2024 Dates for your diary:
27th September – Literary Quiz
4th October – Ockenden Manor Supper
5th & 6th October – Cuckfield Book Festival
Things have been hotting up in the programming department of Cuckfield Bookfest after a few weeks when authors and publicists seemed to have gone to ground. But the month of May saw a sudden flurry of activity and we have secured some fascinating authors.
Read on to find out more!
LARA MAIKLEM and HELEN CHANDLER-WILDE
For over two decades, Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames to find objects – lost or discarded – that tell the greatest stories. In A Mudlarking Year, she reflects on a year of her life searching the foreshore of the Thames. Lara will be in conversation with Helen Chandler-Wilde who in Lost & Found, offers nine life-changing lessons from someone who lost everything.
Dominic Holland is perhaps best known as a comedian but he has written several books including a series of comic essays, Takes on Life, which cover his life and yours, teasing out the idiosyncrasies which plague us all. His latest novel Open Links is rooted in golf.
Who doesn’t love ABBA? It’s 50 years since they won the Eurovision Song Contest. Giles Smith, writer and music fan sets out to find out why the group has remained bigger than ever. It’s his way of saying ‘thank you for the music’. The Spectator said “at last a book that’s worthy of Abba”.
You can always wear your best ABBA or 70’s outfit to set the scene!
SARAH CROSSAN 6TH OCTOBER
Acclaimed young adult author Sarah Crossan attended our Schools’ Day in May last year and electrified an audience of over two hundred children from Warden Park, Oathall and Cumnor House.
We are thrilled that Sarah will attend this year’s festival to talk about her latest book, Where The Heart Should Be.
We are very excited to announce that Hamilton Stone Design will proudly sponsor the festival this year.
Hamilton Stone are your local experts in the design, project management and installation of high quality bespoke kitchens – here to make your kitchen the heart of your home.
Visit their shop in Cuckfield or check their website for more details.
It’s not too late to get your tickets to the Music Festival Thursday June 13th to Saturday June 15th 2024.
The full programme will be available online at the end of July and in printed form early August. Don’t forget that Friends and Benefactors get priority booking to events (excluding the Quiz). To find out how to become a Friend or Benefactor please visit our website.
In the meantime, please follow us on social media for updates as they happen!
Best wishes
Cuckfield Bookfest Team