There are still tickets left for the Ilkley Literature Festival 2014:
Ilkley
Literature Festival 2014 Opens on Friday
 There is a week to go until the 2014 Ilkley Literature
Festival and preparations are in full swing, with tickets being printed,
banners going up around the town and stewards sashes being ironed.
Tickets
still available!
There are still tickets available for nearly 140 events at the Festival
including:
Michael Morpurgo
(last few!), Lauren Child, Michael Rosen, Diane Abbott, Geoffrey Boycott,
Jodi Picoult, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Kershaw, Austin Mitchell and Andrew
Motion.
The Box Office is open Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm and Sat 10am - 1pm on 01943 816
714.
Phone bookings can be made throughout the Festival.
You can book online at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Online sales for each event will stop 24 hours before they start (48 hours
at weekends).
Unsold tickets and returns will be available on the door at events.
The Box Office opens 60 minutes before an event.
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Festival
Opening- Andrew Motion: The New World
 The Festival's fifth decade is opened on Friday 3 October by
the former Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion.
The poet, novelist and biographer explores the synergy between poetry and
prose.
Friday 3
October, 7.30pm, Kings Hall, £12/10
Late
additions to the Festival programme
Lorna Goodison
and Kei Miller
Forward Prize nominated Kei Miller joins Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison for
this not to be missed event.
Friday 10
October, 7.30pm, Ilkley Playhouse £5/3
Deborah
Frances-White
Discover the fascinating journey comedian Deborah France-White took tracking
down her birth parents.
Saturday 11
October, 7.30, Ilkley Playhouse, £6/4
Nick Davies
The Journalist who uncovered the phone hacking scandal discusses his new
book Hack Attack.
Sunday 18
October, 2pm, Kings Hall, £7/5
Keep
up to date with all the Festival news and behind the scenes gossip
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Festival
Highlights:
 Festival Trustee and blogger at The Pickled Egg
Andrea Hardaker share her Festival picks.
A Dog's Life
Michael Holroyd
I enjoy books about family relationships - especially dysfunctional ones!
Holroyd seems like a real character and I am interested in his work both as
a biographer and author.
Sunday 5
October, 4pm, Craiglands Hotel, £8/6
Behind the Lines
Gabriel Woolf and Rosalind Shanks
I am fascinated to hear Gabriel Woolf and Rosalind Shanks (two of the best
known voices on BBC radio) reading from the work of Wilfred Owen, Ivor
Gurney and Edward Thomas.
Saturday 11
October, 7.30pm, Otley Courthouse, £10
Kirsty Wark The
Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle
As a fellow Scot and journalist I am a great admirer of Kirsty Wark. Her
latest fictional work tells the story of a lonely island woman. Having
lived in some remote areas of Scotland I can identify with this community.
I also won't be able to resist a sneaky question about the Referendum!
Sunday 12
October, 1.30pm, Kings Hall, £12/10
David Almond:
The Tightrope Walkers
Ilkley writer/reviewer JY Saville sent me a review of this book for the Pickled
Egg and I found myself desperate to read it and see David's
event on the strength of her review.
Wenesday 15
October, 8pm, Ilkley Playhouse, £6/3
Nick Davies:
Hack Attack
Having freelanced as a journalist for tabloids in the past (pre phone
hacking!) I am fascinated by Nick's talk. The Festival has a habit of
booking speakers at just the right time... Davies' book has also been
snapped up by Hollywood A-lister George Cloony.
Sunday 18
October, 2pm, Kings Hall, £7/5
Book online at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Box Office:
01943 816 714 (10am - 4pm Mon - Fri, 10am - 1pm Sat)
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