CHRIS EUBANK
Book signing at WHSmith, High Street
1pm-2pm
Chris Eubank will be signing copies of his new autobiography

BERYL MATTHEWS – WINGS OF THE MORNING
Guildford Institute
2.45pm
GI Members free £3 non-members

In this second part of Beryl Matthews' trilogy, the outbreak of the Second World War throws the whole country into a world of uncertainty, danger and despair. Annie Webster's brothers join up, her sweetheart Paul becomes a fighter pilot, and Annie, desperate to help, finds herself in the WAAF, where her intelligence and warmth lead her into her own test of courage.

BARONESS PAULINE PERRY – THE WOMB IN WHICH I LAY
Griffiths Lecture Theatre, University of Surrey
5.30pm
Free

The mother-daughter bond is unlike any other relationship in its intensity and unconditional love. In her book The Womb in Which I Lay Pauline Perry explores this bond from early childhood to adulthood. She uses the factual stories of ten remarkable women in this thought-provoking book.

DANNIE ABSE –THE TWO ROADS TAKEN
Electric Theatre
7pm
£ 5. £4 Friends of GBF

An evening with Dannie Abse, one of our best-loved and most respected poets. Dannie talks about his life-time of writing and practising medicine, from his time as a trainee doctor in wartime Britain to the impact literature had on his medical career. 
This event is sponsored by the Guildford and District Jewish Community

LITERARY DINNER
With PHILIPPA GREGORY in conversation with PAUL BLEZARD
Horsley Conference Centre, Ockham Road South, East Horsley
7.30pm
£35 Friends of GBF £33

This is an exciting venture for the Book Festival and where better to hold it than the Banqueting Hall of Horsley Towers. In keeping with this beautiful building we are giving the evening a historical feel.
The evening will begin with a reception kindly sponsored by Jennifer Margrave, Solicitor.