Sunday 2nd - Folkestone Literary Festival

[10AM - 4PM] (13-19YRS)
STEVE TASANE
Supersonic Workshops
University Centre Folkestone
Part 2 of the Supersonic Workshops. Please refer to Saturday 1st November for more details.
FREE
Sponsored by Youth Development at Shepway District Council.

[11.30AM]
Vitali Vitaliev
Passport to Enclavia:
A Search for a European Identity &
Vitali’s Ireland: Time Travels in the Celtic Tiger
University Centre Folkestone
A multi-award-winning author and travel writer, Vitali Vitaliev comes back to the Festival and looks at the so-called “enclaves” - these tiny fragments of European countries which have ended up surrounded by other states. He will also talk about how he used antiquarian guide books to explore Ireland.
£6 / £5

[1PM]
Paul Rose
Oceans
Folkestone Academy
Co-presenter of the BBC television series Oceans, Paul Rose will be speaking about his experiences as a polar guide, professional diver, mountaineer, engineer and yacht skipper.
He will also introduce his new book based on the series – a stunning exploration of the world’s underwater depths.
£7 / £8

[2.30PM]
SUSIE DENT
Susie Dent’s Words of the Year
Folkestone Academy
Which new words have entered your vocabulary this year? Do you know your kettlebell from your knork? What exactly is a BOBFOC? Celebrated for her bestselling annual Language Report on the state of the English language, Countdown’s Susie Dent now charts the very latest changes in our language and the interesting stories behind them in this fascinating A-Z collection of new and newly resurrected words selected for their topicality and resonance in 2008.
£8 / £7

[4PM]
John O’Farrell
Isle of Wight to Get Ceefax – and Other Groundbreaking Stories from Newsbiscuit.
Folkestone Academy
John O’Farrell is an author and award-winning writer for television and radio, best known for his work on Have I Got News For You? He founded
www.newsbiscuit.co.uk, a satirical news website, and willbe discussing his latest book Isle of Wight to Get Ceefax – and Other Groundbreaking Stories from Newsbiscuit.
£7 / £6

[5.30PM]
STEPHEN ROBINSON
The Remarkable Lives of Bill Deedes
University Centre Folkestone
Assistant Editor at the Daily Telegraph since 1986 Stephen Robinson gives an extensive profile of Deedes and his life-long relationship with the Daily Telegraph and as a politician. This is a franker and fuller account of Deedes’ life than that put across in his own memoirs.
£7 / £6

[6PM]
STEVE TASANE
Supersonic!
University Centre Folkestone
PERFORMANCE

Fresh from Glastonbury and Latitude Festivals, Steve Tasane returns to the Festival with poetry that breaks the sound barrier, sharing the stage tonight with the best of Folkestone’s aspiring young poets for an evening of tongue-twisting rhythm and rhyme.
£5 FREE FOR UNDER 19
Sponsored by Youth Development at Shepway District Council.