The latest New Writing North newsletter has full details of the Durham Book Festival:
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August 2016
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Durham Book Festival
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Fiction at Durham
Book Festival
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This year’s Durham Book Festival (6-17 October) showcases some of the
most exciting new voices in fiction today. Among them is Kit de Waal,
author of My Name Is
Leon (available to buy online), a superb read
and this year’s Book Group Choice. The new novels from Megan Bradbury, Garth Greenwell
and Hannah Kohler
are accompanying us on our summer holidays at the moment and we can’t
wait to join them for an after-work drink at our The Best in New Fiction event.
There will be high profile writers will be in attendance, including
international bestseller Anthony
Horowitz – discussing his brand new crime novel, Magpie Murders;
leading North East writers Richard
T Kelly and Sean
O’Brien in conversation about their new novels; and the
acclaimed Mexican author Juan
Pablo Villalobos.
When it comes to old favourites, our Reader in Residence Andy Miller will
be leading a thought-provoking discussion on What Makes a Classic? We’re also
thrilled to bring the Backlisted Podcast, a brilliant literary
podcast from QI-creator John
Mitchinson and Andy Miller, to the festival for a special
live recording. |
PLEASE NOTE
The Gala Theatre box office will be closed for planned redevelopments
between the evening of Sunday
28 August and the evening of Thursday 1 September.
Unfortunately we won’t be able to sell any tickets during this time. We
would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience. |
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Kit de Waal: My Name
is Leon
Sunday 9 October,
12.30pm-1.30pm, Palace Green Library
Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have
gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a
belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are threatening to give Jake
to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon...read more |
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Richard T Kelly and
Sean O’Brien: Secrets and Lies
Sunday 9 October,
3.30pm-4.30pm, Durham Town Hall (Burlison Gallery)
Join two of the North East’s most acclaimed writers, Richard T Kelly
and Sean O’Brien, as they read from and discuss their new novels. Richard
T Kelly’s The Knives
makes riveting drama out of the big political arguments of our...read more |
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The Best in New
Fiction: Picador Showcase
Tuesday 11 October,
6.15pm-7.15pm, Gala Theatre Studio
Join us for a drink after work and meet some of the most exciting new
voices in fiction. Hear the authors read from their brilliant debut
novels and learn more about their journeys to publication. Megan
Bradbury’s Everyone is
Watching looks at the men...read more |
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An Evening with
Anthony Horowitz
Wednesday 12
October, 7.30pm-8.30pm, Gala Theatre
Anthony Horowitz is an internationally best-selling author who has
written over 40 books including the teen spy series Alex Rider, which is
estimated to have sold 19 million copies worldwide. Anthony’s recent
books include two new Sherlock Holmes novels, The House...read more |
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The Best in New
Scottish Writing
Saturday 8 October,
1pm-2pm, Durham Town Hall (Burlison Gallery)
Discover some of the most exciting new fiction coming out of Scotland.
Helen Sedgwick has a PhD in physics and her debut novel The Comet Seekers
explores her passion for the night sky through the relationship of Róisín
and François, who meet on a...read more |
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Juan Pablo
Villalobos: I’ll Sell You A Dog
Sunday 9 October,
1pm-2pm, Durham Town Hall (Burlison Gallery)
We’re delighted to welcome internationally acclaimed Mexican author
Juan Pablo Villalobos to Durham for this event. He will be introducing
his new book, I’ll
Sell You a Dog (translated by Rosalind Harvey), a comic novel
whose absurd...read more |
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Andy Miller: What
Makes a Classic?
Sunday 9 October,
10.30am–11.30am, Durham Town Hall
Professor Fred Robinson of Durham University and Professor Keith Shaw
of Northumbria University talk about democracy and accountability in the
North East. Who are the people running...read more |
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Backlisted Podcast:
Live!
Saturday 8 October,
1.30pm-2.30pm, Gala Theatre Studio
Backlisted is a popular literary podcast that gives new life to old
books. Join Unbound publisher and QI co-creator John Mitchinson,
publisher Mathew Clayton, and our Reader in Residence, Andy Miller, plus
a special guest for a fascinating and funny discussion of a...read more |
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Unbound: The Wisdom
of Crowds
Sunday 9 October,
11am-12pm, Durham Town Hall (Burlison Gallery)
Publisher John Mitchinson talks to Unbound authors Nikesh Shukla and
Alice Jolly about the trials and tribulations of crowd-funding a book. Is
fiction harder than nonfiction? Do readers want their books with a side
of dosa? And just how much tweeting is...read more |
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