SAM LLEWELLYN – WRITERS’ AEROBICS Workshop
Brew House (behind Guildford House, High Street)
10am-4pm
£15. £14 concessions
A day’s creative writing workshop with Sam Llewellyn. Participants in the workshop should bring along a piece of their own writing 500-1000 words long- prose only, please. (samllewellyn.com)
Please ring 01483 444334 for booking forms
KAREN WALLACE – Dinosaurs Children’s event
WH Smith, High Street
10.30am-11am and 11.30am-12pm
£1 (redeemable off purchases of the book at the event)
Karen Wallace will be reading from and signing copies of her new books I am a Tyrannosaurus and I am an Ankylosaurus Age guide 5-6 years
THE SECRET GARDEN
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Neil Duffield Children’s event
Man in the Moon Children’s Theatre
Electric Theatre
11am
£8. £6 Friends of The Electric Theatre and concessions
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s powerful and moving story, adapted with great sensitivity and theatrical insight, is brought to life by one of the area’s most popular youth theatre companies.
KAREN WALLACE – WENDY Children’s event
Electric Theatre
2.30pm
£2.50
Karen Wallace’s compelling new book, Wendy, uses her heroine’s story to expose the cruelty and hypocrisy behind the glittering façade of early twentieth century high society. Karen illustrates her talk about Wendy with slides.
HISTORY ON YOUR DOORSTEP
Guildford Museum
2.30-4.30pm
with JOAN MANT, JENNY OVERTON & DAVID ROSE
£4 (incl. tea)
This will be a “how to” for anyone who wants to know how to get started on finding out about local history. No prior knowledge is necessary. David Rose, Joan Mant and Jenny Overton will share their knowledge of how to research and get it published.
KATIE HICKMAN - COURTESANS
Guildhall, High Street
4pm (incl. tea)
£4.50 (incl. tea)
Katie Hickman is the author of four previous books including the best selling Daughters of Britannia. Courtesans, her latest book, focuses on five women who became the greatest courtesans of nineteenth century London.
RALPH McTELL
University of Surrey
7.30pm
£15 (incl. glass of wine or soft drink on arrival)
A very special concert in aid of the Robert Naylor Memorial Prize Fund
TONY HAWKS – ONE HIT WONDERLAND
Electric Theatre
8pm
£10. £9 Friends of GBF. £8 concessions
TV and radio comedian and best selling author of Round Ireland With a Fridge, Tony Hawks is back with a new book.