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Programme
Below is the confirmed programme for which tickets are currently available. This schedule will be updated within the next few weeks. Please visit often, or join the mailing list at hlf2008havant@googlemail.com for an update prompt.
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Angel Radio, 101.1FM
Havant's own unique radio station, Angel Radio will be broadcasting a special series of poetry readings in the Festival week. Look out for more details in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
OED Online Tutorial
Thursday, 25 September, 10.30am, Leigh Park Library
All you ever wanted to know about how to use the Oxford English Dictionary - online! Boost your vocabulary and maybe discover a new favourite word.
FREE EVENT LEIGH PARK LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S EVENT - Craig Simpson
Thursday 25 September, 1.45pm, Schools Event at Warblington School - Audience invited and organised by School Librarians
Craig Simpson, the author of Resistance and Special Operations: Dogfight, adventure books set in Norway during the Second World War, will be giving a talk from 13.45 – 14.45. This will be followed by a book signing session.This event is aimed at KS3 students but may appeal to able Year 6 students.
Reading the Leaves
Thursday 25 September, 3.30pm, Nineveh (11 The Pallant)
A special Festival Fringe event to help you predict what will happen
next (in the Festival or whenever) using the ancient, and
quintessentially English, divination method of Tasseography, or reading
the tea leaves as it is sometimes called.
This practical and instructive workshop will be led by none other than
Gipsy Rose Geri. Price includes all the tea you can sup, use of proper
china cups, and a book on the subject – The art of tea-leaf reading by
Jane Struthers to take away with you.
Tickets: £6 (includes free book) from Nineveh Gallery and Book Shop
All tea served at Nineveh is fairly traded.
Book Crossing!
Book Crossing is the act of leaving a book in a public place for someone else to find and enjoy - as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, no less! Look out for more details in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter of a brilliant Book Crossing event at the Festival. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
Grand Opening and Prize-Giving Ceremony
Thursday, 25 September, 6pm, Havant Arts Centre
The Festival kicks off with a Grand Opening ceremony in the Gallery of Havant Arts Centre. VIP guests will present prizes to the winners of the poetry, short story and children's competitions. Everybody welcome!
FREE ENTRY HAVANT ARTS CENTRE
Tongues & Grooves Poetry & Music
Thursday, 25 September, 8pm, Havant Arts Centre
A special extended concert featuring singer/songwriter, poet and tree impressionist Rory Motion, one of the most popular and innovative performers on the national circuit, plus international poet and translator Donald Gardner, who took part in the legendary 1967 reading at the East Village Theatre in New York.
In addition, there will be music from Nick Evans, one of the UK's top pedal steel guitarists and guest appearances from John Haynes, Maggie Sawkins, Bernard MacDonagh and Stephanie Norgate whose Hidden River has just been short-listed for the Forward Best First Collection Prize.
Plus a reading of the winning poem from Havant Literary Festival's National Poetry Competition.
£8.00, £6.50 concs Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
1968 and All That - Tom Sykes & Peter Doggett
Sponsored by Filarinski's, East Street, Havant
Thursday, 25 September, 8.30pm, Nineveh
An exploration of sixties counter-culture with Tom Sykes (No Such Thing as a Free Ride) and Peter Doggett (There's a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counterculture). A wide ranging discussion featuring the New Wave, satire, radical politics, student insurrection and of course, music - and the influences these had upon the authors' own work.
Books available for sale and signing on the night - £3 of ticket price redeemable against book purchase
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Festival Club
Thursday and Saturday, 25 - 28 September, 10 - late, Nineveh
Relax and unwind at the end of the day with a mellow menu of music and readings at Nineveh, ten till late. Different guest artists each night.
£5 on the door or in advance from Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
CHILDREN'S EVENT - Ali Sparkes
Friday, 26 September, 11am and 1.45pm, Schools Event at Warblington School - Audience invited and organised by School Librarians
Ali Sparkes will be giving two talks on Friday 26th September. The morning session, aimed at primary school pupils, will centre on her Monster Makers series, about children whose drawings of monsters come to life. It will run from 11.00 – 13.00 and consist of an hour’s talk followed by a book signing. This series is already proving popular with KS2 pupils.
Ali Sparkes’ second session on Friday 26th September will be based on her Shapeshifter series about children with special powers. It will run from 13.45 - 14.45 with a book signing session afterwards. This session should be popular with Year 5 & 6 pupils and those from KS3 as well.
Shedman
Friday, 26 September, daytime
Visit West Street pedestrian precinct and meet Shedman - a poet in a shed!
FREE EVENT
Dan Waddell
Look out for details in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter of a great event at a local library featuring Dan Waddell, author of Who Do You Think You Are? which accompanied the BBC TV series and the novel The Blood Detective. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
In the Company of Wolves?
Friday, 26 September, 2.30 - 3.30pm, Nineveh
A workshop examining fairy tales, where they come from and what they say about our collective psyche.
Led by Ellie Dawes.
Tickets £3 available from Nineveh
Best of Enemies: Britain and Germany
Friday, 26 September, 4.00 - 5.00pm, Nineveh
Author Richard Milton talks about his latest book Best of Enemies: Britain and Germany - Truth and Lies in Two World Wars and examines the extraordinary relationship between these two countries - the closest of allies united by royal blood lines and trade interests who subsequently became the bitterest of enemies. Richard will also explore the fascinating propaganda war, in which every leading author of the day became embroiled.
Books available for sale and signing on the day - price of ticket redeemable against purchase
£3 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
An Evening with Keats
Sponsored by Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Friday, 26 September, 7.00 - 9.45pm, St Faith's Church
An outstanding celebration of the life and work of the poet John Keats, who spent his last night in England at Old Mill House, Bedhampton, and finished writing The Eve of St Agnes there. The programme is as follows:
7.00 - 7.45pm Talk on Keats, his life, work and local connections, by WEA tutor Christine Houseley
7.45 - 8.15pm Interval - free refreshments available
8.15 - 9.00pm Dramatised recital of the Eve of St Agnes
9.00 - 9.45pm Performance by local choir, Cantemus
Timings for second half of programme are approximate. £8 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Film - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Friday, 26 September, 8pm, Havant Arts Centre
From the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, a special screening of the celebrated story of a man struggling for self-expression under the most challenging of conditions. Havant Literary Festival patron Ronald Harwood won a Bafta in February 2008 for best-adapted screenplay for this feature film.
In French with sub-titles
www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com
£4.50, £3.80 concs Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Murray Lachlan Young
Friday 26 September, 8.30pm, Havant Arts Centre
A unique performer, stand-up poet and satirist. He combines the predatory humour of the Victorian cautionary tale with the pointed whimsy of Noel Coward, filtered through a B-movie sensibility - resulting in a bizarre take on contemporary living. Murray has had his own shows on MTV USA and BBC2 and is currently a house poet on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live.
£8.50, £7.25 concs, students £5 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Ghost Walk
Sponsored by Jim's Barber Shop, South Street, Havant
Friday, 26 September,10pm, Havant Arts Centre / Town Centre
Meet in Red Mango for a spooky promenade round Old Havant Town and a chilling tale of ghosts, ghouls and gargoyles. Not wholly accurate but 100% entertaining! Price includes hot chocolate, served at the spine-chilling culmination of the walk.
£5, £3.75 concs Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Shedman
Saturday, 27 September, daytime
Visit West Street pedestrian precinct and meet Shedman - a poet in a shed!
FREE EVENT
Word on the Street!
Sponsored by Mulberry Builders of Havant
Saturday, 27 September, daytime, Havant Town Centre
A host of live entertainment in locations around Havant Town Centre. Includes music, readings and two performances by Dynamo Youth Theatre of One Pride, One People, a rousing musical about the recent history of the local area. See the Festival Brochure for full details.
FREE EVENT
Drop In Workshop with Derek Matthews
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 3.00pm, Making Space, Leigh Park
Book illustrator and designer Derek Matthews will be on hand to demonstrate the art of making pop-up books and help you create your own quirky characters and storylines. Suitable for all ages.
FREE EVENT MAKING SPACE
Paper Making Workshop
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 3.00pm, Making Space, Leigh Park
Come along and try your hand at making paper, with artist Ami Lowman. Suitable for all ages.
FREE EVENT MAKING SPACE
Courtyard Community Poem
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 3.00pm, Making Space, Leigh Park
Join in with the creation of a giant community poem in the courtyard. Come along and add a line or two using pencils and paintbrushes on sticks! Suitable for all ages.
FREE EVENTMAKING SPACE
Living Links at Making Space
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 3.30pm, Making Space, Leigh Park
Look out for news of an exciting community event at Making Space. Full details will be in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
Summer Reading Challenge - Certificate Presentation Ceremony
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 3.30pm, Havant Library
This ceremony will reward all the children who complete Hampshire Library's Summer Holiday Reading Challenge. This year it is called Team Read and is inspired by the Summer Olympics. Children who read six books over the holidays are invited to come to Havant Library with a parent/carer to do some simple craft and receive a Team Read certificate, a Team Read poster and stickers, and a special medal!
In 2007 nearly 20,000 children took part in the Summer Reading Challenge across Hampshire; it's hoped that even more will join in this, the National Year of Reading.
FREE EVENT
Eyes like a Hawk Book Trail
In Association with Havant & Waterlooville FC - The Hawks
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Havant Town Centre
Can you spot all twenty shops with a special book in their window? Fill in the entry form from the Festival Brochure or The News published on 26.9.08 and hand it in to Nineveh Bookshop by 4.00pm for a chance to win £150!
FREE EVENT
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Dave Brown - Book Binding
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Havant Museum
Have you a treasured old tome which is falling apart? Visit book-binding expert Dave Brown's drop-in surgery and exhibition! Dave will be at Havant Museum all day talking about the art of bookbinding and offering advice. He will have many examples on display -and you may even get the chance to have a go yourself!
FREE ENTRY HAVANT MUSEUM
Never Too Late! with Dee Williams
Sponsored by Business Link Enterprise Gateway Service
www.bringyourideastolife.co.uk
Saturday, 27 September, 10.00am - 11.00am, Staunton Country Park
A workshop with the prolific and perennially popular local author of eighteen books, including All That Jazz. Dee will share her insights into the nuts and bolts of writing and give advice and tips to aspiring writers based on her own vast experience of the publishing world.
£4 or £7 joint ticket with Never Too Early!
Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Pauline Rowson
Saturday, 27 September, 10.30am - 12.00pm, Havant Arts Centre
Local crime writer, Pauline Rowson will be talking about her popular marine mystery fiction set in the Solent area. Pauline has written three crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Andy Horton, Tide of Death, Deadly Waters and the newly-published The Suffocating Sea in addition to two thrillers, In Cold Daylight, which was short-listed for the World Book Day Prize 2008, and In for the Kill. Pauline will be reading from her novels and taking questions. She will also be available to sign copies of her books.
£5 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Children's Storyteller
Saturday 27 September, 10.30am, Havant Arts Centre
Bring along your children to a deliciously dramatic storytelling event. Expect super stories full of laughter and excitement! Approximately 30 minutes. Special offer for parents & guardians: purchase a tea or filter coffee and a muffin for just £1.50 -- available before or after the storytelling.
FREE EVENT HAVANT ARTS CENTRE 023 9247 2700
Food for Body and Spirit
Saturday, 27 September, 10.30am - 1.00pm, The Beacon, First Floor, Meridian Centre
A quiet oasis in the midst of the Festival hurly-burly, Portsdown Community Church, based at The Beacon, offers faith-based story readings, story telling and free refreshments. Everyone attending will receive a voucher for 10% discount on any goods bought that day in J. Source Christian Bookshop, next door. J. Source is staffed by volunteers from seven different churches in the borough of Havant.
FREE ENTRY FREE REFRESHMENTS THE BEACON
Poetry Workshop: Listening to the Pattern - John Haynes
Saturday 27 September, 11.00 - 1.00pm Nineveh
All verse, whether free or metrical, is based on one kind of repetition or another, often on different kinds of repetition interacting simultaneously. The workshop aims to encourage poets to listen to their own words to hear where 'the poem wants to go'.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Giraffes Can't Dance - Children's Theatre
Saturday 27 September, 11.30am, Havant Arts Centre
Every year Gerald dreaded the great Jungle Dance. One beautiful moonlit night Gerald discovers that sometimes all we need is a different song to dance to. A spectacular new musical play presented by Blunderbus Theatre Company. Suitable for ages 4 - 7yrs
£5.25, £17 family of 4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Never Too Early! with Alex Bell
Sponsored by Business Link Enterprise Gateway Service
www.bringyourideastolife.co.uk
Saturday, 27 September, 11.30am - 12.30pm, Staunton Country Park
Alex Bell, 22 year old Southampton law student and author of The Ninth Circle, accepted for publication when she was only 19, will be talking about her experience of being a very young author and offering encouragement and ideas to other budding writers. Includes a Powerpoint presentation
£4 or £7 joint ticket with Never Too Late!
Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Poetry Workshop: Poems From Photographs - Denise Bennett
Saturday 27 September, 11.45-1.45pm, The Bear Hotel
Bring along a photograph of your family or your friends and be stimulated to create!
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Eat Your Words!
Saturday, 27 September, 12.00pm - 2.00pm, Havant Arts Centre
Visit Red Mango where intriguing menu options and an amusing cabaret by the Bench Theatre add up to an irresistible literary luncheon.
FREE EVENT HAVANT ARTS CENTRE 023 9247 2700
'How I Got Published'
Sponsored by Ink World, Market Parade, Havant
Saturday, 27 September, 1.00pm, Havant Arts Centre
Local authors Tim Stretton, (The Dog of the North, Dragonchaser) Tim Bouquet (Cold Steel) and Tom Cain (The Accident Man, The Survivor) describe their individual journeys on the road to getting published. They will share the benefits of their collective experience and take questions from the audience. Chair is author and journalist Wendy Arnold.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Poetry Workshop: The Colour of Words - Maggie Sawkins and Bernard MacDonagh
Saturday 27 September, 2.00 - 4.00pm, Nineveh
What's the colour of laughter? What's the colour of silence? To find the answers come along to this exciting workshop and be inspired. For all ages and abilities.
www.maggiesawkins.com
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Poetry Workshop: Wild Writing - Hugh Dunkerley
Saturday 27 September, 2.00 - 4.00pm, The Bear Hotel
Through a series of exercises, and through comparing and contrasting other poets' work, this workshop will explore new ways of writing about nature.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Book Fair - Day 1
Saturday, 27 September, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, St Faith's Church Hall
Booklovers can browse to their heart's content - and pick up a bargain! Refreshments available. Continues tomorrow.
FREE ENTRY ST FAITH'S CHURCH HALL
Prince Caspian
Saturday 27 September, 2.15 - 3.15pm, Leigh Park Library
To coincide with the new film of C S Lewis' timeless classic, a chance to try your hand at some Narnia puzzles and games.
FREE EVENT LEIGH PARK LIBRARY
Parchment Making in Havant
Saturday, 27 September, 2.30pm - 3.30pm, Havant Library
A talk with Bosmere 100 member, Betty Marshall, on Havant's unique parchment-making history. Parchment was made in Havant for over 1,000 years, and was greatly prized for its whiteness, due to the high chalk content of the local springs and streams. Many famous documents were written on Havant parchment, including the Treaty of Versailles.
This talk is in the ground floor meeting room of the library, opposite the Bus Station.
£3 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
'Nevil Shute - Wheezer and Dodger'
Saturday, 27 September, 3.00pm - 4.00pm, St Nicholas' Chapel, Langstone High Street
A talk with popular local historian, Madeleine Selby, about the hugely successful writer Nevil Shute, author of A Town like Alice and On the Beach, and his connections with Portsmouth, Hayling and Langstone - including the building in which this talk takes place!
Please note, there are no lavatories at this venue and wheelchair access is very difficult.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Writing about Nature - Brian Clarke
Saturday, 27 September, 3.45pm, Havant Arts Centre
Brian Clarke's work as a journalist with The Times has taken him to some of the most remote and beautiful places on earth, where he has witnessed the natural world under pressure. His environmental novel The Stream won the international Natural World Book Prize. Brian will use The Stream as a backdrop to discuss threats to the environment - and how writers can "get inside nature" to make their writing vivid and real.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Kate Summerscale
Saturday, 27 September, 4.30pm, Nineveh
The winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize Non Fiction 2008 will talk about her phenomenally successful book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, the true story of a gruesome murder in 1860 which directly inspired Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, and gave birth to the modern detective fiction genre.
Books available for sale and signing on the day - ticket price includes £3 redeemable against book purchase
£5 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
The Art of Wodehouse
Saturday, 27 September, 6.00 - 7.00pm, Havant Arts Centre
An exploration of the life, work and local connections of the enduringly popular comic writer and one-time Emsworth resident, PG Wodehouse. The art of this unique talent - Evelyn Waugh called him the best writer of the first half of the 20th century - will be illustrated with quotations from some his books, plays and song lyrics. This talk is by Tony Ring, the foremost UK authority on all things Wodehouse.
£5 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Travels with Edward - Edward Enfield
Sponsored by Pearson's Estate Agent, North Street, Havant
Saturday, 27 September, 7.00pm, Station Theatre, Hayling Island, PO11 0EH
TV and radio presenter, travel writer and Oldie columnist Edward Enfield will be talking about the travels which inspired his writing, answering questions from the audience and signing copies of his books purchased on the night.
The Station Theatre is wheel-chair accessible by prior arrangement only. Requests must be telephoned to the Theatre Box Office no later than noon on Thursday 25th September.
Tickets £5, includes £3 deposit on any book purchased on the night
Tickets available from Havant Arts Centre, Station Theatre and Hayling Island Bookshop
Havant Arts Centre: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Hayling Island Bookshop: 023 9246 6620 Open 9am - 5pm, closed between 1pm - 2pm
Station Theatre Box Office: Open Mon - Sat, 10-12 023 9246 6363
WriteOnTheNight!
Saturday, 27 September, 7.30pm
All the way from the Sallyport, Old Portsmouth, WriteInvite bring you a truly exciting evening. At last, here's a chance for writers to prove that they can cut it live! £3 entry per head, a choice of three themes and twenty minutes' writing time. The writers then read their story aloud and whoever wins the anonymous vote, scoops the pot! Come along and write your story - or just come for the craic!
Free event, £3 entry to the writing contest on the night
Patrick Garland - My Life in the Theatre
sponsored by Rex Wingate and Partners, opticians, North Street, Havant.
Saturday, 27 September, 7.45pm, Havant Arts Centre
The celebrated director will be talking about his long and distinguished career in theatre, including his two spells as Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre and his work with such luminaries of the British stage as Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Roy Dotrice and Simon Callow.
The evening will also include music from guitarist Dennis Cooke, whose London recital venues have included St John's, Smith Square.
£6 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Chris Cleave
Saturday, 27 September, 8.30pm, Havant Arts Centre
Author, journalist and Guardian columnist Chris Cleave talks about his new book, The Other Hand, described by Sarah Broadhurst in the Bookseller as "a very special book indeed. Profound, deeply moving and yet light in touch, it explores the nature of loss, hope, love and identity". Chris's first book Incendiary has been made into a film starring Ewan Macgregor.
Books available for sale and signing on the night - ticket price includes £3 redeemable against book purchase
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Festival Club
Thursday and Saturday, 25 & 27 September, 10 - late
Relax and unwind at the end of the day with a mellow menu of music and readings at Nineveh, ten till late. Different guest artists each night.
£5 on the door or in advance from Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Book Fair - Day 2
Sunday, 28 September, 11.00pm - 4.00pm, St Faith's Church Hall
Booklovers can browse to their heart's content - and pick up a bargain! Refreshments available.
FREE ENTRY ST FAITH'S CHURCH HALL
Richard King - Remembering Lorelei
Sunday, 28 September, 11.30 - 12.30pm, Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Writer Richard King discusses his extraordinary book, an account of his transcendent relationship with his Soulmate, Lorelei, and their connections with Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Dorset, London, Essex and the Rhinelands of Germany.
www.rememberinglorelei.com
www.richardspsychicrealm.com
£3 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
John Keats: With Great Pleasure
Sunday, 28 September, 2.15pm - 4.00pm, Old Bedhampton
Meet in the car park at St Thomas' Church, Bidbury Lane for a short walk around the Bedhampton Keats would have known in 1819. At 3.00 pm approximately the tour will arrive at the Waterloo Room - a Regency ballroom built in 1815 - for a programme of readings which follow the course of Keats' short life, followed by tea.
If you would like to take part in the readings, contact Judith Worley in advance at hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Harry Haines - Waiting to Descend
Sunday, 28 September, 4.40pm - 5.30pm, Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
A special series of poetry readings for the Festival by the perennially popular Bard of Gosport.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
George Marsh - Haibun and Haiku
Sunday, 28 September, 6.00pm - 7.00pm, Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Haibun is a lapsed Japanese genre mixing poetry and prose which is now becoming an exciting experimental new genre in English. There will be readings from classical Japanese and modern English haibun and haiku.
£4 Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Flanners' Fiendish Book Quiz
Sunday, 28 September, 7.30pm, The Bear Hotel
Festival Director Lucy Flannery has set this extremely challenging Book Quiz for you to get your teeth into. Teams of between 6 and 8 will be organised on the night - winning squad scoops the jackpot of £100. Come on then - if you think you're hard enough!
£5 per person Tickets available in advance from Havant Arts Centre, limited number on the door Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
Trails:
Wodehouse Trail
A trail around Emsworth, identifying the locations known to 'Plum' and his housekeeper, Lillian. Look out for more details in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
Emsworth Oyster Trail
Friday - Sunday, 26 - 28 September, 2.00pm, starting at Emsworth Museum
Guided walk, starting from Emsworth Museum at 2.00pm daily. Includes a slide presentation, walk (approximately 1 hour 30 minutes), trail map and Emsworth postcard.
Oysters have been fished in Emsworth harbour for centuries. At the height of the industry in the second half of the 19th century, almost 5 million oysters a year came out of Emsworth and nearly half the locally employed population earned their living from fishing and the industries that supported it, such as boat building. Advance booking is essential - telephone 01243 378091 or book through oystertrail@btinternet.com
£3.00 - all proceeds towards the upkeep of the Oyster boat "Terror"
Art, Displays and Exhibitions at the Festival:
Havant Museum - Nevil Shute, Flora Twort and the Langstone Connection
Havant Museum will host an exhibition of Flora Twort water-colours, books by author Nevil Shute and artefacts connected with Langstone Mill, formerly owned by Flora Twort and often visited by Nevil Shute.
More About P G Wodehouse
20th - 28th September, 9.00am - 11.00pm, Brookfield Hotel, Havant Road, Emsworth
This display, courtesy of Emsworth Museum, shows a picture of Emsworth as P G Wodehouse would have known it during the ten years between 1904and 1914 that he lived in the village. He loved the area and used many local names in his books (including Lord Emsworth, Freddie Threepwood , Beach the butler, Lady Wickham and the Duchess of Havant). Visit the exhibition to find out which books these characters appear in and much, much more.
Discover Hayling
Look out for details in the Festival Brochure and Newsletter of a wonderful display of the Discover Hayling project at the Station Theatre. To join the e-mailing list and receive regular newsletter updates, send an e mail to hlf2008havant@googlemail.com
Leigh Park Library - Fabulous Words
To coincide with The News Reader's Favourite Word poll, Leigh Park Library will be displaying a luscious array of words, some familiar, some fanciful and some downright fantastic, and inviting members of the people to nominate their own special favourite.
FREE EVENT LEIGH PARK LIBRARY
Havant Arts Centre
Havant Literary Festival is celebrated in Havant Arts Centre's Sadler and Theatre Galleries with five exciting exhibitions and a wonderful showcase cabinet display:
Poetry Trail
Join the ranks of all those famous fictional detectives and hunt down all fifteen Poems written by local writers, secreted in the nooks and crannies of the Arts Centre.
Jules Simmons
Jules explores the relationships of artist performer and audience. Celebrating the thrill of live performance and the history of literature, she comments on how the purely fictional written word influences real events that shape our world.
Jane Kilford BA
Connections with people, places and objects. In contrast, disconnection, obscurity or misconception. Collected paper, word games, discarded haberdashery and ephemera are combined with dialogue, lyrics and literature to produce obscure instructions. Delicately disconcerting work.
Message in a Bottle - Kate Saunders BA
An installation updating Robin Crusoe's message in a bottle to a world of setting messages adrift on the virtual waves of the internet and mobile phone networks.
Stories Make Pictures
A body of work made in collaboration with children from Warren Park School and artist Jo Tester.
Showcase Cabinets
A group influenced by text: Pete Levy's pots; Stephanie Renwick and her beautiful silver jewellery inscribed with text; Sharon Lock and her exquisite bespoke artists' books; Mike Elsom with his unusual books based on journeys; Jacky Dillon will be showing her self-published books; Kate O'Connell will be displaying her large glass structures influenced by text.
Stories and Images - Martin Barnes
Sponsored by Rob Paul Studios, East Street, Havant
Throughout Festival, Nineveh Gallery and Bookshop
Martin's work draws on fantasy and stories from long, long ago. There will be a Private View -
free entry all welcome - between 6 and 9 on Friday 26 September. This
is a chance to meet Martin and find out the ideas behind his work.
The exhibition will be complemented by an accompanying storytelling
event on Sunday, 28 September between 1.00 and 2.00pm
Except where stated, tickets for all events can be bought from Havant Arts Centre - Box Office: 023 9247 2700 www.havantartscentre.co.uk/
Tickets are on sale now!
You can now browse a list of artists performing at Havant Literary Festival here.
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