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Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 Saturday 12Th - Sunday 20Th October D L F Dorchester Literary Festival 2016 Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 Saturday 12th - Sunday 20th October Literary Passions and Country Pleasures Duke’s AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1823 www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter #DorchLitFest2019 Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 1 Discovering the best stories in Dorset A Visitors book from the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, c. 1890, signed by Oscar Wilde and other important figures of the late 19th century Sold for £10,625 www.dukes-auctions.com • 01305 265080 • [email protected] 2 | Book Tickets via www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 3 dorset literary festival 2019.indd 1 22/07/2019 16:56:08 WELCOME SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS We are grateful to the following: A warm welcome to the fifth Dorchester Literary Festival, now an established and much- loved event in our county town’s cultural calendar. Our aim is to provide entertainment MAIN SPONSORS and enlightenment to readers in a town famous for its literary legacy. Whatever type of books you enjoy, whether it be fiction, history, nature, wildlife, cookery, gardening, travel, health, biography, art or interior design, we hope there will be something in this year’s varied programme to tempt you to come along. Duke’s AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1823 We are thrilled this year to be able to bring an array of notable writers, ranging from GOLD SPONSORS brilliant novelists - Tracy Chevalier, Alexander McCall Smith, Tim Pears and Victoria Hislop, to acclaimed historians Simon Heffer, A. N. Wilson, Kate Williams and Leo McKinstry. Poetry comes under the spotlight when Adam Nicolson joins us to talk about Wordsworth and Coleridge’s creative year in the Quantocks, and we are very honoured that our former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will join us for a special event in November, to read and discuss her latest work Sincerity. Travel is also a highlight: Monisha Rajesh travelled the world by train, Dom Joly walked perilously through the Lebanon, Henrietta Lovell scoured LOCAL WRITING LAUNCH PARTY CARS PROVIDED the world for rare tea, and best-selling author Raynor Winn walked along the South West PRIZE SPONSOR SPONSOR BY Coast Path to overcome personal tragedy. They are all coming to talk about their amazing adventures. We will also highlight underwater exploration with Jon Copley, nature writing Mercedes-Benz with John Wright and Tristan Gooley, gardening with Fiona Davison, cookery with Prue Leith of Dorchester and Sabrina Ghayour, interior design with colour specialist Joa Studholme and we are Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz delighted that Lady Carnarvon is coming to talk about life at Highclere, the real Downton Abbey. Our programme also remembers some notable anniversaries: art historian Martin ofof Dorchester Dorchester Kemp discusses Leonardo’s work and his life as an authority on the great artist, and Oliver EVENT SPONSORS Morton talks about his acclaimed book The Moon. The Dorchester Literary Festival depends on support, enthusiasm and contributions from Sally Weld many sources. We are enormously grateful to all the organisations, individuals, sponsors, Past and Presents advertisers and volunteers who help make it happen. Most importantly we rely on you, our audience. We hope that you will come to as many events as COFFEE SHOP possible and tell us what you think. We welcome feedback and suggestions for future festivals, so please keep in touch. BOOKS BEYOND THE POUNDBURY WORDS We are delighted that People First Dorset will be our CLINIC chosen charity this year. SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS OF DLF 2018 We much look forward to seeing you. We are also grateful to the following for their support: Waterstones, Dorset Library Service, Dorset Echo, BBC Radio Solent, Wessex FM, Janet Gleeson and Paul Atterbury Yarlbury cottage, Dorchester TIC, Dorford Centre, Epic Creative Print, the Duchess of Cornwall Poundbury, Liz Somerville Festival Directors Cover illustration: Liz Somerville Burning Cliffs, Ringstead hand coloured linocut www.lizsomerville.co.uk 4 | Book Tickets via www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 5 FESTIVAL DIARY FESTIVAL DIARY SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 6.00pm ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH – The Land of Long Lost Friends, The Peppermint Tea 10.30am OLIVER MORTON – The Moon, Dorford Centre Chronicles, The Second Worst Restaurant in France, The Department of Sensitive Crimes, in conversation with Al Senter, The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road 12.00 VICTORIA HISLOP – Those Who are Loved, in conversation with Alex Heminsley, Dorford Centre, sponsored by Battens Solicitors TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2.00pm SIR TIM WATERSTONE – The Face Pressed Against the Window, in conversation with Jess Thompson, Dorford Centre 4.30pm A N WILSON – Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy, Dorford Centre, sponsored by Peter Gunning & Partners 4.00pm RAYNOR WINN – The Salt Path, in conversation with Alex Heminsley, Corn Exchange, sponsored by Poundbury Clinic 6.00pm SABRINA GHAYOUR – Bazaar, in conversation with Jason Goodwin, Dorford Centre 6.00pm ADAM NICOLSON – The Making of Poetry, in conversation with Jason Goodwin, 7.30pm JON COPLEY – Ask an Ocean Explorer, Dorford Centre, Corn Exchange, sponsored by Books Beyond Words sponsored by O’Brien Building Services WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 11am SIMON HEFFER – Staring at God – Britain in the Great War, in conversation with 10.30am FIONA DAVISON – The Hidden Horticulturalists, in conversation with Vanessa Paul Atterbury, Dorford Centre, sponsored by Dorchester BID Berridge, Corn Exchange, sponsored by Duchy of Cornwall 12.30pm KERRY DAYNES – The Dark Side of the Mind, in conversation with Emma Howard, 12.00 noon JOA STUDHOLME – Recipes for Decorating, Corn Exchange Dorford Centre 2.00pm MONISHA RAJESH – Round the World in 80 Trains, in conversation with Emma 2.00pm LINDA GEDDES – Chasing the Sun, Dorford Centre Howard, Corn Exchange 4.00pm FIONA, COUNTESS OF CARNARVON – Christmas at Highclere, Dorford Centre 4.00pm KATE WILLIAMS – The Rival Queens, Corn Exchange, sponsored by Acheson 6.00pm PRUE LEITH – Prue: My All Time Favourite Recipes, in conversation with Steve Harris Dorford Centre, sponsored by Domvs 6.00pm DOM JOLY – The Hezbollah Hiking Club, in conversation with Danny Danziger, Corn Exchange THURSDAY 17TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 10.30am LEO MCKINSTRY – Atlee and Churchill, in conversation with Paul Atterbury, Town Hall 9.30am A Walk Around Thomas Hardy’s Dorchester with DR TONY FINCHAM, Town Pump TRISTAN GOOLEY – Wild Signs and Star Paths 12.00 noon , Town Hall, sponsored by Piddle 11.00am MARTIN KEMP – Living with Leonardo, in conversation with Paul Atterbury, Valley Vets Corn Exchange 2.00pm TIM PEARS – The Redeemed, in conversation with Dr Tony Fincham, Town Hall, sponsored by the Thomas Hardy Society 3.00pm TRACY CHEVALIER – A Single Thread, Corn Exchange, sponsored by Poundbury Wealth Management 4.00pm HENRIETTA LOVELL – Infused, with cream tea, Town Hall, sponsored by Cathie’s Coffee Shop 6.00pm JOHN WRIGHT – The Forager’s Calendar, Town Hall, sponsored by Sally Weld SPECIAL FESTIVAL EVENT SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 7.00pm CAROL ANN DUFFY – Sincerity, Former Poet Laureate reads and discusses her latest CHILDREN’S EVENTS AT DORSET COUNTY LIBRARY work, Thomas Hardye School Theatre TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 10.30am Rhyme Time with Miffy OTHER SPECIAL LINKED EVENTS THURSDAY 17TH OCTOBER 1.00pm CHRISSIE GITTINS – Poetry for Children FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 11.00am TREE HOUSE THEATRE – Pirates Ahoy! SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER 7.00pm SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2.00pm, 7.00pm FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 5.00pm ANTHONY BURT – Creative Writing Workshop Curtis Butterworth Loves Molly May – a play based on a story by NATASHA SOLOMONS, SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 10.00am EILEEN BROWNE – Handa’s Surprise The Pointe, Durngate Street, DT1 1NA 6 | Book Tickets via www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 7 SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 6.00pm Dorford Centre, Bridport Road 6.00pm Dorford Centre, Bridport Road ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH SABRINA GHAYOUR To The Land of Long Lost Friends, The Peppermint Tea Chronicles, Bazaar The Second Worst Restaurant in France, The Department of Vibrant vegetarian and plant-based recipes from the Sunday Times No1 bestselling Persiana Sirocco Feasts Sensitive Crimes author of , and Alexander McCall Smith will talk about his prolific writing career and the Bazaar is a colourful, flavourful and satisfying celebration of Middle Eastern latest book in the much loved No I Ladies Detective Agency series, the latest vegetable dishes, designed to suit every occasion and every palate. The book instalment in the world’s longest running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street , as is filled with easy to achieve dishes packed with flavour that will win over the well as the sequel to My Italian Bulldozer and the first in a new Scandi blanc most die-hard carnivore. Sabrina’s recipes use an abundance of varied flavours, series, the Detective Varg Mysteries. spices, herbs and include salads for all seasons, spectacular sides, bowl comfort, moreish mains and sweet treats. Alexander McCall Smith CBE FRSE is the British Zimbabwean author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects. He has sold over 25 million copies of his books world-wide and they have been translated into 46 languages. He is Sabrina Ghayour is an award-winning, bestselling cookery author who has also Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds popularised Persian and Middle
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