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History and the
classics at Durham Book Festival
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Many of our history and classics events are selling out this year, so
please do book soon if you’re hoping to join us at Durham Book Festival.
From Elizabeth I—as depicted by John
Guy in Elizabeth:
the Forgotten Years—to a social history of working class life
in the 20th century with Richard
Hines, we will be visiting key periods in history through
both fiction and non-fiction. We’re also revisiting the classics, from
Shakespeare to the war poets. There are several events associated with
the Durham Big Read: Regeneration,
including a flagship event at Durham Cathedral with Pat Barker and Michael Morpurgo,
for which a few tickets are currently available.
We’re thrilled to have a live recording of the much-loved Backlisted
Podcast, presented by John
Mitchison (creator of QI) and our reader-in-residence Andy Miller, who
will be making the case for a neglected classic. |
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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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John Guy: Elizabeth:
the Forgotten Years
Saturday 8 October,
1.30pm-2.30pm, Durham Town Hall
History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength. But
the reality was more complex. In 1583 Elizabeth is 50, past childbearing,
and facing her greatest challenges: the Spanish Armada; the execution of
Mary...read more |
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SOLD OUT Hunter
Davies: The Co-Op’s Got Bananas! A Memoir of Growing Up In the Post-War
North
Saturday 8 October,
3pm-4pm, Durham Town Hall
Despite struggles with money and rationing, life could still be sweet
for a young boy – playing football, saving up for films, being captivated
by BBC radio’s Dick Barton. Chocolate might be...read more |
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SOLD OUT Jo Baker and
Sarah Bakewell: Paris in the Thirties
Saturday 8 October,
3pm-4pm, Palace Green Library
1933, Paris. Three friends are drinking apricot cocktails and talking
about freedom and existence. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de
Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron. Sarah Bakewell’s At the Existentialist
Café is...read more |
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Andy Miller: What
Makes a Classic?
Sunday 9 October,
10.30am–11.30am, Durham Town Hall
Why do some books become classics and others fall by the wayside? Who
decides what makes a great book – critics or the public? What are the
classics of the future? Join Andy Miller, our Reader in Residence and
author of...read more |
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Live Canon present
War Poets
Sunday 9 October,
1pm–2pm, Durham Town Hall
A live performance of several centuries of war poetry, from the Live
Canon Ensemble. This programme features not only well-known poems from
the First World War, including by Rupert Brooke, Edward...read more |
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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK
Discover Trench Newspapers
Sunday 9 October,
2.15pm-3.15pm, Palace Green Library (Barker Research Library)
This is a chance to see, handle, and discuss wartime magazines and
journals from the Palace Green and Newcastle City Library collections. We
have gathered together a range of little...read more |
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John Crace and John
Sutherland: The Incomplete Shakespeare
Sunday 9 October,
2.30pm–3.30pm, Palace Green Library
Enjoy Shakespeare’s works as you’ve never experienced them before, as The Guardian’s Digested Reads
author John Crace partners with Professor John Sutherland to create
wonderfully funny parodies of both Macbeth
and...read more |
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Kes introduced by Andy Miller
and Stephen Regan
Monday 10 October,
2pm-4.30pm, Gala Theatre
Join our Reader in Residence Andy Miller and Durham University’s
Professor Stephen Regan who will introduce a special screening of Kes, directed by Ken
Loach. Andy and Stephen are both huge fans of the film and will talk
about...read more |
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Writing the First
World War with Pat Barker and Michael Morpurgo
Friday 14 October,
7pm–8.15pm, Durham Cathedral Nave
Durham Book Festival brings two of Britain’s foremost literary
chroniclers of the First World War together for the very first time.
Award-winning authors Pat Barker and Michael Morpurgo will together talk
about what draws...read more |
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SOLD OUT Alison Weir:
The
Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Saturday 15
October, 11am-12pm, Palace Green Library
The life of Margaret Douglas was full of scandal, intrigue and
romance. Lady of honour to five of the wives of her uncle Henry VIII,
some thought she should be queen. Beautiful and tempestuous,
Northumberland-born...read more |
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Richard Hines: No Way
But Gentlenesse
Saturday 15
October, 3pm-4pm, Palace Green Library
Born and raised in a South Yorkshire mining village, Richard Hines
remembers listening out for the colliery siren at the end of shifts, and
praying for his father’s safe return. Having failed the 11+ and seemingly
destined to...read more |
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