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  • [10AM]
  • Stephen Welch
  • The Triple A's Check It Out
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Three children who live on Mars, visit the Martian moon Phobos. It is like a city in space, with tunnels and subways all through it. Come and find out all about their adventures.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • Sponsored by Youth Development at Shepway District Council.
  • [10AM]
  • Stephen Welch
  • The Triple A's Check It Out
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Three children who live on Mars, visit the Martian moon Phobos. It is like a city in space, with tunnels and subways all through it. Come and find out all about their adventures.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [10AM]
  • Stephen Welch
  • The Triple A's Check It Out
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Three children who live on Mars, visit the Martian moon Phobos. It is like a city in space, with tunnels and subways all through it. Come and find out all about their adventures.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • Sponsored by Youth Development at Shepway District Council.
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  • [10AM]
  • Stephen Welch
  • The Triple A's Check It Out
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Three children who live on Mars, visit the Martian moon Phobos. It is like a city in space, with tunnels and subways all through it. Come and find out all about their adventures.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [10AM- 4PM]
  • Steve Tasane (13-19yrs)
  • Supersonic Workshops
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • If there is a part of you that has always wanted to be a performer, poet, or just have a bit of fun come along to Supersonic workshops on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November. Steve Tasane will lead you in writing and performing new poetry, as well as training you up to take part in the first group performance of the Poetry Can-Can on Sunday 2nd November evening performance.
  • Free
  • [11AM]
  • little bulb theatre
  • Francesca Field’s Favourite Book
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Through an extravaganza of puppetry and music, join Fran in a 20 minute journey through her imagination, exploring the magical world of books and the exciting characters she meets along the way. If you can’t embark on the 11am adventure, don’t worry Little Bulb will also be there at 12.30pm and 2pm.
  • FREE
  • [11.30AM]
  • RUTHIE THOMAS
  • Ruby Tucker
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Ruthie Thomas will be reading some extracts from her book Ruby Tucker with selected
    readers sharing their favourite sections as well. It will be followed by a ‘Question and Answer’ session, when you can ask anything you want about being an author or about the woman behind Ruby Tucker.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [12.30PM]
  • little bulb theatre
  • Francesca Field’s Favourite Book
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • A repeat of the 11am show, please see previous page for more details.
  • FREE
  • [1PM] (9-12yrs)
  • TRACY MOORE
  • Wreckers
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Come and hear some amazing stories by local children's author Tracy Moore and find out what inspired her to write. She will then use story bags and children will be invited to work in groups to make up their own fun and imaginative tales.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [1PM]
  • JOHN & MARY GRIBBIN
  • Flower Hunters
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Combining science, history, biography and adventure, John and Mary Gribbin tell the stories of the overlapping lives of eleven botanical explorers, who set out in the 18th and 19th centuries to explore the far corners of the globe, to collect exotic plants, and advance the new science of botany.
  • £6 / £5
  • [1PM]
  • Joanna Trollope
  • Friday Nights
  • Folkestone Academy
  • With wit and warmth, highly-acclaimed bestselling author Joanna Trollope explores the complexities, the sabotages and the shifting currents of modern friendship. Reading from her book she will discuss its many themes from the different attitudes to work to relationships and children, and answer questions on her books.
  • £10 / £9
  • [2PM]
  • LITTLE BULB THEATRE
  • Francesca Field’s Favourite Book
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • A repeat of the 11am and 12.30pm shows, please see previous page for more details.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [2.30PM]
  • DAVID HENDY
  • Life on Air : A History of Radio Four
  • Folkestone Academy
  • In this award-winning account of Radio 4’s history, former BBC producer David Hendy explores the station’s struggle to justify itself in a television age amid passionate disputes with its fiercely loyal listeners. Through a kaleidoscope view of the changing nature of the BBC, David Hendy gives a telling insight into the changes in British life and culture in the last decades of the twentieth century.
  • £7 / £6
  • [2.30PM]
  • Catherine Brighton
  • Keep Your Eye On The Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Author and illustrator of many children’s books including Away in a Manger - winner of the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2007 - Catherine Brighton will talk about the making of an illustrated book on a historical subject.
  • £3.50 / free for under 12
  • [4PM]
  • OPENING RECEPTION
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • Come and help us launch the 2008 Folkestone Literary Festival with a bang. Your chance to meet our Sponsors and the Festival Friends, chat to the Festivals Team and possibly welcome some special guests from this year’s festival line-up!
  • £6 / £5
  • [4PM]
  • Kevin Brownlow
  • History of the Cinema 1900-1927
  • University Centre Folkestone
  • The silent era lasted thirty-five years and advances in techniques were extraordinarily fast. Using top-quality extracts to travel from the one-minute films of 1900 to the spectaculars of the 1920s this lecture pays tribute to the fantasies of Tourneur, the genius of Keaton and the brilliance of countless forgotten features.
  • £10 / £9
  • [6.30PM]
  • Sir Arnold Wesker
  • All Things Tire of Themselves
  • Folkestone Academy
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Sir Arnold Wesker has written many internationally acclaimed works including plays, short stories, autobiography, film scripts, and essays. He will read a section called ‘Youth and Age’ from his first volume of poetry All Things Tire of Themselves.

    ‘This is a serious and engaging collection...’
    ‘...a fascinating footnote to the life of a great playwright... also a lovely study of growing old...’
  • £10 / £9
  • [8PM]
  • Nick Broomfield
  • Battle for Haditha
  • Folkestone Academy
  • Documentarian Nick Broomfield introduces his film Battle for Haditha a forensic cinema verité-style account of a real-life massacre in Iraq, when US marines gunned down 24 Iraqi civilians in cold blood. Official Selection at Toronto and London Film Festivals in 2007.
    The screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A session.
  • £12 / £11