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SUMMARY:Claire Fuller
DESCRIPTION:Claire Fuller\nHunger and Thirst \nUnfortunately\, Fiona Mozley has had to cancel her appearance at Cuckfield Bookfest because of a bereavement. We are very sorry not to welcome her\, but we are delighted that Claire Fuller will still be joining us to talk about her new novel\, Hunger & Thirst. \nClaire is not only a wonderful writer but also a delightful and engaging speaker. Come and hear her talk about her book\, and what inspired her to write it. \nHunger & Thirst is a chilling novel about loneliness\, belonging and female friendship. In 1987\, 16-year-old Ursula\, traumatised by childhood and the care system\, joins a squat where charismatic Sue dares her into a terrible act that haunts her for decades. Thirty-six years later\, living anonymously as a celebrated sculptor\, Ursula is exposed by a true crime documentary\, forcing her to confront whether the real monsters lie within or beyond. \nClaire Fuller previously appeared at Cuckfield Bookfest with Unsettled Ground\, winner of the Costa Novel Award. In conversation with Melanie Whitehouse\, founder of the Sussex Book Lovers’ Supper Club.
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/claire-fuller/
LOCATION:Upstairs at Queen’s Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Fiction
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SUMMARY:Alanna Skuse
DESCRIPTION:Alanna Skuse\nThe Surgeon\, the Midwife and the Quack\nHow to Stay Alive in Renaissance England\nwith Kate Harris \nAlanna Skuse ventures into the bustling medical marketplace of Renaissance England. A world of travelling surgeons\, prosthetics craftsmen\, faith healers and snake oil merchants. There’s the domestic healer\, always ready with tonics and elixirs to provide for her ailing neighbours; the expert midwife\, called upon when the physician and surgeon failed; the trusted apothecary\, his shop stocked with remedies from across the globe and the pioneering work of herbalist\, Nicholas Culpeper. \nBy the 16th and 17th centuries\, a medical revolution was afoot. Education was being formalised. Surgeons and scientists like William Harvey and Andreas Vesalius were documenting the intricacies of the human body with even greater skill. The remarkable birth of Renaissance medicine had begun. \n‘A meticulously researched and deliciously detailed book brings a vivid cast of characters out of the shadows.’ – Victoria Shepherd. \nAlanna Skuse is a literary scholar\, historian and author with a focus on stories\, about medicine\, bodies and Renaissance England. \nShe will be in conversation with Kate Harris\, an old friend of Cuckfield Book Festival. \n\n\n \n  \nImage © Darkride Creations
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/alanna-skuse/
LOCATION:Queens Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:History of Medicine
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SUMMARY:Paul O’Keeffe
DESCRIPTION:Paul O’Keeffe \nTrafalgar\nBattle and Aftermath \nwith Julian Worricker \nAbout 1.15 in the afternoon of 21 October 1805\, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was struck by a 22-gramme\, 15-millimetre French musket. \nO’Keeffe gives us a front-row view of the Battle of Trafalgar; and in his unflinching portrayal of the brutal reality of naval warfare\, he tells the story of the human cost of war. Gripping and immersive\, this is an exceptional account of Trafalgar for a new generation of readers. \n\n\n \n  \nImage © Sian Hughes
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/paul-okeeffe/
LOCATION:The Talbot Public House\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5JX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Catherine Mayer
DESCRIPTION:Catherine Mayer\nDivide & Rule\nRoyal Women and their Battles\nwith Steven Gale \nCatherine Mayer uncovers the extraordinary women behind the myths. Her portraits of Anne Boleyn\, Elizabeth I\, Victoria\, Elizabeth II\, Diana\, Camilla\, Kate and Meghan are fascinating\, poignant\, surprising and enraging\, revealing them in all their complexity\, charting their achievements\, quirks\, kindnesses\, cruelties and profound influence. \nDrawing on historical sources and unique insider accounts\, the author lays bare the struggles of our embattled monarchy in a world of disinformation\, rising populism and dangerous polarisation. Its survival rests with royal women. \nCatherine Mayer is a best-selling non-fiction author\, one of whose earlier biographies\, Charles\, The Heart of a King generated world-wide headlines. She has participated in many documentaries on royalty. She co-founded the Women’s Equality Party. \nCatherine will be talking to Steven Gale.
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/catherine-mayer/
LOCATION:Queens Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Royal Biography
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SUMMARY:Stephen McGinty
DESCRIPTION:Stephen McGinty\nOne Morning in March:\nDunblane and the Shooting that Changed Britain\nwith Julian Worricker \nThirty years ago\, Britain was horrified when a man walked into a Dunblane primary school and shot dead a teacher and 16 children before killing himself. One Morning in March by Stephen McGinty recounts the lead-up to that day and the incredible and powerful true story of how\, in their darkest hour\, a band of parents used their grief as fuel in a fight with government to ban handguns forever. \nIt is a story of how Princess Diana\, forbidden to comfort the parents in the immediate aftermath\, urged their campaign on; and of how Andy Murray\, a pupil at the school\, ultimately banished the shadow over his hometown by winning Wimbledon. \nStephen McGinty produced Dunblane: Our Story which was a BAFTA-winning documentary about the shooting. He will be talking to Julian Worricker who still remembers the hours he spent on 13 March 1996\, trying to make sense of the horrific events to a Radio 5 live audience.
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/stephen-mcginty/
LOCATION:Upstairs at Queen’s Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Social History
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SUMMARY:Simon Toyne & Abir Mukherjee
DESCRIPTION:Simon Toyne\nAbir Mukherjee\nCrime \nSimon Toyne’s first book\, Sanctus\, was translated into 29 languages. He is the author of seven other thrillers including the Solomon Creed and Laughton Rees series. He is also the presenter of Written In Blood on ITVX. \nAbir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels. Winner of the 2025 British Book Awards Thriller of the Year\, Abir co-hosts the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast. His latest book is called The Pinnacle. \nAbir and Simon will be talking about their own books\, the art of crime-writing and why people are so fascinated by crime. They are good friends so it will be a lively discussion. \n\n\n \n  \nAbir Mukherjee Image © Stuart Simpson
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/crime/
LOCATION:Queens Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Crime,Fiction
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SUMMARY:Patrick Gale
DESCRIPTION:THE BIG BOOK GROUP \nPatrick Gale\nLove Lane\nwith Tiffany Murray \nLove Lane is a brilliant new standalone novel featuring characters from Patrick’s Costa-shortlisted novel A Place Called Winter. \n1950s Northern England. Three generations of men\, two of women. When veteran Canadian wheat farmer\, Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up and sail home to an England transformed by two world wars\, his arrival triggers unwelcome self- examination for the family he abandoned\, and for whom he has never been more than a distant figure. Can Harry stay and make a new life? \nFrom the rural plains of Canada to 1950s Liverpool and Yorkshire\, Love Lane is a searing portrayal of escape and entrapment\, and a powerful exploration of what home and family can really be. \nOne of our most highly regarded novelists\, Patrick will be in conversation with Tiffany Murray\, a Hay Festival Fiction Fellow and old friend of Patrick’s. \n\n\n \n  \nImage © Jillian Edelstein
URL:https://cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/patrick-gale/
LOCATION:Queens Hall\, High Street\, Cuckfield\, RH17 5EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Big Book Group,Fiction
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