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Festival at a Glance 2013
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL
- 9.30am Alan J W Bell - Last of the Summer Wine: From the Director's Chair
- 10.00am Rick Vanes - Fiction Writing Workshop (sessions from 10am)
- 12noon Literary Lunch at the Crescent Hotel with David Hewson
- 12.30pm The Vincent Billington Memorial Concert: So Deep in the Night
- 3.00pm Emotional Landscapes with Lesley Pearse and Dorothy Koomson
- 5.30pm David Lodge
- 8.00pm Fact and Fiction Crime Pathology Event with Mark Billingham and Stuart Hamilton
FRIDAY 12TH APRIL
- 10.00am Peggy Riley 'Where Do Ideas Come From?' Workshop
- 10.00am Gina Campbell - Daughter of Bluebird
- 10.00am Rick Vanes - Scriptwriting Workshop (sessions from 10am)
- 12.30pm Helen Womack - The Ice Walk
- 2.00pm Imogen Taylor & Morgan McCarthy 'How To Get Published?' Workshop
- 3.00pm Steve Mosby
- 3.00pm William Sitwell on Seven Sitwells
- 5.30pm Steve Benbow - The Urban Bee Keeper
- 8.00pm William Sitwell - Ten Dishes that Changed the World
SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
- 10.00am The Secret Listeners: How the 'Y' Service Intercepted German Codes for Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay
- 12noon Literary Lunch at the Crescent Hotel with Hazel Cushion
- 12.30pm The Wimpy Kid Show
- 3.00pm Joanne Harris
- 5.00pm British Crime Film Panel - Barry Forshaw, Mike Hodges and Peter Guttridge
- 7.00pm Ian Buxton - Whisky Event
- 8.00pm Delightful Terror: A Guide to Gothic Fiction by Dr Kevin Corstorphine
SUNDAY 14TH APRIL
- 10.00am Penny Junor - Prince William: Born to be King
- 10.30am Seven Deadly Sins Book Group with Anne Zouroudi
- 12.30pm John Gordon Sinclair
- 3.00pm Lucy Worsley If Walls Could Talk:An Intimate History of the Home
- 5.00pm Festival Finale - Medieval Murderers with Susanna Gregory, Karen Maitland and Michael Jecks
Fringe
What you've all been waiting for has finally
arrived! it's the Festival Fringe and it's bursting with some of the most creative talent you'll find from across Yorkshire and the North. All Fringe events are FREE and in the true spirit of Fringe take a risk, enjoy the moment and when you stumble across the next Big Thing, you can tell everyone I WAS THERE'!
Scarborough Literature Festival Fringe IT'S FRESH AND IT'S FREE
Give the Tourist Information Centre a call on
01723 372075 to reserve your ticket.
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HELEN BIRMINGHAM – TIME & TIDE
SATURDAY 6TH APRIL, 10.30AMInspired by the dramatic coastal location of Scarborough, Helen presents poetry, photography and artwork drawn from her..... -
FELICITY DAVIS – GUARD A SILVER SIXPENCE: HER YORKSHIRE FAMILY’S SECRET
WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL, 6.30PMGuard a Silver Sixpence chronicles a family history with one dark secret at its heart – a secret that coloured the lives..... -
KATE EVANS – SCARBOROUGH CONSEQUENCES
THURSDAY 11TH – SUNDAY 14TH APRILA collaborative story writing event over the Long Weekend. Festivalgoers can write notes to and from a host of characters..... -
PHIL OGDEN – SLF13 DIGITAL PROJECTION
THURSDAY 11TH – SUNDAY 14TH APRILPhil’s stylish digital production sets the scene for this year’s Long Weekend. His projections form the welcoming..... -
SCARBOROUGH TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE – TRAVEL BOOK SWAP SHOP
THURSDAY 11TH – SUNDAY 14TH APRILPlanning your next holiday? Want to get the lowdown on the best places to stay? Need to ask for a beer in Swahili?..... -
JULIE LERPINIERE – SALTY SEASIDE VERSE!
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL, 10.30AMPoetry fun for children (6-11yrs) and well-behaved parents. Act out your favourite seaside poems and produce your own..... -
BEWARE – WRITERS ON THE LOOSE
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL, 10.30AMEnjoy a diverse offering of poetry and prose presented by these talented students as well as an informal ‘open surgery’..... -
SCARBOROUGH MARITIME HERITAGE CENTRE – POETRY AND LITERATURE OF THE SEA
THURSDAY 11TH – SUNDAY 14TH APRIL, 11.00AMA special exhibition of maritime poetry and literature over the Festival weekend hosted by SMHC. Visitors can write their..... -
VALLEY PRESS – JUDGED BY THEIR COVERS: A DISCUSSION ON BOOK DESIGN
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL, 11.30AMCan you judge a book by its cover? Join Jamie McGarry, designer of more than 100 book covers, to take an entertaining..... -
HERBERT READ OF RYEDALE GROUP – THE ARDENS’ 1963 MOORSIDE ENTERTAINMENTS: 50 YEARS ON
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL, 1.00PMCelebrate the colourful arts festival of 1963 organised by one of the first so-called ‘Angry Young Men’, playwright and.....
