2.30pm – Quarterhouse
Nigel Cawthorne – The Beastly Battles of Old England
£6 full / £5 conc. / £4 Friends
Nigel Cawthorne, author of the bestselling Sex Lives of… series, has penned over eighty books.
The Beastly Battles of Old England, an unflinching look at the gorier side of English history, is the latest in Cawthorne’s bestselling Old England series, which includes The Strange Laws of Old England, The Curious Cures of Old England and The Sex Secrets of Old England.
4pm – Quarterhouse
Ed Stafford – Walking the Amazon
860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey
In conversation with Peter Guttridge
£6 full / £5 conc. / £4 Friends
In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. In this special event Ed joins us with a fascinating account of a world-first expedition that will take the audience on the most daring journey along the world’s greatest river and through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth.
6pm – UCF
Author Event – Joe Dunthorne
£3
Best selling author Joe Dunthorne talks about the transition of his first novel, Submarine into a successful film. He will also be discussing his new novel, Wild Abandon.
6pm – Quarterhouse
Francine Stock – In Glorious Technicolor: A Century in Film
£7 full / £6 conc. / £5 Friends
In this fascinatng, entertaining and illuminating book, television and radio presenter Francine Stock takes us on a personal journey through a glorious century of cinema, showing in vivid detail how film both reflects and makes our world.
8pm – Quarterhouse
Robin Ince – Bad Book Club
£10 full / £8 conc.
Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century rummaging through charity shops, jumble sales and even the odd skip, determined to find out.
Bad Book Club is the follow up to the roaring success of The Book Club, hailed by the Observer as “the outstanding literary event of the Edinburgh Festival“.
The Folkestone Book Festival is a Creative Foundation Project.