There are still tickets left for some of the events planned for the last weekend of the Ilkley Literature Festival:
Don't Miss the
Final Weekend of Ilkley Literature Festival 2014
We are coming to the end of the Festival but there are still tickets
available for plenty of great events over the weekend.
Saturday
18 October
Nick Davies:
Hack Attack
Hear from the man who uncovered the phone hacking scandal.
2pm, Kings Hall,
£7/5
Make a Newspaper
in a Day
Become a real-life journalist for a day! Interview famous Festival authors
and work with a journalist to create a special edition Festival newspaper.
10.30am -
4.30pm, Church House, £5, Age 13 - 18
Women of the
World - The Rise of Female Diplomats: Helen McCarthy
Explore the lives of the extraordinary women who defied social conventions
to represent Britain as diplomats.
2.30pm, St
Margaret's Hall, £6/4
Sir Mark
Moody-Stuart: Responsible Leadership
A unique voice from the front line of corporate responsibilty and
leadership.
3.30pm, Ilkley
Playhouse, £6/4
A Modern Day Don
Juan: Ian Duhig, George Szirtes, N. S. Thompson
A homage to Byron's greatest satirical creation, reimagining him as
night-club DJ, Donald Johnson.
5.15pm, Ilkley
Playhouse, £6/4
Minoli Salgado
The winner of the first SI Leeds Literary Prize reads from her debut novel A Little Dust on the Eyes.
7pm, St
Margaret's Hall, £3
Roopa Farooki
and Romesh Guneskera
Join three times Orange Prize longlisted Roopa Farooki and Booker Prize
finalist Romesh Gunesekera as they discuss their latest books.
7.45pm, St.
Margaret's Hall, £6/4
Sunday
19 October
Charles Spencer
The bestselling historian tells the story of the men who signed Charles 1's
death warrant.
2pm, Kings Hall,
£16/14
Getting Colder:
Amanda Coe
Screenwriter and author Amanda Coe introduces her painfully funny and
disturbing new novel about family and love.
3pm, St.
Margaret's Hall, £6/4
A Brief History
of Seven Killings: Marlon James
Caribbean novelist Marlon James discusses his latest book, which reimagines
the now legendary 1976 of Bob Marley's house.
5pm, Ilkley
Playhouse, £6/4
Publish or Be
Damned: Publishing By and For Muslims
Learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in publishing and what
issues there are around publishing books by authors of Muslim heritage.
6.30pm, St.
Margaret's Hall, £5/3
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