Highlights include Tracy Borman talking about the Witches of Belvoir in Bottesford Church, Michael Morpurgo reading War Horse in Southwell Minster, a gardening themed day in partnership with Lowdham Horticultural Society, an afternoon with David Suchet at Nottingham Playhouse, and a History Month in Southwell Library.
Lowdham Book Festival First Fridays September – December 2013
Friday 6 September - Quick Reads
Quick Reads CEO Cathy Rentzenbrink talks about this very worthwhile book trade charity project aimed at the one-in six UK adults of working age who find reading difficult and may never pick up a book. Of particular interest to those in the adult literacy field or in education.
Friday 4 October - Tales from the River Trent
In September 2012, Sophia Collins and Ross Winter walked from one end of the River Trent to the other. Like troubadors, but armed with laptops and a ukulele, they put on shows along the way celebrating the history of the river. From encounters with angry cows to the secrets of Burton's brewing industry... all will be revealed. www.talesfromtheriver.
Friday 1 November - From the Gods to the cheap seats
Former projectionist Phil Rosen will be joined by local cinema expert Michael Payne to revisit the heyday of cinemas in Liverpool and Nottingham.
Friday 6 December - A Christmas Carol
Lowdham Book Festival Players present a lively reading of Dickens's classic story – complete with seasonal refreshments.
All First Friday talks take place in Lowdham Primitive Methodist Chapel, Main Street, Lowdham 2 – 3.30pm
Tickets £5 (£4 concs, £3 Festival Friends), including tea and cake,
from Lowdham Festival Box Office – 0115 966 3219.
September events:
Friday 13th 7.30pm - St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford NG13 0DA
An Evening with Tracy Borman
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly ill and suffers an excrutiating death. It is said witches are to blame...
Tickets £3, redeemable against purchase of the book.
Available from Lowdham Festival Box Office 0115 9663219 or contact Christine Lucas, 07837 815026, cdlucas43@gmail.com
This is a Lowdham Book Festival On Tour event in partnership with Penguin Random House
Saturday 14th September 11am – 4pm
The Bookcase, 50 Main Street, Lowdham
Books Are My Bag – The Big Bookshop Party!
Celebrate the launch of this nationwide campaign. Books Are My Bag is a collaboration between publishers, bookshops and authors, and is the biggest ever promotion to celebrate the nation’s love of books and bookshops, inviting all book lovers to visit their local bookshop on Saturday 14th September and join in the fun. And quite by chance The Bookcase celebrates its 17th birthday on that day – so there will be cake, bubbly, free books, special offers and general merriment – do come along!
www.booksaremybag.com
Tuesday 24th September 7.30 - 9pm – Southwell Minster
Michael Morpurgo reads War Horse with songs from BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners John Tams and Barry Coope
A magical evening awaits. Michael Morpurgo will read from his book, War Horse, accompanied by wonderful musicians. Told through the eyes of the horse who didn’t have the human frailty of taking sides, this epic and powerful story moves from life on a farm in peaceful Devon to survival on the Western Front in the First World War.
This will be an unforgettable evening.
Tickets: £17 full, £16 concession, £15 Festival Friends, under-16s £10 from the Festival Box Office 0115 966 3219
Suitable for children aged 10 years and above
October events:
Saturday October 12th – The Great Outdoors
Lowdham C of E Primary School, Main Street, Lowdham, Notts
A day of events in partnership with Lowdham Horticultural Society celebrating gardens and gardeners through the ages. Full programme to follow but the day will include a Gardeners Question Time panel hosted by BBC Radio Nottingham’s John Holmes, a talk by Ursula Buchan about her book A Green and Pleasant Land – How England’s Gardeners Fought the Second World War, a gardening themed quiz, stalls from local groups including Nottingham Organic Gardeners and the Notts Wildlife Trust – and more…
November events:
Lowdham Festivals History Season – celebrate all things historical this month with talks every Thursday evening at Southwell Library.
7.30 pm start, bar available.
More details to follow soon, including a historical fiction panel, but so far there is authors of a book about the King’s Grave on Thursday 7th, and Peter Snow talking about his new book When Britain Burned The White House - The 1814 Invasion of Washington on Thursday 21st.
More details about all these events will follow very soon – in the meantime do keep in touch through the websites – www.thebookcase.co.uk and www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk
General Ticket Booking Information
Tickets are available from The Bookcase, 50 Main Street, Lowdham NG14 7BE over the counter, by mail or by credit card over the phone (Festival Box Office: 0115 966 3219 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday) or, subject to availability, on the door at events. If ordering by post please enclose a first class SAE and include a contact phone number. Cheques are payable to Lowdham Festivals Ltd. There is a 75p surcharge for postage on credit card telephone bookings.
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