Two tickets to ‘The Book Club’ at the King’s Head Theatre – prize draw
We’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of top price tickets to The Book Club starring Amanda Muggleton at the King’s Head Theatre this Autumn. To be entered into the prize draw, simply email jillssinclair@btinternet.com and put ‘The Book Club’ in the subject box. The draw will be made during the Chiswick Book Festival by the Festival Director. See Terms & Conditions.
The Book Club by Roger Hall: 11 October to 5 November 2016. Deb can't quite shake the feeling there's something missing in her life. Her kids have left home. Her husband is sport-obsessed. Meanwhile, she dreams of getting love letters in the post from Martin Amis. When her friend Trish pushes her to join the eccentric local book club, self-confessed "bookaholic" Deb decides there's nothing to lose. Little does she know her fantasies will start to become reality... “Amanda Muggleton is simply brilliant. If you only see one play this year, make it THE BOOK CLUB” The West Australian More details on Festival website
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A signed original drawing by Cressida Cowell – Children’s Festival Pass draw
While being interviewed by The Chiswick Calendar, Cressida produced a lovely drawing of Hiccup the Horrendous Haddock III and his very small dragon Toothless (right). It has been framed by Snappy Snaps and will be given away in a prize draw. Everyone who buys a Children’s Festival Pass or a ticket to Cressida’s session will be entered into the draw. Don't miss Cressida's session at 11.15 on Saturday morning. St Michael & All Angels Church. £3 or with Children's Festival Pass.
A signed Odd Dog Out print by Rob Biddulph – Treasure Hunt prize
The prize-winning author Rob Biddulph introduces his new picture book Odd Dog Out with a Treasure Hunt. We’ve put 17 of his pictures in the shop windows of Turnham Green Terrace. Find all 17 and say which is your favourite and why, and you could win a prize from Trotters! Pick up a free entry form at Trotters, 84 Turnham Green Terrace, W4 1QN. Closes: 5pm Friday 16 September 2016. Age 12 or under. One entry per child. And come and meet Rob at 12.30pm on Sunday September 18th. Ages 3 to 7 approx. The Tabard Theatre, Children’s Festival Pass.
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A 3-volume edition of Shakespeare from Fosters’ Bookshop – Quiz prize
Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the first prize in our annual quiz is a beautiful three-volume, half-calf Rivière edition of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Tragedies and Histories and Poems. Kindly donated by Fosters Bookshop in Chiswick High Road. The Anniversaries Quiz sheet will be on sale during the Festival, prize £2, in aid of our reading charities. Entries close on Friday September 30th 2016.
Food Writing course at Leiths School of Food and Wine – prize draw
Leiths is offering a place on this four-part evening course in January 2017, with food, drink and travel writer Andy Lynes. Andy will provide inspiration, valuable industry insights and top tips on how to get published, and you’ll also learn from their guest speaker, Laura Rowe, editor of Olive magazine. The prize draw is open to everyone who attends the Foodie Question Time session at the Chiswick Book Festival, at 12.30pm Sunday September 18th 2016. Full details
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Plus: we're giving away a free subscription to Scoop, the new magazine for children, which comes out later this month - and watch out for more prizes on social media.
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Make a long weekend of it! More than 80 speakers will be inspiring audiences on a wide range of topics, including history, politics and economics, fiction, crime, memoir, biography, food, wine and books for children. Read the full programme and buy tickets here.
Fiction: Santa Montefiore, Penny Parkes, Milly Johnson, Jane Costello and Juliet Ashton will take part in Books In The City: Girls on Tour, a relaxed event with a glass of bubbles for Saturday evening! Victoria Hislop will talk to Jane Garvey of Radio 4's Woman's Hour about her new book, Cartes Postales from Greece; Janet Ellis will discuss her debut novel The Butcher’s Hook with two other hotly-acclaimed new writers, Joanna Cannon (The Trouble with Goats and Sheep) and Barney Norris (Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain). And spy writer Charles Cumming will analyse what makes a great thriller with former Radio 4 Today producer Peter Hanington, whose first novel has received rave reviews, and Harry Parker, who turned his army experience in Afghanistan into a novel.
Children: Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Cressida Cowell head the Children's Book Festival lineup, talking about their bestsellers and introducing their latest books. Children will also be entertained by Jonathan Meres (World of Norm), Rob Biddulph (Odd Dog Out) and The Really Big Pants Theatre Company.
Crime: Jill Dawson and Sophie Hannah will debate who deserves the title the Queen of Crime: Agatha Christie or Patricia Highsmith? Plus Paula Hawkins and SJ Watson in From Page to Screen.
History: Daisy Goodwin and AN Wilson will talk about Victoria in Fact & Fiction. The centenary of the Battle of the Somme will be marked by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, author of Somme: Into The Breach. Alison Weir discusses Katharine of Aragon. Rebecca Rideal will remember 1666, a watershed year for England, 350 years after the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. Novelists Jane Thynne and James MacManus will talk about Berlin in the fateful year 1939, on the eve of World War II. And George Goodwin will discuss his life of Benjamin Franklin in London, which was chosen as Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Food and wine: Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson will mark 40 years of the Pocket Book of Wine. In a Foodies Question Time, Lucy McDonald (The Crumbs Family Cookbook), is joined by Oliver Rowe (Food For All Seasons), Joanna Blythman (Swallow This), Masterchef 2014 champion Ping Coombes (Malaysia) and Great British Bake Off finalist Holly Bell (Recipes from a Normal Mum). And there’s a place on the food writing course at Leith’s School of Food and Wine to be won!
Other non-fiction highlights include: Worth Dying For: Flags, Tim Marshall’s follow-up to his bestseller Prisoners of Geography; a panel on Britain, Brexit and Beyond, with Hilary Benn MP, former shadow foreign secretary, Sonia Purnell (Boris) and parliamentary sketch writer John Crace; and Nina Stibbe and Cathy Rentzenbrink discussing what makes a great memoir with Sali Hughes.
There's all this and much more at the 8th Chiswick Book Festival from September 15 to 19, 2016, in venues close to Turnham Green tube station on the District Line.
The Festival is a non-profit-making community event, raising money for reading-related charities and St Michael & All Angels Church, which organises the Festival. Over the past seven years it has donated over £50,000. This year, the Festival will support Doorstep Library, which brings the magic of reading into the homes of children in deprived parts of west London; RNIB Talking Books Service and Books for Children; and InterAct Stroke Support, which provides actors to read to stroke patients in hospital.
Read the full programme and buy tickets here. Admission to most sessions is by a Saturday or Sunday Day Pass (£12 per day or £20 for both days) or a Children’s Festival Pass (£5), with a separate charge for some keynote events.
You can follow updates and join in the conversation on Twitter @W4BookFest #ChiswickBookFest.
Make a long weekend of it! Book now!
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