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SponSorS & SupporterS Title sponsor In association with Broadcast Partner Principal supporters Global Banking Partner Major supporters Radio Partner Festival Partners Official Wine Working in partnership Official Cider 2 The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival dIREctor Festival Assistant Jane Furze Hannah Evans Artistic dIREctor Festival INTERNS Sarah Smyth Lizzie Atkinson, Jen Liggins BOOK IT! dIREctor development dIREctor Jane Churchill Suzy Hillier Festival Managers development OFFIcER Charles Haynes, Nicola Tuxworth Claire Coleman Festival Co-ORdinator development OFFIcER Rose Stuart Alison West Welcome what words will you use to describe your festival experience? Whether it’s Jazz, Science, Music or Literature, a Cheltenham Festival experience can be intellectually challenging, educational, fun, surprising, frustrating, shocking, transformational, inspiring, comical, beautiful, odd, even life-changing. And this year’s The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival is no different. As you will see when you browse this brochure, the Festival promises Contents 10 days of discussion, debate and interview, plus lots of new ways to experience and engage with words and ideas. It’s a true celebration of 2012 NEWS 3 - 9 the power of the word - with old friends, new writers, commentators, What’s happening at this year’s Festival celebrities, sports people and scientists, and from children’s authors, illustrators, comedians and politicians to leading opinion-formers. FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 10 - 89 Your day by day guide to events I can’t praise the team enough for their exceptional dedication and flair in BOOK IT! 91 - 101 curating this year’s inspiring programme. However, there would be no Festival Our Festival for families and without the wonderful enthusiasm of our partners and loyal audiences and we young readers are extremely grateful for all the support we receive. WRITE AWAY 104 - 105 Whatever words you use to describe your experience at a Cheltenham Festival, Creative workshop programme I would like to ask for your help to ensure that you will still be using those festival GuIdE 108 – 110 words in the future. Only 40% of our income comes from ticket sales. Please Your guide to the Festival site and show your support for Cheltenham Festivals by making a donation when you buying tickets buy your tickets so that we can continue to curate inspiring programmes of a high standard, offer free events and continue our work with schools and even more festival news families. As a cultural organisation, Cheltenham Festivals has charitable status, features and info online... so if you are a UK tax-payer, don’t forget to tick the Gift Aid box so that we can claim Gift Aid on your donation which is worth another 25% to the Festivals. cheltenhamfestivals.com I love the excitement of seeing the brochure for the first time, and then sitting cheltenhamfestivals.com/subscribe down to make my event choices. I’m sure many of you do too. facebook.com/cheltenhamfestivals Turn the page and enjoy! I look forward to seeing you at the Festival in October. @cheltfestivals #cheltlitfest Donna Renney, Chief Executive Box Office 0844 880 8094 cheltenhamfestivals.com/tickets 3 artistiC direCtor, sarah smyth inTroduCeS uS To The TheMe oF ThiS yeAr’S FestivAL PeoPle: Power welCome to an extraordinary ten days of literary treats and intelleCtual drama, Powerful PerformanCes and fierCe debates. As I set out to shape this year’s to ask searching questions: what programme, I was struck by the shape is democracy in today? anger suffusing our political, social Do revolutions – political or digital - and cultural debates. At its heart ever bring what people expect? seemed to be a pervasive sense of What makes a great leader? powerlessness and disconnection Where does global power really lie between citizens and their leaders, today? And what implications do and it seemed timely - a month these power shifts have for our future before America’s presidential election security? We ask what influence, - to explore the relationship between if any, our politicians are actually able people and power as this year’s to wield in the face of the economic Festival theme. shockwaves echoing from Athens to Washington. In an era of unprecedented global turmoil we tackle the relationship In troubled times, we often turn between people and power on many inwards, and I also want to celebrate levels: from the link between citizen the domestic, the local and the and state to the way we relate to particular, with a special focus on each other as individuals, and from personal empowerment and our interconnected online communities relationship with the home. to the still unique relationship between reader and writer. Look for the People: Power event As the economic and geopolitical headings running throughout this certainties of the twentieth century year’s programme. fade, we enter the political arena 4 The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival GUEST DIRECTORS Carol ann duffy JOAN BAKewell PETER HENNESSY Carol Ann Duffy brings poetry Joan Bakewell’s fascination for how Historian Peter Hennessy has to the heart of the festival; as well we present and re-present the past is chosen a great year to survey the as performing her own work, she evident through her own novels and political landscape, past and present. launches our fantastic free Poetry in two of her events she looks back to Starting with the Cold War, “the Cafe programme, showcases three the 1950s and the 1970s to explore greatest power confrontation of our talented poets and introduces our this question. She also joins us for times that didn’t lead to war”, he’s unmissable Poetry Jukebox event. one of our philosophical debates joined by leading political figures We’re keeping Carol Ann busy and, as a champion of older people, from left and right to assess our while she’s with us, as she’ll also be explores how age is represented in turbulent times. In his new book presenting the prize for iF Poems/ classic novels in our Seven Ages Distilling the Frenzy he offers an The Times Young Poet Competition. Of Man series. incisive view into the territory where current affairs meets history. Look for… Look for… Look for… > Sat 6 > L047 > CaROL aNN DUFFY, GILLIaN > tHURS 11 > L219 > MaD MEN tO MOON > FRI 5 > L005 > WRItING HIStORY aS It CLaRKE & JOHN SaMPSON > PaGE 23 ROCKEtS: EXPLORING tHE FIFtIES > PaGE 61 HaPPENS > PaGE 12 > Sat 6 > L052 > LIttLE MaCHINE > FRI 12 > L247 > SEVEN aGES OF MaN: aGE > FRI 5 > L021 > WHAT’S IN a SPEECH? > PaGE 15 > PaGE 24 > PaGE 71 > Sat 6 > L028 > UNLOCKING tHE COLD aWR > PaGE 20 > Sat 6 > L039 > SEaN BORODaLE, aNN GRaY > FRI 12 > L331 DOMINIC SaNDBROOK & JOaN & aDaM HOROVItZ > PaGE 22 BaKEWELL > PaGE 68 > Sat 6 > L024 > JOHN LEWIS GaDDIS & PEtER HENNESSY > PaGE 23 > Sat 6 > LB9 iF POEMS/ tHE Times YOUNG > FRI 12 > L231 > tHE POWER OF IDEaS POEtS PRIZE > PaGE 21 > PaGE 69 > Sat 6/SUN 7 > L038 & L076 > POLItics IN focus > PaGE 21 & 32 > FRI 12 > L240 > CaLL tHE MIDWIFE: > SUN 7 > L064 > WHAT MaKES a GREAT REMEMBERING JENNIFER WORtH > PaGE 70 LEaDER? > PaGE 29 Julian baggini PhilosoPher in residenCe Julian Baggini, our very first Philosopher in Residence, has developed a unique Philosophy programme including keynote talks, debates, free informal philosophy cafes, and a brand new philosophy dinner. Join Julian for a Philosophy Day on Friday 12th October. Our Philosopher’s Pass (£15) allows you entrance to a specially curated series of three events - a Philosophy Essentials session plus two keynote debates, an exclusive introduction to the day from Julian in our Literary Lounge at 9.45am and to round off the day, a chance for you to air your views in the Philosophy Café. Box Office 0844 880 8094 cheltenhamfestivals.com/tickets 5 Festival collections At a glance PolitiCs and reliGion and BUSINESS AND Current affairs sPirituality eCONOMICs From leading politicians to In our Pathways collection, we We’ll be delving into the economic power brokers, diplomats to continue to ask the big questions, issues of the day, hosting top peace-makers we explore the lives exploring personal beliefs and business leaders who’ll reveal how and works of those who wield debating the relationship between they are responding to recurrent power past and present. religion and the search for peace. recession. Look for... Look for... Look for... > LO14 (PaGE 14) > L013 (PaGE 13) > L0183 (PaGE 54) >L150 (PaGE 47) > L278 (PaGE 79) > L307 (PaGE 85) > L313 (PaGE 86) > L308 (PaGE 86) > L315 (PaGE 87) > L301 (PaGE 85) fiCtion & storytellinG COMEDY STUDIO, STAGE POETRY The beating heart of the Laugh out loud with this & sCreen We provide platforms for Festival – we’ve picked out year’s fabulously funny We celebrate the films, some of our most striking the very best in new fiction line-up. television programmes and poetic voices as they and performance as well theatre productions that premiere exciting new work as welcoming our most Look for... have made the headlines. and revisit old favourites. > L045 (PaGE 24) renowned literary voices > L249 (PaGE 70) to the stage. Our Horizons Look for... Look for... > L291 (PaGE 81) > L037 (PaGE 25) > L152 (PaGE 25) > L047 (PaGE 23) > L147 (PaGE 46) series introduces writers > L240 (PaGE 70) > L245 (PaGE 70) from all over the world and we’re thrilled to be working with some of Britain’s top literary prizes. Join our Writers in Residence Thomas Enger and Gunnar Staalesen, two of Scandinavia’s leading crime writers for a taste of Nordic Noir. 6 The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival ColleCTIONS home MILITARY HISTORY HISTORY We celebrate the hearth and home We are joined by former serving In Turn Back the Clock we focus with events exploring design, food soldiers and leading military on the Regency period covering and drink, gardening, antiques and historians to explore the nature of architecture, food, fashion and the art of homemaking through conflict past and present.