Wednesday 5th - Folkestone Literary Festival

[10AM]
Storytelling session (0-5yrs)
Wild for Flowers
Jenni and Lindsay return for a second session of stories at Wild for Flowers coffee shop. Come along and enjoy a coffee and some cake while your children listen to more stories from these local sisters.
FREE

[12PM]
Dr Syn (1937)
Intro & Film Screening
University Centre Folkestone
The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of seven novels by Russell Thorndike which detail his adventures and attempts to evade the Excise. Curator (Fiction) for British Film Industry National Archive, John Oliver introduces the original screening of Doctor Syn. Set in Dymchurch, the film stars noted actor George Arliss in the title role. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session.
£6 / £5

[1.30PM]
Katharine Whitehorn
Selective Memory &
Cooking in a Bedsitter
University Centre Folkestone
Pioneer of the now ubiquitous personal column for the Observer for nearly forty years, Katharine Whitehorn regales us with a vivid and often comic account of her life in Selective Memory.
She will also present Cooking in a Bedsitter, the wittiest guide to saving yourself from starvation with light-hearted yet thoroughly down-to-earth advice.
£8 / £7

[3PM]
Quentin Letts
50 People Who Buggered-Up Britain
University Centre Folkestone
Which fifty people best sum up what made Britain the wreck it is today? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe’s allies, the modernist architects, it’s time to name and shame the guilty. Parliamentary sketch writer and theatre critic for the Daily Mail, Quentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it.
£7 / £6

[4.30PM]
DR Michael Honeybone
Wicked Practise and Sorcerye
University Centre Folkestone
Historian and author of Wicked Practise and Sorcerye, Dr Michael Honeybone will discuss Folkestone man William Harvey’s positive involvement in England’s most important witchcraft case in the 1630’s, putting it into the context of witchcraft beliefs and medical practice at the time.
£6 / £5

[6PM]
MICHAEL DOBBS
The Edge of Madness
Folkestone Academy
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

[7PM]
David Lloyd
Talk and Introduction to V For Vendetta
University Centre Folkestone
Graphic novelist, David Lloyd, explains how he became a sequential artist and how his most well-known creation, V For Vendetta, made its way to Hollywood. He also describes the techniques involved, and the tools needed, to create works like V For Vendetta and his latest book, the acclaimed crime thriller, Kickback.
£6 / £5
Includes a free ticket for the 8pm film screening

[7.30PM]
Ffion Hague
The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George’s Life
Folkestone Academy
With exclusive access to papers long out of the public realm, the wife of William Hague focuses on the life of David Lloyd George: prime minister, devoted public servant and habitual womaniser.

‘A riveting narrative examination of the dynamic between a man, his mistress, his wife and his daughter...a fascinating story.’ Times
£8 / £7