pm £10 £15 An exploration of the nooks and crannies of Rebecca, Daphne’s most famous novel, is this ancient settlement and gateway to Fowey. set along this dramatic coastline. Come and Bodinnick was the first home of the du Maurier celebrate the anniversary of Daphne’s birth family and where Daphne’s writing career and enjoy the beauty of this walk with Dr Ella began. You will see some special places, not Westland, a literary expert and specialist in usually open to the public, with a romantic Daphne du Maurier and her work. Walk to medieval past. Sally Penhaligan an accredited Polridmouth cove, the setting for the shipwreck local guide, will help you discover the hidden scene in Rebecca and then climb to the Gribbin history of this charming place and the local Head, with stunning views over St Austell Bay people who inspired a budding author. A and onwards to the tiny port of Polkerris. A moderate circular walk of about 2 miles with circular walk of about 5 miles. Strenuous with some steep hills and stiles. some stiles. Meet: At the bus shelter, at the top of the Ferry Meet: Menabilly Barton Car Park PL24 2TN Slip at Bodinnick, Fowey. Limited parking in (Map ref: SX095511) - not accessible by public Bodinnick use Caffa Mill or Station Road transport. Bring a packed lunch or dine at the PL23 1DF in Fowey and take car ferry as a pub in Polkerris. foot passenger. St Sampson’s Circle Wind in the Willows Thursday 14th May 2pm-4.45pm River Trip £10 Tuesday 12 May 8.45am-11.15am Join Mark Camp as he makes a rare venture Tickets £18 – very limited availability across the River Fowey to explore the lanes Join us for this exclusive morning trip up to the and pathways of St Sampson’s Parish. Using delightful riverside village of Lerryn. Kenneth part of the Saint’s Way, the walk will start in the Grahame based some of Wind in the Willows pretty riverside village of Golant, visiting the around Fowey and the River Fowey. Learn 13th century church with its connections to the about Kenneth, his life and how he came to legend of Tristan and Isolde and its Holy Well, write this iconic novel. There will be a stop before heading out across the fields and valleys. at Lerryn (one hour) for either an optional Some hilly, uneven and muddy stretches should short walk with your guide or time for some be expected! refreshments (not included) in the village. Meet: Golant, at the far end of the Water Lane Lynn Goold knows the associations between parking spaces, by the level crossing. Grahame and the river well and will describe the area with readings from Wind in the Willows. NB: This is an open boat. Meet: Town Quay, Fowey by Blue Hut! Please arrive in good time for a prompt departure.

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Writers and Artists in Schools

The children’s programme continues to grow, with this year being the biggest yet, with fifteen local schools talking part. Between May 4 and 7, visiting writers and an artist will be running interactive talks and workshops, reaching over 400 children and teachers. We are delighted that the Fowey River Academy plays host to the programme.

This Year’s Writers and Artists

KATE NEAL WYL MENMUIR SEAN HEWITT Kate grew up in Wiltshire Wyl is a novelist, editor and Sean is an Academician with and now lives in Cornwall. literary consultant based in the South West Academy Winner of the Wedgewood Cornwall. His first novel, The of Fine and Applied Arts; New Designer of the Year Many, was nominated for the a Network Artist with the award, she is the author and Man-Booker Prize and was Royal West of England illustrator of Words and Your an Observer Best Fiction of Academy, member of the Heart and is about to release the Year pick. He has written Plymouth Society of Artists, her new book, You. for Radio 4’s Open Book, The St Ives Society of Artists Guardian and The Observer, and associate member of and is a regular contributor Penwith Society. He exhibits to the journal Elementum. widely in the southwest and London. His work is in private AB collections in England, Wales and the USA. LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO WILD

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S WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO Awards for Young Writers THE CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME SPONSORS and Artists Saturday 16 May, Fowey Parish Church 10.30am-12noon Entry is free by complimentary ticket

The theme this year is the Spirit of Cornwall. We tasked young people to produce a short story, poem or piece of artwork that captured what it meant to them to live in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We had a tremendous response and the awards event this year promises to be a wonderful occasion.

This event is for children, parents, families and anyone else who wants to join us. It features a reading from children’s author, Kate Neal, and a performance from students from the Fowey River Academy. Join us to find out who has won this year’s awards. All winning stories and poems which will be read out for all to enjoy.

There will be a display of artwork and writing at the awards, with shortlisted artwork on display at the Fowey River Gallery. Do take a few minutes to visit and vote for your favourite! Shortlisted stories and poems which will also be on display in the church all week.

Entry is free to the Awards event, however a complimentary ticket must be shown at the door. These are available online at the Festival website or from the Festival box office located 9 in the Waterstones Festival bookshop in the Royal Fowey Yacht Club during the Festival.

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Festival Director Joint Chairs

Brenda Daly Lynn Goold Melissa Hartwell

The Board of Trustees

Catherine Baillie Chris Bradish Grant Feller Amanda Hubbarde

Gail McLean Elizabeth Shaw Paul Staniland Danielle Towe Chris Williams

FOWEY FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE

NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL DATES May 7th - 15th 2021

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Ethy House Open Garden St Winnow Church Talk Saturday May 9th, 2pm-5pm Monday May 11th, 10.30am Ethy House, PL22 0NF St Winnow Church PL22 0LF Off the Lostwithiel to Lerryn Road The Garden will be open in aid of the Friends of St Winnow Church. The Canon John Halkes, a Friend of St Winnow garden has been restored during the last and a long time adviser on fabric and art to 20 years and now rare trees and shrubs the Truro Diocese and the Cathedral, will can be seen as well as an extensive give a talk on the Church’s history, Medieval wood of English Bluebells. Cream Teas Carvings and the Stained Glass windows. are available in the Courtyard and the Angela du Maurier worshipped here and is Pelynt Male Voice Choir will perform buried in the Churchyard, which is a serene during the afternoon. Entrance: £4.00. and beautiful spot. Tea/Coffee provided Under 16’s free and dogs welcome but (toilet on site) Entrance: free - donations to on leads please. aid Church funds welcomed. stwinnowparishchurch.com

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The du Maurier Festival Society offers heartfelt thanks to the du Maurier family and all sponsors, partners, supporters, publishers, Festival volunteers, and visitors for their continued support. Without that support, the Festival wouldn’t be possible.

FESTIVAL SPONSORS Fowey Harbour Hotel; Bookends of Fowey; holidaycottages.co.uk; du Maurier Productions; The Chichester Partnership; Jamaica Inn; Literature Works; St Austell Brewery; Waterstones; Western Power Distribution.

FESTIVAL PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS The Royal Fowey Yacht Club; Fowey Hall Hotel; The Safe Harbour; Fowey River Lions; Fowey Town Council; Thrussells; Kits Browning; St Fimbarrus Church; St Austell Printers; Kind Design; Wave Sound; Janet Anderson; Jane Cooper; Julia Cooper; Dina Price; Heather Hunt; Angela Palin; Penny Jones; Rev Ian Gulland; Tony Bartlett; Claire Roobottom; Chris Price; Julia Hobday; and Austen Bannister

YOUNG WRITERS AND ARTISTS COMPETITION

SPONSORS The Arts Society Bodmin Attishoo Gallery of Charlestown Fowey River Gallery Waterstones

JUDGES Fowey Artists and Galleries, writers, poets and teachers

ADULT SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION Guest Presenter - Penny Smith Guest Judge – Raynor Winn

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TRAVEL INFORMATION HOW TO MAKE A BOOKING

Arriving by car Online at www.foweyfestival.com The Town Centre Car Park, (formally Main Car Bookings are made online via the Festival Park), PL23 1ET and the Caffa Mill Car Park, website at www.foweyfestival.com. For ease, PL23 1DF are well signposted. Both are about tickets can be printed at home, or downloaded 5 minutes walk into town. Parking information to a smartphone. There are no booking fees. can be found at: www.cornwall.gov.uk Local box office From the 9 May to the 16 May tickets can also Arriving by bus be purchased from the Waterstones pop up A local minibus service runs around the town shop located in the Royal Fowey Yacht Club calling at the Town Centre Car Park and the Festival Café. Town centre between 10am-19.00pm about every 15 minutes. An extended service will Concessions operate from the bus stop by the church up 10% discount for those in fulltime education. to the Town Car Park for 30 minutes after the Photographic proof of entitlement may be evening performances. Please check locally required when purchasing tickets. for updates. Regular bus services run between St.Austell (incl. Par Railway Station) and Waiting lists Fowey: Enquiries 0871 200 2233 or visit If an event sells out, it may be possible to www.travelinesw.com move it to a larger venue in order to satisfy the demand. We will set up a waiting list to assist Arriving by ferry with this and the off chance that we receive Bodinnick Car Ferry: from Bodinnick (Looe any returned tickets. Festival visitors will of direction) to Caffa Mill. For up to date course be informed if there is any change of information visit www.ctomsandson.co.uk/ venue or if further tickets become available. bodinnick-ferry. Polruan Pedestrian and Cycle Ferry from Polruan to central Fowey Cancellations and refunds – Town Quay (look for the signs). Tel: 01726 Tickets are sold on a non-refundable or 870232. The timings first thing and last thing exchange basis. If, however we had to cancel are between Polruan to Fowey Town Quay an event, you will be notified as soon as - 7.15am to 9.00pm Mon – Friday, 7.30am to possible and we will refund the ticket value. 9.00pm Saturday, 10.00am to 5.00pm Sunday, until 15th May. Any late ferries (after 9pm) will need to be booked via the main office on 01726 870232. From 16th May times as above, except between 9.45am and 5.15 m services are between Polruan and Whitehouse Slip in Fowey. All other times are between Polruan and Town Quay.

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Access for disabled and reduced mobility Dogs The Church and most venues are wheelchair The du Maurier Festival Society loves dogs, accessible, but unfortunately the Town Hall but if at all possible we think it is better if they is not. It is an old building with many steps don't attend events. If however you absolutely but depending on your disability it may be must bring your dog we will accept small well- possible to gain access from the rear of the behaved dogs, but this is not unconditional, as building with the help of our stewards. Do we need to reserve our rights for the comfort let us know when booking your tickets if you of other Festival visitors. might need any help at any of our venues. There is a Hearing Loop in the Church and Toilet facilities Town Hall. Toilet facilities are available at all venues. The Parish Church, has only one toilet, (up Seating a few steps) but there are also the public The first few rows in the Town Hall and the conveniences at ground level, just beyond the Church will be reserved for Friends of the Church gates (20p). There are toilets within Festival. the Town Hall, but, in addition, the public conveniences are situated at the foot of the Events held in St Fimbarrus Church steps at Ground Level. (20p). The wonderful church of St Fimbarrus is an old building with magnificent stonework pillars. As a result, some seats have a restricted view of the stage area. It is advisable The Festival organisers, the du Maurier to remember this when attending events in Festival Society, reserve the right to make the church, particularly those that are in high changes to the programme of events if demand. Seats are reserved for Friends of necessary. the Festival however the rest of the seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The stone Technical support is available by sending an construction of the church does mean it can email to: [email protected]. get a little cold, so you may wish to bring warm Your query will be answered with 24hours. clothing when attending an even. Also for comfort, you may wish to bring a cushion to This information is correct at the time of use on the wooden pew seating. going to press.

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This wonderful, Trent Class Lifeboat, known as Maurice and Joyce Hardy, has been part of Fowey since 1996 at a cost of £1.2m. She will be moored alongside the Town Quay on Friday May 8th between 5pm and 7pm and this is your opportunity to see how incredible she is.

The Stuns'ls shanty will be singing at 6pm-7pm on Town Quay and Havener’s will be serving take-away food.

Mooring will take place subject to weather and operational requirements.

ROYAL FOWEY YACHT CLUB

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The Festival Café • Morning Coffee • Lunch and Afternoon Tea • Pre & Post Event Suppers

Waterstones Festival Book Shop

Festival Box Office Event Tickets Available from May 9th-16th

Office tel: 01726 833573 Email: [email protected]

See the RFYC link on the Festival website for daily for our Festival Specials

The Festival Box Office, Waterstones Festival Book Shop and the Festival Café, are all located at the Royal Fowey Yacht Club

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