Cuckfield Bookfest Programme 2021

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TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

Friday 8th October

7.30pm         Literary Quiz Queen’s Hall

Saturday 9th October

• 10.00am    Frostquake by Juliet Nicolson with Kate Harris
• 11.30am    The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall with Ian Moss SOLD OUT
• 1pm           Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson with Jake Kerridge
• 1pm           From Refugees to Royalty by John Hilary  More tickets have just been released.
  
• 2.30pm    The Frontiers of Knowledge by A C Grayling PLEASE NOTE:  Due to health concerns Professor A.C. Grayling will not be attending in person but will be addressing the Queen’s Hall audience remotely in a live interactive video session.   
• 4.00pm    The Best Thing by Mel Giedroyc with Ella Berthoud
  
• 5.30pm    The Mermaid of Black Conch  by Monique Roffey and Fortune by Amanda Smyth with Vicky Macleroy
• 5.30pm    The Inspector Calls Neil Sadler (upstairs)SOLD OUT
• 7pm          That Will Be England Gone by Michael Henderson with David Mortimer

Sunday 10th October

• 10.00am   How to be a Liberal by Ian Dunt with Philip Collins
• 11.30am    Traitor King by Andrew Lownie
• 1pm           Every Breath You Take by Ian Williams with Andrew Lownie
• 2.30pm    Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller and The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea with Kate Harris
• 2.30pm    To Be Clear by Philip Collins (upstairs) with Elspeth Chasser
• 2.30pm    How to Get Published Workshop with Gavin Jamieson (in The Talbot)
• 4pm         The Lost Homestead by Marina Wheeler with Julian Worricker
• 4pm         Tea at Ockenden Manor Annette Badland . Tickets are £39.50 each contact
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• 5.30pm    The Nightingale by Sam Lee with Ruth Pavey
• 7pm          The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd with Julian Worricker

Family Events

The Old School, Cuckfield, RH17 5JZ

Saturday 9th October

• 10.30am    Rhymes with Symes Sally Symes (under 5s)
• 12 noon     A Foal Called Storm Helen Peters (ages 6-9)
• 1.30pm      How to be Me Cath Howe (ages 9-12)
• 3pm           Listified! Andrew Pettie (ages 7 plus)