• [10AM]
  • Storytelling session (0-5YRS)
  • Costa Coffee
  • Join Jacqueline Summer and enjoy a coffee while she introduces your under 5’s to the world of literature through the use of her unique Story-Egg.
  • FREE
  • [12.30PM]
  • Debbie Carbin
  • Thanks For Nothing, Nick Maxwell &
    Three Men And A Maybe
  • The Cube
  • Debbie Carbin will be talking about the events that led to the publication of her first novel, Thanks For Nothing, Nick Maxwell, and the subsequent stressful creation of her second novel, Three Men And A Maybe (Release date March 2009)
  • £5 / £4
  • [2PM]
  • New Writing South present
  • Getting Started: a workshop with Kent author and playwright Peggy Riley.
  • The Cube
  • A mix of creative exercises and practical tips aimed to boost your confidence, strengthen your creativity and shape your writing.
  • £5 / £4
  • [3.30PM]
  • martin jones
  • Feast: Why Humans Share Food
  • Folkestone Academy
  • Using the latest archaeological methods to illuminate how humans came to share food in the first place and how the human meal has developed since then, Martin Jones unfolds the history of the human meal and its huge impact both on human society and the ecology of the planet.
  • £7 / £6
  • [5PM]
  • adrian flanagan
  • Over The Top: The First Lone Yachtsman To Sail Vertically Around The World
  • The Cube
  • Adrian Flanagan is the first yachtsman to have sailed alone round the world ‘vertically’ via Cape Horn and the Russian Arctic, as well as through some of the world’s most inhospitable and least-travelled waters. A dramatic story in the extreme, Over the Top is an inspirational account of an epic voyage and a 30-year-old dream eventually fulfilled. (Released on 6th November 2008)
  • £7 / £6
  • [5.30PM]
  • Stephen Welch
  • Manga & Comics
  • Cafe IT
  • How do you create comics? How does it come together? Doctor Who spin-offs writer, Eddie Robson will look at the relationship between writers and artists, how they collaborate in creating comics and what makes comics so special.
  • FREE
  • [6.30PM]
  • JOE BOYD
  • White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960’s
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Producer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, REM and many others, Joe Boyd also produced the documentary ‘Jimi Hendrix’ and the film ‘Scandal’. More than any previous 60’s music autobiography, White Bicycles offers the real story of what it was like to be there at the time. His next book will be about World Music.
  • £7 / £6
  • [6.30PM]
  • David Starkey
  • Henry: Virtuous Prince
  • Folkestone Academy
  • One of the UK’s most popular, established and exciting historians, David Starkey returns to the Festival with the first installment of the highly anticipated biography of Henry VIII. Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry’s accession to the throne, Henry: Virtuous Prince is a radical and unforgettable portrait of the man behind the icon.
  • £10 / £9
  • [7PM]
  • professor anthony slinn
  • The Masterpieces of Turner and Constable
  • The Grand
  • This year, celebrated art lecturer, Professor Anthony Slinn returns to the Folkestone Literary Festival to give a lecture and slideshow on the masterpieces of Turner and Constable.
  • £8
  • [7.30PM]
  • James Parsons
  • Comic Workshop
  • Cafe IT
  • Bestselling cartoonist James Parsons will be running a comic art workshop, giving you the opportunity to create a strip / illustration with his expert guidance - come with an idea of what you want to draw, and James will help you develop style, technique, anatomy, composition, design, or perspective!.
  • FREE
  • [8PM]
  • Orange Street Music CLUB presents
  • The Very Big Penguin Band
  • The Bank
  • The Very Big Penguin Band mix a variety of jazz styles from around the globe. These multi instrumentalists performing on the accordion, piano and saxophone will take you on a journey from Ireland to Cuba, and back to the streets of Paris.
  • £8 / £6