Host of new authors added to the bill
Eight highly acclaimed authors have just been added to the Port Eliot Festival line-up, promising yet more colour to the festival’s diverse programme. From a literary pub quiz to a show-and-tell of Judy Garland mementoes; a moonwatching session in the Walled Garden to a comic take on Sartre and Kafka, these authors’ performances at the festival perfectly reflect Port Eliot’s “doing something different with words” ethos.
The confirmed authors are:
Marcel Theroux
Writer, TV presenter and host of the Port Eliot Festival’s now-legendary Literary Pub Quiz. Read his profile here.
Susie Boyt
Writer, journalist and Judy Garland obsessive, Susie will be reading from her book My Judy Garland Life and showing her Judy Garland mementoes. Read her profile here.
Tahmima Anam
Winner of the Best First Book award of the 2008 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, Tahmima’s dazzling debut, A Golden Age, explores family life during the Bangladesh War of Independence. Read her profile here.
Mike Jay
Writer, editor and journalist who has written extensively on the cultural history of science, medicine, drugs, madness and politics. Read his full profile here.
Will Hodgkinson
Music and culture journalist and writer who journeyed the length and breadth of Britain with a ‘Zoom’ portable recording device to see if folklore and folk music is still alive. Read his full profile here.
Tim Richardson
Expert on gardens and landscape, sweets and theatre. Tim will be telling festival-goers about the history of landscaping, followed by a guided tour of the Port Eliot estate. Read his full profile here.
Mark Crick
Writer, photographer and artist who wrote Sartre’s Sink: The Great Writers’ Complete Book of DIY, the Sunday Times ‘Humour Book of the Year 2008′. Read his full profile here.
Rick Stroud
Award-winning television director and author, currently writing The Book of the Moon to coincide with the 40th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon. To celebrate its publication this spring, Rick will be leading a moonwatching session in the Walled Garden at this year’s Port Eliot Festival. Read his full profile here.
But that’s not all folks! We have recently confirmed some fantastic music, cabaret, comedy and performance acts, to be announced before the end of the month, so don’t forget to watch this space. In the meantime, have a great weekend in the spring sunshine!
