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We are emerging from this pandemic desperate for culture, but also, after a year of caution, still wanting to be careful. This year’s Henley Literary Festival addresses both those emotions. The programme is rich in its variety and quality, but we have also made sure it’s a safe environment. For the first time in our 15 year history we are building a 500 seater marquee as well as our two bigger venues – Christ Church and the Town Hall - so that distancing, if required, can be maintained.

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HOW WILL ONLINE TICKETS WORK? • We’re using the world-leading platform for online events Crowdcast; there’s nothing to download - you’ll be sent an email with the link to watch on the day. • Events will work on phones & tablets but are best watched on a computer or laptop - wherever you have the strongest internet connection. • Our tech team will work with all authors & interviewers to ensure internet, sound and vision is optimised for the best possible viewing experience. • Should your internet fail you or something prevent you watching live, the event will remain available to view for another 24 hours using the link sent to you. SEPTEMBER VIRTUAL EVENTS SEPTEMBER VIRTUAL EVENTS

JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL CECELIA AHERN BRIT BENNETT & CURTIS SITTENFELD MICHAEL HOLDING WOODSTON: MY FAMILY FARM INTERVIEWED BY JO FINNEY INTERVIEWED BY DANIEL HAHN INTERVIEWED BY KATHERINE GRAINGER Mon 6 Sept · 6.30pm · Virtual · £5 Mon 6 Sept · 8pm · Virtual · £5 Mon 20 Sept · 6.30pm · Virtual · £5 Mon 20 Sept · 8pm · Virtual · £5

Author of Sunday Times bestsellers The Cecelia has sold more than 25 million copies Hear from two of America’s bestselling and In July last year during a rain delay in a Running and The Wood, John Lewis-Stempel of her books worldwide, with PS I Love most acclaimed literary novelists. Women’s Test, West Indies cricket legend turned is the only person to have won the You and Love, Rosie being made into major Prize shortlisted and British Book Awards commentator Michael spoke out emotionally Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice. films, and now joins us live from Ireland to Fiction Book of the Year winner, Brit Bennett about the racism he had suffered, and had In his latest book Woodston: The Biography discuss her writing career and latest novel discusses the great success of her Sunday seen all around him throughout his life. His of an English Farm, John tells the story of Freckles. Following Allegra Bell as she leaves Times and New York bestselling novel The words were so powerful he received calls his family’s farm for the first time. With his her eccentric father and unconventional Vanishing Half. Sharing the virtual stage, from famous sports stars around the world combined skills of farmer and historian, childhood behind for a bold new life in the American Wife and Prep author Curtis offering to help spread the message. In Why John digs deep into written records, the city, it is an unforgettable story of human Sittenfeld will discuss her latest novel We Kneel, How We Rise, he shares his story memories of relatives and the landscape connection, friendship and growing into your Rodham which considers how things might together with those of some of the most itself to celebrate the farmland his family own skin. have turned out if Hillary Rodham had iconic athletes in the world, including Usain have been bound to for millennia. This event is sponsored by Good Housekeeping. turned down Bill Clinton. Bolt, Thierry Henry and Naomi Osaka.

LIA MIDDLETON FARIDAH ABIKE-IYIMIDE & AMY McCULLOCH JODIE CHAPMAN INTERVIEWED BY ASHLEY AUDRAIN INTERVIEWED BY DANIEL HAHN & GIOVANNA FLETCHER Mon 13 Sept · 6.30pm · Virtual · £5 Mon 27 Sept · 6.30pm · £5 Mon 27 Sept · 8pm · Virtual · £5

Inspired by her own experience of post- Instant New York Times and IndieBound Join photographer-turned-writer Jodie natal anxiety and mental health struggles bestselling author of Ace of Spades, Faridah Chapman, who will be in conversation with as a new mother, Buckinghamshire-based is also an avid tea drinker, collector of I’m a Celebrity winner and Happy Mum, criminal law barrister Lia presents her first strange mugs and recent graduate from a Happy Baby author and podcaster Giovanna novel When They Find Her. Lia will be in university in the Scottish Highlands. She Fletcher. Described as ‘a modern day conversation with Ashley Audrain, author will discuss writing Young Adult fiction and Atonement meets David Nicholls’ by Emma of the hugely successful The Push (who held becoming a bestselling author with Amy Gannon, Jodie’s debut novel Another Life is her first author event as part of our virtual McCulloch - co-author of the Young Adult about first loves, and how all relationships festival last year). Hear from two of the most bestselling novel The Magpie Society: One for between families, between friends or exciting upcoming thriller writers as they Sorrow - the first book in the modern gothic between lovers - deepen and change over discuss writing suspenseful, conversation- thriller series co-written with Zoella. the years. A fun evening ahead with two provoking and fast-paced books. This is a family event from our Children’s Programme fantastic novelists and incredible women. (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p. 57

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GYLES BRANDRETH TALKING TO YOUR TEENAGE SELF *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 EVANNA LYNCH, ANNIE RIDOUT & OTEGHA UWAGBA 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee £25 inc. book / £35 for 2 tickets, 1 book 2pm · Christ Church · £12 Truly a man of many talents: broadcaster, What would you tell the younger you? In actor, politician, theatre producer, journalist The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Glory and mug-maker. Having previously written and Tragedy of Growing Up, Evanna Lynch, biographies of Prince Philip and John (Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films) Odd Boy Out Gielgud, is his own wonderfully details her recovery from anorexia. Sunday revealing autobiography full of humour, Times bestseller Otegha Uwagba mixes family, growing up in post-war London and memoir and cultural commentary in We meeting presidents and princes. An hour of Need to Talk About Money and The Freelance delight awaits. Mum author Annie Ridout weaves personal This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors. experience with psychologists’ expertise to *Ticket price includes the book explore why shyness affects some more than Odd Boy Out (RRP £20) which will be given to you at the event others. In conversation with Emma Louise Boynton. DR LUCY POLLOCK & RACHEL CLARKE SEBASTIAN FAULKS MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS SIMON MAYO & KIRAN MILLWOOD IN CONVERSATION WITH SOPHIE VAN BRUGEN *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 DR ALEX GEORGE & DR EMMA HEPBURN HARGRAVE 10am · Christ Church · £12 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 4pm · Christ Church · £12 £25 inc. book / £35 for 2 tickets, 1 book With medical matters on our minds more Here two experts come together to Two highly respected authors with The bestselling author of Birdsong makes a than ever, hear from two highly experienced discuss the importance of mental health experience of writing for both younger welcome return to Henley with the much- doctors about their acclaimed books. with broadcaster Leah Boleto. Clinical readers and, now, adults. Radio icon Simon anticipated Snow Country. His latest novel Palliative care specialist Rachel follows her psychologist Emma became popular on has penned his first contemporary thriller tells the intensely personal story of Lena bestselling Dear Life with Breathtaking: Inside Instagram as @thepsychologymum and Knife Edge where after the murder of her and Anton during the 1930’s Vienna of Freud the NHS in a Time of Pandemic. Lucy has now A Toolkit for Modern Life seeks to colleagues, journalist Famie sets out to and Klimt. With Europe precariously placed been a geriatrician for over two decades and help you feel more confident and in tune uncover just what they were investigating. between two wars, Faulks returns to Schloss The Book About Getting Older (for people who with yourself. A&E doctor Alex has gone The Girl of Ink & Stars author Kiran presents Seeblick, the setting of his acclaimed Human don’t want to talk about it) is her accessible, from Love Island contestant to government The Mercies, which was inspired by the Vardo Traces. serious and funny guide through essential storm on the remote Norwegian island This event is sponsored by Phyllis Court. ambassador for youth mental health, and conversations about ageing. In conversation Live Well Every Day addresses the modern and the 1621 witch trials - a story about with the BBC’s Sophie Van Brugen. *Ticket price includes the book health challenges of today’s world. how suspicion can twist its way through a Snow Country (RRP £20) which will This event is sponsored by Hotel Du Vin. be given to you at the event This event is sponsored by H&S. community. *Watch the livestream of this event for £5

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CANDICE BRATHWAITE & NIKESH SHUKLA 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £12 After coming to international attention on Instagram, Candice is now a familiar face on TV and Grazia contributing editor. She WE ARE DELIGHTED follows bestseller I Am Not Your Baby Mother with Sista Sister essays on everything she wishes someone would have told her, as TO SUPPORT a young Black girl growing up. Novelist, YA author and editor of The Good Immigrant, Nikesh discusses bigotry, parenting, body image and more in Brown Baby: A Memoir THE FESTIVAL of Race, Family and Home. They will be in  conversation with Leah Boleto. for an 11 year *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 AUTHOR ALIASES ELIZABETH DAY JAMAL MAHJOUB & JANE THYNNE IN CONVERSATION WITH SARA COLLINS 6.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 Four names, but just two writers? Welcome We’re delighted to welcome Elizabeth to the world of pseudonyms. Jamal Mahjoub Day, host of the How To Fail podcast and writes crime fiction as Parker Bilal, as well the bestselling book of the same name to as non-fiction, short stories and novels Henley. The Mail on Sunday columnist and under his own name. His latest, The Fugitives, author of Richard and Judy pick The Party takes us from Sudan to the US. Jane Thynne brings her highly anticipated latest novel returns to the Festival with Widowland, her Magpie, a psychological thriller which centres first novel under the nom de plume of C.J. on themes of motherhood, power, jealousy Carey, set in an alternative history under and the dramatic effect of a lodger in a Our wine team will be appearing at some events, King Edward and an alliance with Germany. couple’s home. with bottle in hand, to tempt you to try Laithwaites In conversation with Cesca Major. *Watch the livestream of this event for £5

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FRANK GARDNER CELIA WALDEN & BOOK CLUB SUNDAY *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 GILLIAN MCALLISTER SARA JAFARI, MILES JUPP & CATHY RENTZENBRINK 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £12 The BBC’s Security Correspondent returns What would you do? That’s what two of *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 to the Festival to discuss his career on 2021’s tensest and twistiest thrillers ask – Three successful writers with their first screen and on the page. From an against- and now the writers behind them join us at novels. The Last Act of Love author Cathy the-odds recovery from his ambush Henley. Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding Rentzenbrink looks at the marriage of by gunmen while he was Middle East called Telegraph columnist Celia’s workplace Juliet and Liam in Everyone Is Still Alive. Correspondent, journalism for the Telegraph, Payday mystery “impossible to put down”, Comedian and Radio 4 star Miles Jupp Economist and Sunday Times and more while family matters are at the heart of returns to Henley with History, recounting recently as a No.1 bestselling novelist. Taking That Night . The novel that Clare Mackintosh the woes of a private school teacher. TOKEN on the all-too-real horrors of bio-terrorism, calls a ‘tautly plotted and beautifully written Magazine editor Sara Jafari tells the coming- Outbreak is the latest in his series of MI6 How look at siblings and secrets’- from of-age stories of a London graduate and thrillers that Frederick Forsyth describes as To Disappear Everything But The Truth & her mother decades before in Iran in The “taut, tense, accurate”. The bestseller Gillian. In conversation with Mismatch. This event is sponsored by Phyllis Court. Home Page co-founder Jessica Jonzen. This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors. KATE MOSSE *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 ROB BIDDULPH *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 Kate returns to Henley to take us to 16th 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £6 century Europe. Her latest historical epic Rob Biddulph helped many of us through The City of Tears is the highly anticipated lockdown with his brilliant #DrawWithRob follow-up to her Sunday Times number one videos. Now he returns to Henley for an bestseller The Burning Chambers, which she event perfect for children and their grown- discussed at a sold-out Festival event in ups. From creating picture books like 2018. Founding director of the Women’s Dinosaur Juniors and Odd Dog Out to his Prize for Fiction, her work has gained her first novel for children Peanut Jones and the international fame, being published across Illustrated City, don’t miss a draw-a-long with more than 40 countries, and translated the World Book Day illustrator. into 38 different languages, including the This event is sponsored by Shiplake College. multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy. This event is sponsored by Phyllis Court. This is a family event from our Children’s Programme (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p57.

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JAMES O’BRIEN DAZZLING DEBUTS RUBY WAX INTERVIEWED BY ALEX HOLMES SALENA GODDEN, NAOMI ISHIGURO & NEEMA SHAH *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 4pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 6.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee £20 inc. book James has over a million listeners each week Join the authors of three of 2021’s most In recent years the comedian and for his LBC radio show and a Parliamentary feted first novels. Blending poetry and prose, broadcaster has added No.1 bestseller and Book Award for his Sunday Times bestselling Salena reveals a very different take from the a Masters from Oxford to her illustrious debut How to Be Right. Now in How Not scythe-wielding figure of lore in Mrs Death CV. She joins us for the first time with A to Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind Misses Death. Naomi’s Common Ground is Mindfulness Guide for Survival, a typically frank he lays open his views on everything from a bittersweet coming-of-age story as Stan and funny look at dealing with the human racial prejudice to emotional vulnerability, and Charlie meet as boys and then adults. roller coaster that is day-to-day life. from fat-shaming to tattoos and reveals Neema was inspired by her grandmother’s This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors. the real reasons he holds them. Famed for stories of being told to leave Uganda by his listener calls and frank interviews with the brutal Idi Amin in the 1970s; her Kololo politicians of all stripes, hear from one of the Hill follows a family from East Africa to *Ticket price includes the book A Mindfulness Guide for Survival (RRP UK’s leading broadcasters. Britain. They will be interviewed by Good £14.99 which will be given to you Housekeeping’s Books Editor Jo Finney. at the event ED MILIBAND PODCAST TO PUBLISHING *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 ALEX HOLMES, FRANCESCA SPECTER & CLEMMIE TELFORD 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 8.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 The former Labour leader, now Shadow As podcasting inspires more and more Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and books, three top hosts discuss their shows, Industrial Strategy, looks to the future in books, and lives. In Alonement journalist Go Big: How to Fix Our World. Inspired by Francesca Specter seeks to help us get his award-winning Reasons to be Cheerful, more out of alone time. British Book he argues that the solution to many of the Awards’s Best Podcast winner Alex Holmes world’s problems – from inequality and the looks at modern masculinity in Time to climate crisis to the challenges of housing Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and demographic change – are already out and Connection. And in But Why?, Honestly there. The MP for Doncaster North joins us podcaster Clemmie Telford delves into those the week after the Labour conference. questions that children tend to throw at you when they’re avoiding bedtime. They will be interviewed by Don’t Buy Her Flowers founder Steph Douglas.

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RICHARD FORTEY DAVID WHITEHOUSE £25 MILLION INTERVIEWED BY JON RYAN SPACE 2069 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 12pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 raised to help those An outstanding palaeontologist and natural Journey in time and space with the former historian, Richard’s fascinating memoir A BBC science editor. David, who has a Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist takes doctorate in Astrophysics from Jodrell Bank us on a journey from botany and birds to and made national headlines with his effected by Covid-19 Apollo 11: The Inside Story fossils, and fungi. A great brown trout caught event here in Thank you to our incredible readers for helping by his father opened his world to fish, 2019. Now in Space 2069 After Apollo: Back to provide computers for children in need and streams, and rivers. A blue thrush’s egg took to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond he takes him into the world of birds. A wonderful life a timely look at what the next 50 years essential PPE equipment to the NHS charmingly recounted by a Festival favourite of space exploration have in store, from a and Henley resident. crewed mission to Mars to the first woman on the moon exploring the lunar south pole.

PETER OBORNE IN CONVERSATION WITH SIMON WALTERS 12pm · Christ Church · £12 Former Daily Mail and Telegraph columnist Peter must have thought things had got as bad as they could back in 2005 when he wrote The Rise of Political Lying, on the Major and Blair eras. But he returns to the subject with The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & The Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism, arguing that the current Prime Minister and previous US President lied again and again to secure victory. Peter will be in conversation with Daily Mail assistant editor Simon Walters.

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IAIN MACGREGOR JOHN SIMPSON INTERVIEWED BY ALASTAIR STEWART IN CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL HAHN 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 Few cities in Europe have the turbulent The BBC’s World Affairs Editor has been modern history of Berlin. And no name reporting from China since the Tiananmen resonates as much as the security gate Square massacre in 1989 and now for the on the border between East and West of first time is using the details of some of his the divided city, which remains to this day hair-raising experiences there in his highly as a tourist attraction. 60 years after the anticipated second novel Our Friends in construction of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Beijing. A chance to hear from the man who Charlie, is the historical account of when the has been reporting for the BBC for over five US confronted the USSR during the Cold decades. War. Iain will be in conversation with former This event is sponsored byTHP Solictiors. ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart.

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SARAH SANDS GAVIN BARWELL JENNY PACKHAM INTERVIEWED BY GILES FRASER INTERVIEWED BY STEPHEN ROBINSON IN CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE ROE 2pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 4pm · Christ Church · £12 4pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 When editor of the Radio 4’s Today As Theresa May recovered from the From wedding dresses and stores across Programme Sarah suffered from information 2017 election, negotiated her Brexit deal, the world, to bespoke outfits for Adele and overload and inability to sleep, she tried to responded to Grenfell and met with the the Duchess of Cambridge, Jenny is one of find ways to de-stress. Inspired by the ruins likes of Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn Britain’s leading designers and couturiers. In of a nearby Cistercian abbey, she began and Keir Starmer, Lord Barwell was in the her stunning memoir How to Make a Dress: to research the lives of the monks and rooms where it happened as her Chief of Adventures in the Art of Style, she explores monasticism. The Interior Silence is the result Staff. Previously Conservative Party Chief her creative journey and asks the questions of a pilgrimage to 10 monasteries round Operating Officer under Michael Howard that have preoccupied us for centuries: the world...and, yes, the author and former and David Cameron, the former MP for what makes the perfect dress? What do our Evening Standard editor now enjoys elusive, Croydon, and Housing Minister, reveals how clothes mean to us? And why do we dress dreamless sleep. She will be interviewed by government operates in times of crises. the way we do? In conversation with fashion former Guardian columnist and priest-in- journalist Louise Roe. charge at St. Mary’s, Newington Giles Fraser.

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TOM ALLEN ANGELA GALLOP *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 INTERVIEWED BY KATHERINE GRAINGER 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 6.30pm · Christ Church · £12 Growing up in a 90’s working class suburban Forensic science has become one of the family as the youngest member of the Noel great modern fascinations of television and Coward Society and with a fondness for cinema. Angela has been at the forefront Victorian clothing, Tom was the eternal for over 45 years, working on hundreds outsider. Today he is one of the country’s of cases from the seemingly unsolvable to How to Solve a Crime favourite comedians, selling out at the outright bizarre. In , the Palladium and across the world, as well as professor takes readers behind the police hosting Bake Off: The Professionals and his tape and into the heart of the crime scene, own Radio 4 series. Now the Live at the including identifying the man who stabbed

Apollo and Just A Minute star reveals all in his George Harrison at his Henley home, hilarious, heart-breaking and honest memoir Friar Park. An expert reveals all to Dame No Shame. Katherine Grainger, the most decorated This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors. female Olympian, with a Phd in Criminology. This event is sponsored by St Helen & St Katharine. MICHAEL CASHMAN JED MERCURIO ONE OF THEM & PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH 6.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 To some, Michael will always be Colin in 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 EastEnders, making history as part of the Two of the most exciting voices in British first gay kiss on a British soap, but he has entertainment come to Henley to discuss had many other roles: child actor in Oliver! their first graphic novel, illustrated by Coke in the West End, gay rights campaigner, Navarro. Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator MEP and life peer. In the nostalgic and Jed is a seasoned TV viewing record-breaker fearless One of Them we see every aspect as well as writing novels and producing of Michael’s life, from co-founding Stonewall Bloodlands and Vigil. Previously a doctor at with Ian McKellen to memorable encounters John Radcliffe Hospital, Prasanna has gone with David Hockney, Elton John and Joan on to write Nightwatchman for the National Collins. Theatre, star in Doctor Foster and Line of This event is sponsored by HW Fisher. Duty, as well as directing Ballywater. This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors.

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PROUD THE VAXXERS SARAH GILBERT & CATHERINE GREEN SPONSORS OF 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 This is something special: the inside story THE HENLEY from two of the leading scientists behind the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine. Oxford University colleagues, Dame Sarah whose LITERARY team designed the vaccine, and Catherine who led on the manufacturing, share FESTIVAL the heart-stopping moments and major milestones of making a highly safe vaccine ADVERT5(LM) in record time with the world watching. A unique chance to hear about one of the most epic achievements in human history, here in Henley. This event is sponsored by The Burnside Partnership.

*Watch the livestream of this event for £5 WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE INTERVIEWED BY MARK PALMER 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 The former Cabinet Minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, looks at the future of Britain. Lord Waldegrave believes that only by facing the future with honesty can we find a narrative to live by and craft new trusted institutions. Three Circles into One is a clear-eyed analysis of a national self-inflicted catastrophe, how it came about and where it might lead. Hear thpsolicitors.co.uk how a Britain that is going to change for ever can steer a future path. What sort of country do we want to be? Interviewed by HENLEY OFFICE: 64 Bell Street, Henley on Thames, RG9 2BN the Daily Mail’s Mark Palmer. T: 01491 570 900 | E: [email protected] READING OFFICE: 9 Chalfont Court, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 5SY T: 0118 975 6622 | E: [email protected] 23

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ED BALLS MAX HASTINGS PRIZEWINNERS *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 MONIQUE ROFFEY & JAMES SCUDAMORE 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 2pm · Laithwaites Stage· £10 Secretary of State, Shadow Chancellor, The former Telegraph editor returns to Two prize-winning and critically acclaimed Strictly Come Dancing star…now Ed arrives Henley to bring another slice of military novelists discuss their writing and latest in Henley with Appetite, a memoir with a history alive in Operation Pedestal: The Fleet books. Described as “breathtakingly good” twist: part-autobiography, part-cookbook. that Battled to Malta 1942. That Spring, the by The Observer, James’ English Monsters The former MP and winner of BBC One’s Luftwaffe dropped more bombs on the deals with the experiences of a group of Celebrity Best Home Cook takes us from island than on London in the Blitz. With schoolboys at a boarding school and the eating his first meal aged three weeks - supplies desperately needed, an armada revelation in adulthood of the abuse they pureed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding of 50 British ships (loaded with food and suffered. Monique‘s Costa Book of the Year, – to being taught to cook by his mother medicines, ammunition and fuel) fought The Mermaid of Black Conch, is set in a tiny and now passing these recipes on to his its way to the island in a brutal battle, and Caribbean village, where a fisherman meets own children. Ed will be interviewed by victory ensured Malta’s survival. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by Cindy Burrowes. This event is sponsored by The jealous wives to live as a mermaid. Burnside Partnership. This event is sponsored by HW Fisher ADAM ANDRUSIER VANESSA FRAKE HAYLEY MILLS INTERVIEWED BY MARK PALMER INTERVIEWED BY GERRY FOLEY INTERVIEWED BY ANDY MILLER 12pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 12pm · Christ Church · £12 2pm · Christ Church · £12 Adam spent his childhood in pursuit of After 16 years in high-security women’s 60 years after being voted Britain’s biggest autographs, from Sinatra to Gaddafi. It was prisons, dealing with notorious inmates star, Hayley comes to Henley with her a world away from his chaotic family home including Myra Hindley and Rosemary much-anticipated memoir of her teenage in Pinner and his Holocaust-obsessed father. West, Vanessa thought she had seen it all. decade in Hollywood. Sparked by a visit to As Adam turned from collector to dealer – But then she was made governor of the Walt Disney’s restored office and archive, inspiring Zadie Smith’s novel The Autograph infamous men’s prison, Wormwood Scrubs. her book mixes fond memories with Man – he discovered that with life, as in Awarded an MBE for her work in the prison mismanagement and family challenges. The autographs, not everything is as it seems, services and now retired and volunteering daughter of Sir John Mills and Whistle Down as he discovered fraudulence in his own at an animal sanctuary, she comes to Henley The Wind author Mary Hayley Bell, she won family. Two Hitlers and a Marilyn is a funny to discuss her memoir The Governor: The an Oscar for her first lead role in Pollyanna, and moving account of learning that idols Unbelievable True Story of My Life Inside going on to star in The Parent Trap, That Darn are mortals. Interviewed by the Daily Mail’s Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons. Cat! and many more. This event is sponsored by Mark Palmer. Gower Cottage Brownies.

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ARCHBISHOP STEPHEN COTTRELL JULIA STONEHOUSE MATTHEW D’ANCONA CRIME AND WINE INTERVIEWED BY MARK PALMER MY FATHER: THE RUNAWAY MP INTERVIEWED BY DANIEL HAHN NICCI FRENCH & IMRAN MAHMOOD 4pm · Christ Church · £12 4pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 6.30pm · Christ Church · £12 8.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £12 inc. wine Our ever-popular series continues with We have a Paddington barista to thank In November 1974, Labour MP John Having edited The Spectator and written for three thriller writers, accompanied by a for inspiring Dear England: Finding Hope, Stonehouse faked his death in Miami and The Guardian and New York Times, Matthew glass of Laithwaites wine. Nicci French is Taking Heart and Changing the World, as they entered Australia hoping to escape his has risen through the babble of political the pseudonym of husband-and-wife Nicci asked the Archbishop of York why he first old life. One month later his identity was columnists to become a respected voice of Gerrard and Sean French, who have written became a priest. Now the man heading the uncovered, and he was jailed for seven reason. The title of his latest book is in itself over 20 bestsellers, the latest The Unheard Church of England during Justin Welby’s years. Now in John Stonehouse My Father: The honest and forthright: Identity, Ignorance, follows a mother who believes her three- sabbatical this summer, has extended his True Story of the Runaway MP, his daughter Innovation: Why the Old Politics is Useless - year-old has witnessed something terrible. answer, writing a letter to a country he saw Julia reveals the full true story, in a tale that and what to do about it. It is a clarion call Barrister-turned-bestseller Imran Mahmood as divided. The former Bishop of Reading involves spies from the communist Czech for anyone who cares about politics in returns with his second novel I Know What makes his Festival debut with this important secret service, a three-way love affair and this country and what the future holds. A I Saw, where a homeless former banker and topical book. Interviewed by Daily Mail’s much more. thought-provoking hour in the company of a witnesses a murder, but no one will believe Mark Palmer. hugely talented writer awaits. him. They will be interviewed by Cesca Major. STUART LAWRENCE ROB BECKETT *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee· £6 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £25 inc. book Class has been at the centre of countless After Stephen Lawrence’s tragic murder conversations in this country for centuries. in 1993 his family have strived to improve But rarely as candid, charming and hilarious society. Now, in this special all-ages event as A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in his brother Stuart (an educator and a Middle-Class World. 8 Out of 10 Cats team motivational speaker) comes to Henley captain Rob comes to Henley to discuss the to discuss his book for young people: book and a comedy career that has seen Silence is Not An Option: You Can Impact the him win Taskmaster, host All Together Now World for Change. Interviewed by Born and alongside Geri Haliwell, star at Adelaide and Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass. Edinburgh festivals and present a parenting This event is sponsored by St Helen and St Katharine. podcast with Josh Widdicombe! This is a family event from our Children’s Programme *Ticket price includes the book A (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p57. Class Act (RRP £20) which will be given to you at the event

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PETER HAIN 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 Before his long and distinguished career in British politics – including serving as Secretary of State for both Wales and Northern Ireland – Lord Hain achieved notoriety in his native South Africa, where he was dubbed ‘Public Enemy Number One’, after organising militant anti-Springbok demonstrations. He went on to use British parliamentary privilege to expose looting ADVERT6 (LM) and money laundering in President Zuma’s administration - likely influencing his resignation. His memoir A Pretoria Boy looks back over five decades of fighting apartheid and corruption.

JEREMY PAXMAN MARINA WHEELER *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 12pm · Christ Church · £12 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition £30 inc. book/ £40 for 2 tickets & 1 book and the Punjab is Marina’s family memoir, After Friends in High Places and The English, recounting the story of her mother the University Challenge host returns Dip Singh’s experience living through with his latest brilliant social history Black Partition, weaving a story of loss and Gold. He tells the story of the people who YOU WRITE THE BOOKS. new beginnings, personal and political worked in the mines, the villages that grew freedom into the broad history of AND LEAVE US TO KEEP THEM. around them, the two greatest industrial the region. A barrister specialising in strikes of the 20th Century and how the public law, human rights and mental HW Fisher is a top 25 chartered accountancy firm which has been commodity made Britain the first urban advising authors and journalists for many years, helping them to health, she returns to Henley having manage their finances. nation. Interviewed by Stephen Robinson. previously been married to the town’s This event is sponsored by Freeths LLP. For a free consultation, please contact Andrew Subramaniam: then-MP, Boris Johnson. She will be in [email protected] *Ticket price includes the book conversation with BBC journalist and Black Country (RRP £25) which will be given to you at the event Partition Voices author Kavita Puri. EXPRESS YOUR TALENT. DEPEND ON OURS.

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SIMON THURLEY GARDEN TALES ALAN JOHNSON LIFE & DEATH AT THE STUART COURT GERALD STRATFORD & ANNA GREEENLAND *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 2pm · Christ Church · £12 2pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 The former English Heritage and Museum Lockdown produced several unlikely stars A Festival favourite returns, as the former of London chief argues that while the and among them was the Cotswold grandad Home, Health & Education Secretary turned Tudors are our favourite royal dynasty, it is Gerald ‘the vegetable king’. In his seventies, acclaimed author discusses his long and the Stuarts who provide the excitement. he shared his enthusiasm for growing varied career with Daniel Hahn. A winning In Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art vegetables on Twitter and now comes to storyteller, with his bestselling series of at the Stuart Court, he takes us from James Henley with his book Big Veg, with gardening memoirs, he has now written his first novel: I through to Charles II, via the fall and tips and wisdom, plus an easy to follow The Late Train to Gypsy Hill. His protagonist’s execution of Charles 1. A fascinating time guide to sowing, planting and harvesting. commute is only brightened by his in our history, told through palaces and art, Gardening tips will also be revealed by rising infatuation with a beautiful fellow passenger. with Simon’s expert eye as architectural star of the organic grow-your-own scene, One evening she invites him to sit next to historian. Anna who offers jargon-free information her and shows him a message scrawled on and inspiration to grow organically and her makeup mirror: ‘Help me’. sustainably with Grow Easy. This event is sponsored by Phyllis Court. ROYAL SECRETS CHRISTINA LAMB RICHARD ALDRICH & RORY CORMAC IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR MILLS 4pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 4pm · Christ Church · £12 After another dramatic year for the An opportunity to hear from one of the monarchy and with the Queen’s platinum most courageous and talented journalists jubilee approaching, join us for an hour of of her generation. As Sunday Times chief insights and untold stories. The Black Door foreign correspondent she has travelled authors Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac the world reporting from trouble spots reveal all, from assassination attempts to for three decades. She reflects on a career continued intelligence influence in The that includes cowriting I Am Malala, the Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown. Based on acclaimed Our Bodies, Their Battlefieldon original research and new evidence, they will the suffering of women in conflicts and reveal how far their Majesties still call the the upcoming One Day in April: How the shots in a hidden world and presents the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed a Divided British monarchy in an entirely new light. Britain.

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ROBERT WEBB ANYA HINDMARCH LOCALLY CRIMINAL *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 IF IN DOUBT, WASH YOUR HAIR ROBERT THOROGOOD & JENNY QUINTANA 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 8.30pm · Christ Church · £12 8.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £12 inc. wine Known for his comedy partnership with From the I’m Not a Plastic Bag campaign Two local authors with national profiles join David Mitchell, TV hits Peep Show and to hosting a sleepover at Peter Jones us to discuss their latest thrillers and writing Back plus his No.1 Sunday Times bestseller department store, who better to share her careers, fittingly accompanied by a glass of memoir How Not to Be a Boy, Robert brings tips on tackling the stresses of modern living Laithwaites Wine. Robert is the creator of his comic talents to bear in his first novel than globally renowned businesswoman, the long-running BBC One’s hit Death in Come Again. Kate wakes up one morning fashion designer and mother of five Anya? Paradise but has swapped the Caribbean for as her 18-year-old self about to fall in love If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair is her manual Buckinghamshire with The Marlow Murder again with her late husband, now 19 again for life; with humour and honesty that she Club as septuagenarian Judith witness but Kate knows how it all ends. Will she hopes will show you how to live a little a killing while swimming in the Thames. save his life? Hear how Robert reflects on better - and why sometimes, the answer can Bershire-based Our Dark Secret author Jenny his hugely successful career. Interviewed by be just washing your hair. returns with The Hiding Place, a story of Cesca Major. identity, love, lies and long-buried secrets. This event is sponsored by THP Solicitors. Interviewed by Amanda Jennings. TECHNOLOGY & THE FUTURE MICHAEL JOSEPH PROOF PARTY SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR SAM GILBERT & TRACEY FOLLOWS CLAIRE ALEXANDER *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £20 inc. book 6.30pm · Christ Church · £12 6.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 inc. proof Two tech experts offer positive outlooks. Be one of the first to get your hands on Spinning Plates is an apt book title for a In Good Data: An Optimist’s Guide To Our 2022’s most anticipated books. Meredith, pop star, Strictly Come Dancing finalist, Digital Future, Experian strategy head turned Alone will be published in June 2022 and broadcaster, charity campaigner, model and Cambridge researcher Sam argues that tells the story of Meredith Maggs who mother to five sons, Sophie, whose kitchen contrary to fears, the data revolution could has not left her house for 1,215 days. As discos were a lockdown highlight for families be the best thing that ever happened to the novel unfolds we find out why (it isn’t across the UK. It’s also the name of the us. While futurist Tracey shows how our pandemic related, we promise). Compared podcast she launched last year, with guests personal freedoms have the potential to be to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, or The including Nadiya Hussain and Caitlin Moran. transformed over the coming decades in The Keeper of Lost Things, Meredith, Alone will be This event is sponsored by Gower Cottage Brownies. Future of You. the book everyone is reading in their book This event is sponsored by Scottish Mortgage groups next year, so why not get ahead *Ticket price includes the book Investment Trust. A Spinning Plates (RRP £16.99) and read it first? Claire Alexander will be in which will be given to you at the conversation with Daisy Buchanan. event

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DAVID PROFUMO FINGEST GREAT BARN INTERVIEWED BY JON RYAN DON GIOVANNI 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 His previous family memoir Bringing Down the House told the story of the scandal synonymous with the Profumo name. Now in The Lightning Thread, David turns to a passion that began in childhood and continues to this day: the restorative power of nature and fishing. The award-winning novelist and journalist explores the delights advert 7 LM and mysteries of one of mankind’s most ancient pursuits and shows how it embraces DON GIOVANNI folklore, poetry, magic, drink and disaster.

AMBRIDGE ADVENTURES CATHERINE MILLER, SUNNY ORMONDE & MANOR FARM, FINGEST SIMON WILLIAMS Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 6QE 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 The ultimate treat for all fans of The Bizet’s ‘CARMEN’ Saturday 11th September Archers, (the Radio 4 series that marks Mozart’s ‘DON GIOVANNI’ Saturday 18th September 2021 its 70th anniversary this year). And what better way to celebrate than this fun hour. Operas start at 6.00pm Ambridge at War author Catherine Miller

OPERA returns with Home Fires at Ambridge and is Tickets £100 / £85 Call 01491 638474 joined by two of the show’s stars, Simon Williams who plays Justin Elliott and Sunny or email: [email protected] Ormonde, known as Lilian Bellamy for over www.fingestgreatbarnopera.co.uk two decades on air. We can hear the theme tune now. This event is sponsored by law firm in aid of Child Bereavement UK Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP. and Action Medical Research *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 for Children 35

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DAME ELIZABETH ANIONWU JEEVAN VASAGAR JON SOPEL INTERVIEWED BY KATHERINE GRAINGER INTERVIEWED BY SUNNY SINGH INTERVIEWED BY KIM DARROCH 12pm · Christ Church · £12 12pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 2pm · Christ Church · £12 Overcoming the discrimination she faced The former Singapore correspondent for After our hugely popular Collateral Damage in 1940s Britain as the child of a white the Financial Times masterfully takes us online event last year, the roles are reversed mother and black father - both Cambridge through the intricate history, present and here in Henley as former British Ambassador students at the time, Dame Elizabeth went future of this unique diamond-shaped island to the US and National Security Adviser Kim on to become one of the country’s greatest one degree north of the equator, where Darroch interviews the BBC North America nurses. From becoming the first ever sickle new and old have remained connected. correspondent about his career and latest cell nurse specialist, reuniting with her father Jeevan examines the different faces of book. UnPresidented is the Americast host’s (Nigeria’s first ambassador to Italy) to Singaporean life, from education and health gripping, witty and insightful account of a founding the Mary Seacole Centre and being to art, politics, and demographic challenges. US election campaign even more turbulent one of the BBC Women of the Year in 2020, Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of than the one he covered in 2016, as Biden she tells her unique story in Dreams From Modern Asia tells the extraordinary story of and Trump battled against the backdrop of a My Mother. the world’s most successful city state. pandemic devastating the country. This event is sponsored by HW Fisher. DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY TOM BRADBY *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 Philanthropist, entrepreneur and Henley His three decades at ITN have included resident, Dame Stephanie returns to the notable stints as royal correspondent and Festival following the paperback release political editor, before his current role as of her memoir Let It Go. From arriving in News at Ten anchor. Not only one of our England as a five-year-old Kindertransport most respected broadcasters, Tom is also refugee in 1939, to becoming a Companion a bestselling author. He adapted his debut of Honour, she reflects on an extraordinary Shadow Dancer into a hit film and now life and how giving her wealth away has Triple Cross sees former MI6 operative Kate brought her more happiness than acquiring Henderson receive an unwelcome visit it with her pioneering software career. from the Prime Minister, sparking a high- stake series of events. He comes to Henley to discuss his career on screen and on the page. This event is sponsored by Phyllis Court. 36 OR CALL 01491 575 948, 10AM-4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY 37XX THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER THE FULL LENGTHTHURSDAY DATE 7GOES OCTOBER HERE

HOW TO BE AN AUTHOR SAUL DAV ID BRIAN BILSTON SUSANNA BEARD & RACHEL EDWARDS SBS: SILENT WARRIORS *Watch the livestream of this event for £20 6.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 6.30pm · Christ Church · £12 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee· £12 Two successful novelists with Henley Founded in 1940 as a small, volunteer- A social media phenomenon and Costa- connections return to the Festival to dependent outfit, Britain’s Special Boat nominated for his debut novel Diary of a discuss their journeys to publication, writing Service was the world’s first maritime Somebody. But who is Brian? Here is your processes and latest books with former special operations. Deployed in the chance to find out on National Poetry Day. Society of Authors chair Daniel Hahn. Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel The Poet Laureate of Twitter who can by Sunday Times columnist Rachel Edwards and the Far East it went on to become turns be funny, moving, and acerbic, but follows her acclaimed debut Darling with one of the most effective fighting forces of never dull. A lover of Vimto and less so of Lucky, exploring race, gambling addiction, the Second World War and the model for Jeremy Clarkson, his latest collection Alexa, power and privilege. Marlow-based Susanna special forces ever since. Now, Professor of What is There to Know About Love? covers Beard is a Faber Academy alumna and has Military History and award-winning author romance in all its forms and bubbles with written four thrillers, most recently The Saul joins us with SBS: Silent Warriors, the wit and humour, as you would expect. Brian Perfect Life and The Lost Brother. first authorised history of the service, will be in conversation with The Sisterhood drawing on secret archives. author Daisy Buchanan.

JACK DEE MUM’S NIGHT OUT 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee LAURA BRAND & STEPH DOUGLAS £25 in-person inc. book / £20 online inc. book From nosy neighbours and tricky teenagers 8.30pm · Laithwaites Stage · £12 inc. wine to financial failings and coping with The last year has tested even the most Christmas, Jack is here to help with his proactive parents when it comes to keeping hilarious What Is Your Problem? Comedy’s children engaged and entertained. Step Little Ray of Sleet Grapples with Life’s Major forward illustrator and Instagram star Laura Dilemmas. The stand-up icon, actor and host with The Joy Journal for Magical Play: Easy of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue comes to the Activities & Creative Craft for Kids and their Festival for a special pre-publication event Grown-Ups. With a foreword by Fearne to discuss his career, the book and what on Cotton, the book showcases mindful, planet- earth to do about Mike from accounts. friendly and, crucially, very simple things *Watch the livestream of this event for £20 to make and do. Laura, who lives close to Henley with her husband Russell, their *Ticket price includes the book What is Your Problem (RRP £20) daughters, dogs, cats and chickens, speaks to which will be given to you at the Don’t Buy Her Flowers founder Steph Douglas. event Ticket includes a glass of Laithwaites wine.

38 OR CALL 01491 575 948, 10AM-4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY 39XX FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER EXCELLENT REPUTATION TRUSTED MARKET ADVICE LUCINDA HAWKSLEY JANE GORDON INDEPENDENT ESTATE AGENT 10am · Laithwaites Stage · £10 12pm · Laithwaites Stage · £10 LOCAL BUSINESS, LOCAL PEOPLE From some of the most significant moments When the journalist – best known for in history to everyday joys and sorrows, columns in the Sunday Telegraph and The Letters of Great Women combines biography, Mail on Sunday – found herself hospitalised archival images and transcribed letters after a car accident, she had to confront by everyone from Katherine of Aragon, what it might be like to be infirm. Her Cleopatra and Florence Nightingale to Nina response was to find ways to stay physically Simone, Greta Thunberg and Ruth Bader and mentally fit, from brain training and gut Ginsburg. Having previously written books health to ballroom dancing and learning a How Not To Get Old ADVERT 8 (LM) on the Queen, Lizzie Siddal and her great- second language. is her great-great-grandfather Charles Dickens, funny and fascinating look at how women the March Women March author joins can stay happy and healthy. In conversation Daniel Hahn to discuss her carefully curated with The Sisterhood author Daisy Buchanan. collection of compelling correspondence. This event is sponsored by HW Fisher.

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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries made headlines earlier this year. Now comes Volume Two, again edited by Sunday Telegraph columnist and author Simon, who joins Oldie editor Harry Mount to discuss the Southend MP’s inside account of 1938-1943. From the heady aftermath of ESTATE AGENTS | HENLEY ON THAMES the Munich agreement to the midst of the Second World War, as well as Churchill and Delivering good value and excellent service.    Chamberlain, he charts encounters with Your personal estate agent and trusted adviser for buying @philipboothesq Noël Coward, Prince Philip and de Gaulle, as and selling all types of homes in Berks, Bucks & Oxon. well as the implosion of his own marriage to Guinness heiress Lady Honor. Tel: 01491 876544 or 07795 422284 This event is sponsored by HW Fisher. Email: [email protected] www.philipboothesq.com 41

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SIR VINCE CABLE CAROL KIRKWOOD & JILL MANSELL 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 2pm · Christ Church · £12 The former Liberal Democrats leader Reunions, romantic or otherwise, are at returns to Henley to discuss his latest the heart of both books by these two book, The Chinese Conundrum: Engagement extremely engaging novelists. Rumour Has It or Economic War. The book takes in the author Jill has written over 20 Sunday Times recent Covid-19 pandemic and election of bestsellers with combined sales of more US president Joe Biden, as it explores the than 13 million and joins us with And Now relationship between China and the West. You’re Back, as Shay returns to Didi’s life By looking at the history of the politics over a decade later. BBC Breakfast weather between these nations, the economy and presenter Carol turns to the sunny setting of global politics, Sir Vince examines the Ithos in her first novel Under a Greek Moon, changes that have led us to where we are as Hollywood star Shauna is drawn back today. In conversation with Daniel Hahn. after 20 years. In conversation with Good Housekeeping features editor Jackie Brown. *Watch the livestream of this event for £5

JONATHON PORRITT DAISY BUCHANAN & JANE FALLON 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 4pm · Christ Church · £12

Few people know the dangers of climate Two of the most entertaining writers around change as well as campaigner Jonathon, a come together for the first time at Henley. former Friends of the Earth director, Green Dubbed ‘Queen of the Revenge Comedy’, Party co-chair and WWF trustee. He comes This Life and Teachers producer Jane has sold to Henley with Hope in Hell: A Decade to over a million books in the UK alone, and Confront the Climate Emergency, arguing her latest, Worst Idea Ever, is a razor-sharp we can do what needs to be done if we story of friendship and secrets. You’re Booked move now. He argues that using technology, podcaster and The Sisterhood author Daisy’s innovation, the mobilisation of young people debut novel Insatiable is a gripping and and older generations, we can secure a safer hilarious look at women, desire, power and world for our children and grandchildren. greed. Interviewed by Good Housekeeping features editor Jackie Brown. *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 This event is sponsored by Good Housekeeping.

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ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH GILES TERERA 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee HAMILTON AND ME £24 inc. book / £34 for 2 tickets & 1 book 8.30pm · Christ Church · £12 After selling 40 million books, the much- It is the stage musical of a generation. When loved author comes to Henley. The Joy and Hamilton opened in London, National Light Bus Company is the latest edition in the Theatre regular Giles became a star playing The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series as the role of Aaron Burr. He won the 2018 Mma Ramotswe faces a new mystery that is Olivier Award for Best Actor and last year trickier than it first appears. The chance to was awarded an MBE for services to theatre. hear from a bestselling novelist and former With a foreword by Lin-Manuel Miranda, University of Edinburgh professor. Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal takes us *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 from his first audition in New York, through research and rehearsals to rave reviews. A *Ticket price includes the book The Joy and Light Bus Company (RRP rare chance to hear an actor’s insight into a £18.99) which will be given to you remarkable show. This event is sponsored by St at the event Helen and St Katharine. TRACEY THORN MEL GIEDROYC INTERVIEWED BY DAISY BUCHANAN *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 6.30pm · Christ Church · £12 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 From her huge success in Everything But From hosting Light Lunch and The Great the Girl with her husband Ben Watt, to her British Bake Off, to starring in the West End, acclaimed solo career, Tracey made a huge the comedian, actor and writer – one half of mark in the studio and on the stage - and the much-loved double act Mel & Sue - will has proved equally talented on the page. delight Henley with her tender, smart and After Bedsit Disco Queen & Another Planet funny novel The Best Things. The books sees comes My Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend. It recounts her protagonist Sally Parker face the challenge friendship with The Go-Betweens drummer of her family suddenly losing everything but Lindy Morrison: a relationship cemented comes up with surprising ways of coping. by gossip, feminism, books, gigs and rock ‘n’ Hear about Mel’s successful life on screen, roll love affairs. Tracey returns to Henley in stage, and paper. In conversation with Good conversation with Daisy Buchanan. Housekeeping editor Gaby Huddart. This event is sponsored by Good Housekeeping.

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MICHAEL MORPURGO INGRID SEWARD *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 INTERVIEWED BY STEPHEN ROBINSON 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £15 inc. book* 12pm · Christ Church · £12 Sir Michael is back in Henley with a His death this year aged 99 was truly the collection of creatures. The Carnival of end of an era. The first major biography Animals sees him present a special all-ages of the Queen’s consort in almost three performance of his animal poems, inspired decades, Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His by Camille Saint-Saën’s humorous musical Century, was first published last autumn and suite. A chance to hear from the War is packed with revealing behind-the-scenes Horse and Private Peaceful author is simply details. From his nomadic childhood, to how not to be missed. He will be joined by a man of action coped with having to spend actress Natalie Walter. 70 years of his life walking two steps behind This event is sponsored by Shiplake College. his wife, this is a special insight into Prince This is a family event from our Children’s Programme Philip from royal expert and Majesty editor- (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p57.. in-chief Ingrid. This event is sponsored by Hotel du Vin. MICHAEL HESELTINE & SEBASTIAN PAYNE ANTONIA FRASER *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 IN CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL HAHN 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14

As party conference season comes to a One of our most respected historians close, two highly respected insiders look returns to the Festival with her latest book, at politics past, present and future. Henley The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline MP for 27 years, Lord Heseltine served as Norton, A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Justice For Women. Dame Antonia provides State for Defence, Environment and Trade. her trademark insight into the MP’s wife Award-winning Financial Times Whitehall Caroline, who counted Prime Ministers editor Sebastian – previously with The Disraeli and Lamb among her friends Spectator, the Telegraph and the Washington and admirers, before a dramatic adultery Post– joins us with his first book Broken trial inspired her to become a tireless Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour’s Lost campaigner for the rights of mothers and England, looking into what the dramatic women at all levels in society. upheaval of the 2019 elections means. *Watch the livestream of this event for £5

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MARGARET REYNOLDS & CLOVER STROUD 2pm · Christ Church · £12 Two writers share their acclaimed accounts of motherhood and identity. In her Sunday Times bestseller My Wild & Sleepless Nights columnist Clover Stroud, who has five Where ADVERTgrea 9t LM stories begin… children aged from one to seventeen, reveals how she has navigated motherhood across two decades. In The Wild Track academic and author Margaret Reynolds tells the story of her decision in her mid-forties (having experienced a sudden early menopause) to adopt a child. In conversation with The Home Page founder Jessica Jonzen.

RUTH JONES *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 Ruth has a gift for creating stories and characters that capture the country’s hearts. With James Corden she co-wrote and starred in sitcom sensation Gavin & Stacey Venue Hire at Henley Town Hall and struck gold a second time with Stella. Her debut novel Never Greener was a huge Henley Town Hall is a spectacular setting hit and her latest Us Three, a funny, moving and uplifting tale on the power of friendship, for any occasion, from weddings to was another instant Sunday Times bestseller. birthday parties and much more! Interviewed by Good Housekeeping’s editor- in-chief Gaby Huddart. SCAN ME This event is sponsored by Good Housekeeping. Scan the QR code with your phone for more information or contact us at [email protected] 01491 576982 to discuss your needs Proudly Supported by Henley Town Council 49 SATURDAYExclusive 9 OCTOBER o er for Henley Literary Festival SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER

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MARIELLA FROSTRUP & ALICE SMELLIE CHRIS RIDDELL *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £14 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee· £6 Why is the menopause ignored by society, Go Through The Looking Glass with former except for the occasional bad joke? Children’s Laureate and 2021’s programme And why has something so widespread front cover designer Chris! After working on been overlooked in medical research? In books by Michael Rosen & JK Rowling – and Cracking the Menopause broadcaster and his own award-winning Goth Girl & Ottoline – writer Mariella shares her own journey the three-time Greenaway Medal winner has with her trademark wisdom and humour, illustrated a new full-colour edition of Lewis while award-winning health journalist Carroll’s second Alice adventure. Join him for Alice provides case studies from women a magical morning of live drawing and more! in every walk of life, alongside advice from gynaecologists, psychologists, sleep specialists This is a family event from our Children’s Programme and nutritionists. Now they join us in (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p. 57. conversation at Henley.

CLARE BALDING SARAH BELL & NICOLA SUTHERLAND THE GREEN MAN & THE RAVEN’S QUEST *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 4pm · River & Rowing Museum· £10 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee £12 inc. book / £6 ticket only The Henley-based author-illustrator duo join us to discuss their haunting rite-of-passage After previous Festival sell-outs, The fable The Green Man and The Raven’s Quest. Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop author Clare Having contributed to the acclaimed Acorn returns to Henley with her first non-fiction Theatre production The Green Man & Other book for children: Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Fables, performed at Stonor and Blenheim Going. Using both her own experiences and Palace in 2019, Sarah was inspired to write those of people she admires, Clare shows us this more adult-orientated adventure all how to embrace our mistakes and move in poetry and verse and asked Nicola – on from them. the artist behind the 25m mural on the This event is sponsored by Hotel du Vin. approach to Henley Bridge – to illustrate, This is a family event from our Children’s Programme given their shared love of British mythology. (for ages 0-18), for full detail see p. 57.

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JEFFREY ARCHER HENLEY CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £25 inc. book Just a year after John Grisham’s exclusive online event, we have a new title holder for the highest-selling author to appear at Henley Literary Festival, with over 275 million copies worldwide. His Prison Diaries made him the first – and still only – No.1 bestseller in the fiction, non-fiction and short stories categories. Days ahead of publication, Lord Archer joins us in Henley with his book Over My Dead Body.

*Ticket price includes the book Over My Dead Body (RRP £20) which will be given to you at the event

FI GLOVER & JANE GARVEY *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 8.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £20 inc. book At a time of constant uncertainty, what we need is the wisdom of two women who haven’t got a clue what’s going on either. Having hosted Saturday Live and Woman’s Hour respectively, Fi and Jane launched the award-winning, chart-topping podcast Fortunately in 2017, interviewing everyone from Tom Kerridge to Dawn French. Now they join us with the hilarious and perceptive Did I Say That Out Loud?

*Ticket price includes the book Did I Say That Out Loud? (RRP £16.99) which will be given to you at the event EVENTS FOR AGES 0 - 18... 54 55 SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER

RUFFLES & THE RED, RED COAT LIZ PICHON: RANDOM ACTS OF FUN Ruffles loves singing, scratching and sniffing…but he does not like his new coat, not one little bit! Hugless Douglas creator The Tom Gates series is 10 years old this year! Come and join Liz David Melling returns to Henley with a new picture book Pichon to hear about Tom’s newest adventures in Ten Tremendous Tales series starring adorable dog and typical toddler Ruffles. and Random Acts of Fun. From funny plaster casts to getting stuck in a 10am · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 3+ lift with Delia, get ready to laugh! Bring a notepad ready to join in with the doodle-a-longs and the Q&A!

MURDER ON THE SAFARI STAR *Watch the livestream of this event for £5

Embark on a thrilling adventure with the creators of the 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £6 · Age 7+ bestselling and prize-winning Adventures on Trains series. Join Beetle Boy author M.G. Leonard and playwright Sam Sedgman for some steam-powered suspense as they introduce Danger at Dead Man’s Pass a spooky supernatural mystery complete with strange letters, secrets and a family curse. 10am · Town Hall · £6 · Age 9+

THE INCREDIBLE RECORD SMASHERS

Heart, humour and Guinness World Records! Lucy has a plan to cheer up her mum involving watermelons, kumquats and her best friend Sandesh. Shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book of the Year for her debut The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, Jenny Pearson joins us at Henley to share her latest funny story: The Incredible Record Smashers. 12pm · Christ Church · £6 · Age 9+

SPACE DETECTIVES

Dog lost in space? Grown an extra head and don’t know why? Pocket money stolen by a green blob? You need the Space Detectives! Join Spy Toys author Mark Powers and Waterstones Children’s Prize winner and Look Up! Illustrator Dapo Adeola as they take us to the world’s first orbiting city, Starville, for some interactive, intergalactic fun! 12pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 7+ 57 SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER

RAPPING PRINCESSES ‘Being a princess is a tough job for someone so small. It’s even harder when you have a problem you can’t solve at all.’ That’s Shiloh’s dilemma in a kingdom full of singing, while her talents lie elsewhere. My Hair author Hannah Lee and illustrator Allen Fatimaharan present their new rhyming picture book; you could even come dressed as a prince or princess! 2pm · Town Hall · £6 · Age 3+

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Cast out of Genie World, Grant finds himself swapping the traditional lamp for a cracked old teapot and is pretty lonely until he meets puppy Teeny. Join award-winning author and illustrator Steven Lenton on a magical adventure as he introduces you to his brand new characters. Find out all about their magical world, and join in with Steven as he brings them to life on paper. Packed to EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION the brim with humour, life lessons and lots of fun! OUTSTANDING VALUE 4pm · Town Hall · £6 · Age 5+

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THAT’S NOT MY ...STORYTIME ROB BIDDULPH: DRAW WITH ROB From mermaids, unicorns and robots to puppies, pandas and Author, illustrator and draw along genius Rob zebras, ’s bestselling That’s Not My… series has been Fiona Watt Biddulph helped everyone get through lockdown capturing the imagination of babies, toddlers and their grown-ups with his brilliant Draw with Rob videos. Find out for over 20 years. Now, Festival-favourite-storyteller Vanessa about Rob’s journey from budding illustrator, to Woolf brings these beloved board books to life here in Henley. award-winning picture book creator, all the way up 10am · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 3+ to being a world record holder.

*Watch the livestream of this event for £5 SERENA PATEL: GRANNY TROUBLE! This event is sponsored by Shiplake College. 4pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £6 · Age 5+ A super-famous, mega-expensive diamond has been stolen – and Granny Jas is the prime suspect! The latest in the fresh and funny Anisha, Accidental Detective series sees our hero go undercover to solve the mystery. Get sleuthing with Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize winner Serena Patel! 12pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6· Age 7+

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Everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant is coming back to Henley! Having sold over 10 million books in 50 languages and starring in a River & Rowing Museum exhibition alongside David McKee’s other creations like Mr Benn & King Rollo, Elmer’s adventures will be brought to life by storyteller Vanessa Woolf. WRITING WORKSHOP: KATYA BALEN 2pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 2+ Pens at the ready! Young writers shouldn’t miss this chance to hear from acclaimed author and co-director of Mainspring Arts Katya Balen. Her first children’s novel The Space We’re In was published by Bloomsbury in 2019, followed by Times Book of the Week October, October last year. 4pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 10+

60 61 TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER . STUART LAWRENCE ROOPA FAROOKI: DIAGNOSIS DANGER After Stephen Lawrence’s tragic murder in 1993, his Get ready for a fast-talking, risk-taking, quick thinking adventure. family have strived to improve society. His mother Award-winning novelist (and newly qualified doctor!) turned children’s Doreen, a 2016 Festival speaker, was made a life peer author Roopa Farooki comes to Henley with the latest Double for her services to community. Now in this special Detectives Medical Mystery as Ali & Tulip chase a mysterious figure. all-ages event, his brother Stuart (an educator and motivational speaker) comes to Henley to discuss his 10am · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 9+ book for young people, Silence is Not An Option: You Can Impact the World for Change. MICHAEL MORPURGO: CARNIVAL OF ANIMALS

This event is sponsored by St Helen and St Katharine. Festival favourite Sir Michael is back in Henley and this time *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 it’s with a Carnival of Animals (from tigers to tortoises). The 6.30pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £6 · Age 10+ War Horse and A Song of Gladness author presents a special performance of his animal poems, inspired by Camille Saint- Saëns’s humorous musical suite. He will be joined by actress Natalie Walter. This event is sponsored by Shiplake College. SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 10am · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £15 inc. book · Age 7+ JESS FRENCH: ANIMAL JOBS *Ticket price includes the book Do you have what it takes to be a horse trainer, lion carer Carnival of Animals (RRP £12.99) which will be given to you at the or even a bug wrangler? Join zoologist Jess, host of CBBC’s event Minibeast Adventure and World Book Day 2020 author, for a fun and informative look at How To Be A Vet And Other Animal Jobs. JOSEPH COELHO & FIONA LUMBERS

Find out all about the incredible animal jobs you could do, From Van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Luna is transfixed by the art from training to become an animal behaviourist or a wildlife gallery, but why do the families on show not look like her rehabilitator to working at a zoo or even becoming a bug friend Finn’s? Author Joseph Coelho – also a performance wrangler! poet & playwright – joins Grandpa’s Gift illustrator Fiona 10am · Christ Church · £6 · Age 6+ Lumbers for this calm event around their latest picture book.

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IF I RAN THE COUNTRY

What would things be like if YOU were in charge, not just of your room but of a whole nation? Radio 4’s Rich Knight aims to answer all your questions (and those of your grown-ups) in this funny, fact-packed interactive session on how to build a nation, be a good leader and political problem solver. 2pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 8+

KATE PANKHURST: GREAT WOMEN SCIENTISTS Eureka! As befits a Pankhurst, author-illustrator Kate celebrates the achievements of women through the ages. First there was No.1 bestseller Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, now she spotlights science, from Marie Curie to Mae Jemison (the first African-American woman in space) in Great Women Scientists.

H H H H 4pm · Christ Church · £6 · Age 7+ Superb! Cranford House is proud to continue WONDERBLY STORY WORKSHOP supporting the Henley Literary Festival and nurture the next generation of Meet David Cadji-Newby, author of Wonderbly’s bestselling, creative writers. We wish all of the personalised Lost My Name adventure. Story and writing tips children taking part the very best and abound in this fun and interactive session where you will create applaud their inspiring creativity and your very own story based on the letters of your name. passion for reading and storytelling. 4pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 4+

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Ahoy there! Billy sometimes wishes his family looked like other kids’, but when his mums’ nautical knowledge saves a school trip to the beach, he appreciates their uniqueness. Jodie Lancet-Grant joins us with a joyous, swashbuckling session based on one of 2021’s most-anticipated picture books. 10am · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 3+

CLARE BALDING

Even beloved broadcaster and bestseller Clare makes mistakes! In Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going she shows us how to move on from them, from her own experience as well as those of her heroes like Greta Thunberg and Usain Bolt. Be inspired by the BAFTA and National Book Award winner here in Henley. This event is sponsored by Hotel du Vin. Tops 12pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · Age 9+ Marquees *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 £12 inc. book (RRP £9.99) or ticket only £6

CHRIS RIDDELL

Go Through The Looking Glass with former Children’s Laureate Chris! After working on books by Michael Rosen & JK Rowling – and his own award-winning Goth Girl & Ottoline – the three- time Greenaway Medal winner has illustrated a new full-colour edition of Lewis Carroll’s second Alice adventure. 2pm · Baillie Gifford Marquee · £6 · Age 9+ Locally produced artisan *Watch the livestream of this event for £5 cheeses, wines, fizz & gins ELEPHANT ME! What would your elephant name be? For Nina, it’s Elephant Strong. For Norcus, Elephant Noisy. But what about little Num- Num? Guy Parker-Rees, illustrator of international bestseller Giraffes Can’t Dance, comes to Henley for a draw-along and to share his latest picture book, written with Giles Andreae. 2pm · River & Rowing Museum · £6 · Age 3+. 67 Follow Us @ShiplakeCollege

Going fully EVENTS FOR SCHOOLS coeducational from 2023

After record-breaking online attendance last year, our fantastic schools programme is back with exclusive events for school pupils aged 4-14.

This year’s events run on weekdays at 10am, 12pm and 2pm throughout Festival week with Rob Biddulph, Natasha Farrant, Smriti Halls, Liz Kessler, Jenny McLachlan, Zanib Mian, Thiago de Moraes, Michael Morpurgo, Francesca Simon, Dr Shini Somara and Kjartan Poskitt & Alex Willmore on the line-up.

Our events will be live streamed from the venue directly to classrooms and school halls free of charge. For the first time, audiences will increase beyond the limits of the venues, and schools from across the country can join in the fun. Wishing everyone a fantastic Henley Children’s Literary Festival 2021 To find out more, please visit our website:

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with Chiltern Arts in 2022... You can win up to £50 worth of books for your school library, a signed copy of former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell’s book and a Bell Bookshop voucher.

Time to get creative! Put pen to paper and write a story of poem (up to 500 words) taking inspiration from the magical Henley Literary Festival programme cover (illustrated by Chris Riddell). If you are more of an illustrator, design your own programme cover.

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JOANNA LUMLEY Thurs 28 Oct · 6.30pm · Christ Church · NEAR £25 inc. book Who better to celebrate the record-breaking reign of the Queen than another national treasure, keen royalist Joanna? A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of the One and Only PERFECT Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee, is a collection of special writings and illuminating insights marking the monarch’s unprecedented seven-decade reign, covering a period of dramatic change for the Royal Family, the country and the world. Now the Absolutely A SANCTUARY BY THE THAMES Fabulous star and Gurkha Justice campaigner comes to Henley for a special post-Festival event to discuss the book and the Queen, as well as reflecting on her own unique career, Join us for lunch or dinner in the bistro or dine al fresco in the central which has ranged from New Avengers in the 70s to Motherland this year. Interviewed by Good Housekeeping’s courtyard. Alternatively enjoy a glass of the finest fizz in the light and editor-in-chief Gaby Huddart. This event is sponsored by Good Housekeeping. airy Champagne bar or your favourite tipple at the pewter topped bar. *Ticket price includes the book A Queen for All Seasons (RRP £20) which will be given to you at the event

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Phyllis Court Club is pleased to be sponsoring the Henley Literary Festival for another year filled with fantastic talks for both children and adults. Based on the banks of the River Thames, Phyllis Court enjoys views down the river and across the Chilterns. The private members club offers Members an enhanced social life, varied dining opportunities, a fitness centre, large grounds, access to Reciprocal Clubs and over 30 Interest Groups so there really is something for everyone. www.phylliscourt.co.uk We are so grateful to our Headline sponsor Baillie Gifford who have supported the festival since 2011. Their loyalty and support has been invaluable and we simply couldn’t do it without them. The firm is a major sponsor of other literary events across the UK including the Baillie Gifford Prize GOLD SPONSORS for Non-Fiction. More details of the sponsorship programme, including interviews with authors, articles and competitions, can be found at: www.bailliegifford.com/sponsorship Ever since Tony Laithwaite went to Bordeaux in the 60s, family and friendship has been central to our journey. We owe everything to the many family growers and wine lovers we support and serve today. For over 50 years we’ve been delivering wine the right way – from people who love making it to people who love drinking it. We never MEDIA PARTNERS overcomplicate things. By keeping it simple at every stage, we’ve been able to keep costs down and guarantee authenticity with every single bottle. www.laithwaites.co.uk As Britain’s biggest selling newspaper, the Mail understands the power of words and how they inspire action as a force for good, Hotel du Vin, Henley-on-Thames is situated on the banks of the Thames helping shape a better Britain for us all. That’s why the Mail are itself, with the river gliding slowly by. Behind the classic Georgian proud to sponsor Henley Literary Festival. architecture, you’ll be welcomed warmly into this tranquil haven. A www.dailymail.co.uk cluster of historic listed buildings, which were a former brewery, escape to the sanctuary of one of 43 beautifully furnished rooms and suites, take a leisurely lunch al fresco in the central courtyard or sample seasonal dishes in our bistro. Good Housekeeping is Britain’s biggest-selling lifestyle magazine, www.hotelduvin.com/locations/henley-on-thames/ featuring recipes, homes, fashion, interviews, books, gardening, health, beauty and more. For nearly 100 years Good Housekeeping has been Get carried way at this beautiful riverside location in Henley on Thames. a trusted source of advice on everything from the best pensions, to the The doors of the Museum’s award-winning David Chipperfield-designed latest beauty products and how to make an infallible soufflé – we offer building open onto the art and stories of the river including the UK’s only everything you need to live well, cook fabulously, spend your money dedicated gallery to local Modern British artist John Piper, the wildlife of wisely and get the most out of life. the riverbank, the enchanting Wind in the Willows gallery, the history of www.goodhousekeeping.com Henley, and the international sport of rowing. Regular special exhibitions (free entry for Friends of the Museum) and stunning Café terrace overlooking Mill Meadows. Museum, Café and Shop open Thurs to Mon, 10am to 4pm. www.rrm.co.uk

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THP Solicitors is continuing its support of the arts within its local community by returning as a sponsor of the Henley Literary Festival for the 10th consecutive year, covering the events’ support costs. From their offices in Duke Street and Bell Street in Henley, as well as in Lower Earley in Reading, THP Solicitors is an established yet agile law firm, providing clients with a responsive legal service that adapts to their requirements. They offer a broad range of legal services including residential conveyancing, family law, wills, trusts and estate planning, family law, employment, company and commercial and dispute resolution. www.thpsolicitors.co.uk

If you’ve been lucky enough to gobble one, you’ll know why BBC Good Food Magazine declare these ‘the best brownies we’ve ever tasted’. If you haven’t, hurry up and try them! Handmade in Wales, there’s an ever increasing variety of flavours and they arrive wrapped in raffia and tissue, making them the most delicious, quick and easy gift. www.gowercottagebrownies.co.uk PARTNERSHIPS Top 25 accountants HW Fisher have been advising authors and journalists for many years, helping them manage their finances in the most efficient way possible. Due to the nature of creative work, we The Bell Bookshop specialises in children’s books for all ages, new and recognise that many of our clients have fluctuating finances. If you’re in general fiction in hardback and paperback, classics, biographies, travel this position, we can help manage your financial expectations and advise guides, history books, cookery books and other non-fiction. Visit their on how to remain financially stable. For more details about the work shop at 52 Bell Street, Henley on Thames RG9 2BL. they do with authors please contact Andrew Subramaniam on asubs@ www.bellbookshop.co.uk hwfisher.co.uk or follow them on twitter @HWFWriters www.hwfisher.co.uk

We are grateful to the Town Council for their support in allowing us ITM Event Production is known throughout the Thames Valley, across London, to use the Town Hall and Falaise Square, giving residents and visitors a Europe and beyond for producing highly professional events, large and small. chance to enjoy the historic and beautiful building. In fact today, most of our business comes from existing clients and their www.henleytowncouncil.gov.uk referrals, so it’s good to know people remember us when they need trusted, technical production experts with an eye for innovation and a passion for thinking like clients. Established over 30 years, the experience behind them and a team of highly skilled, friendly people, you can be assured that your event or production will be in good hands. www.itmav.co.uk

78 79 THANK YOU TO VENUES Platinum Friends of the Festival* Jennifer Bestor, Colin Blears, Barbara Laithwaite, Sandy Moodie, Simon Pitcher We are incredibly grateful to our venues this year and the support and Virginia van Zwanenberg they have given us. For full details, please see map on p87. Gold Friends of the Festival* Sarah Blomfield, Julian and Gabriele PHYLLIS COURT Brookes, Alastair Broom, Ruth Cassidy, New for 2021, and our largest venue to Anne Collinson, Sarah Dowsett, Brian date, The Baillie Gifford Marquee will be set Ennion, Catherine Ewart, Paul Fadoju, in the grounds of Phyllis Court. Established The Chesters Family, Jimmy Gordon, Jane in 1906, the grand riverside manor is set in 18 acres of land with hotel rooms on Franks, Lady Rosemary Hardie, Tim & the riverside. The Clubhouse and Riverside Susie Keown, Sue Laing, STL Architecture Pavilion enjoy views spanning the River Ltd, Anne & John Luker, Countess Sandra Thames with the Chilterns countryside Macclesfield, Anne & Graham Menzies, beyond and provide a beautiful backdrop to Maggie & John Mills, Maryjane Pugsley, any event Dianne Sayer, Sarah Hellings Smith, Suzie CHRIST CHURCH Steer, Lesley Sylvester-Evans and Richard Wilson. Part of the Christ Church United Reformed *As of 22 June Church in Henley, the Christ Church The Henley Literary Festival Team Centre’s motto – ‘Meeting the needs of the Harriet Reed-Ryan community’ – sees them graciously offer space for local groups and charities to meet Lou Meadows and carry out all manner of activities within Kallie Townsend its six rooms and halls. As well as the main Jess Dean Church, the Centre includes a smaller Chap- Jess Cohen el and catering facilities providing lunches, Melissa Grierson teas and coffees on various days throughout Sue Ryan (Festival Founder) the week. Committee TOWN HALL Cindy Burrowes, Jon Ryan, Home to the Laithwaites Stage. The Grade Louise Hall, Pam Morris II* listed Town Hall was built in 1897 to & Virginia Van Zwanenberg commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Let’s Get Together Queen Victoria. It opened in 1901. There Special thanks to are several beautiful spaces to hire, suitable Jon Ryan for writing the programme for wedding ceremonies, receptions, meet- Co:Lab for graphic design The highest quality care starts ings, events and filming. Enjoy the grand with a connection marble staircase, the timeless glamour of the Robbie Everett and Graham Trolley and all Queen Elizabeth II Hall or the wood-pan- the team at ITM elled, historic Council Chamber. Every member of our team gets to know your loved one Byren Atkinson at R:evolution as an individual when they move in, so we can support BBC Radio Berkshire them to live a life they love. Henley Standard We call it relationship-centred care. RIVER & ROWING MUSEUM Henley Herald If you’re looking for the highest quality care for your Escape to this beautiful riverside loca- Tom Ryan for his consistent support & loved one, let’s get together and talk. tion, where the doors of the museum’s continued terrible jokes award-winning David Chipperfield building open onto the art and stories of the river. All the wonderful publicists for their 01491 455 234 hallmarkcarehomes.co.uk support and emails! The Museum’s stunning Café terrace over- looks the weeping willows and wildflowers Residential Care I Nursing Care I Dementia Care I Respite Care of Mill Meadows. Museum open Thursday to And, finally Monday 10am to 4pm. Chris Riddell for the beautiful cover design 81 FROM £393,900 OVER 130 EVENTS AT A GLANCE PRICE AS AT 1ST APRIL 2021 SEPTEMBER VIRTUAL EVENTS 400 AFT CABIN EX WORKS, INC 20% VAT Monday 6 September Monday 13 September John Lewis-Stempel 18:30 p6 Lia Middleton & Ashley Audrain 18:30 p6 Cecelia Ahern 20:00 p6 Monday 27 September Monday 20 September Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Amy 18:30 p7 Brit Bennett & Curtis Sittenfeld 18:30 p7 McCulloch Jodie Chapman & Giovanna Michael Holding 20:00 p7 20:00 p7 Fletcher FESTIVAL WEEK

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We will be adhering to all current government guidelines to ensure a safe environment for all. Full details regarding the measures we will take, can be found at henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/festival-faqs

As we go to print (July), government guidance advises all Festival attendees will be required to wear face masks (unless exempt). Please bring one with you. If government advise, one-way systems and social distancing measures will be in place at all Festival venues, and hand sanitiser stations will be situated at entrances and exits.

87 PHYLLIS COURT MEMBERSHIP

AN ENHANCED SOCIAL LIFE A wonderful riverside location, access to the Fitness Centre, premier viewing of the Henley Royal Regatta and admittance to over 100 Private Members Clubs worldwide are just a few of the benefits enjoyed by Members at Phyllis Court. It is the perfect location to meet new people or catch up with friends, and thanks to the ample dining opportunities and events throughout the year there is always a wonderful array of entertainment and socialising to enjoy. Members also receive preferential rates for accommodation and private event room hire too!

To find out more please call 01491 570513 or email [email protected]

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