Lowestoft Library Literary Festival
Lowestoft Library at 9:30 AMJoin us for Lowestoft Library's fourth annual literary festival on Saturday 1st October, 9:30am-5pm. Tickets available from the library. This year we are joined by Adele Geras, Rory Clements, Joyce Dunbar and Anthony Horowitz!
Morning tickets - £3
Afternoon tickets - £4
Full programme below:
9:30am - Opening - Peter Aldous MP to open festival
9:45am - Creative Writing Competition - Presentation of the poetry winner
10am - Adele Geras - Her first adult novel, 'Facing the Light' sold to more than 20 countries around the world. Her latest young adult book is 'Dido' and for younger readers she has just published the third in the Tutu Tilly series, 'My Ballet Dream'.
11am - Rory Clements - In 2015, 'Holy Spy', his seventh book in the John Shakespeare series, entered the Sunday Times bestseller list. A TV series based on the books is currently in development by Mammoth Screen, producers of Poldark and Endeavour.
12:15-12:30pm - Creative Writing Competition - Presentation of the short story winner
1:30pm - Joyce Dunbar - Has published over 80 books, and written a whole lot more. She has two new books in the pipeline: 'Tibbs, the Post Office Cat', to be illustrated by Claire Fletcher (Quarto Books), and 'Is it Really Nearly Christmas?', to be illustrated by Victoria Turnbull (Hatchette)
2:30pm - Anthony Horowitz - One of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK. Anthony is a born polymath, juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. He has written over 40 books including the bestselling teen spy series 'Alex Rider', which was adapted into a movie in 2006. He is responsible for writing some of the UK's most beloved and successful TV series, producing the first seven episodes of Midsomer Murders. He is the writer and creator of the award-winning drama series Foyle's War, which was winner of the Lew Grade Audience award for BAFTA.
3:30-4pm - Meet and Greet - Opportunity to meet all the authors and purchase signed copies of their work.
4pm - The grand raffle draw