Books in the Castle, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th JULY
NEWARK-ON-TRENT BOOK FESTIVAL
Crime Scene Saturday
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All Day Tickets £25
10.15 am - ‘If It Bleeds, It Leads’ talk by Duncan Campbell - A freelance journalist who
worked for the Guardian for more than 20
years as a crime correspondent. The author
of seven books. Tickets £6, £5
11.30am - Talk by Mike Pannett - He joined the Metropolitan Police in
1988 where he became one of the youngest officers to be given his own patch,
and served on the Divisional Crime Squad, Murder Squad and TSg (Riot Police). Tickets £6, £5, £3
1pm - 'Murder She Wrote' crime fiction talk with female authors Sarah Ward and Rebecca
Bailey hosted by crime writer Nick
Quantrill. Tickets £7, £6
2.30 pm - 999:CSI Talk given by Larry Henderson a pioneering Crime Scene Investigator. Among
his cases was Lord Lucan’s murder scene,
the Brinks Mat robbery, and the
Marchioness disaster, some of the Murder
exhibits in the London Crime Museum (Black Museum) came through his personal experiences. Tickets £6, £5, £3
4pm - 'Murder He Wrote' crime fiction talk with bestselling male authors MJ Fowler and
Mr Stephen Booth hosted once again by
crime writer Nick Quantrill. Michael
Fowler served as a police officer for 32 years, both in uniform and in plain
clothes, working in CID, Vice Squad, and Drug Squad. He retired in 2006, in the
rank of Inspector. He writes the DS Hunter Kerr series of fictional novels.
Stephen Booth is one the UKs top selling crime novelists, creator of the
bestselling Cooper & Fry crime fiction mystery series, set in England's Peak
District. Tickets £9, £8
5.30pm - Life In Death - Former DI Richard Venables worked
on 30 murder cases and played a key role
in the hunt for a serial killer. Following Hillsborough became a disaster specialist
within the police force, he will be revealing
his first hand insider knowledge on some
of Britain’s most recent tragedies including the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers, rail disasters, the 7/7
London terror bombings and the aftermath
of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Tickets £6, £5, £3
7.00PM - Jack the Ripper Talk – Crime Scene Saturday day
will be capped off by a talk from leading crime writer and Jack the
Ripper author, Mei Trow, in the atmospheric Castle Undercroft where he will be
revealing his theories on the famous
unsolved mystery including his prime suspect. Tickets £6, £5
OTHER SATURDAY EVENTS
Annie Murray; SHE was born in Berkshire and read English at
St John's College, Oxford. Her first
'Birmingham' novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Times bestseller list when
it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels,
including The Bells of Bournville Green,
sequel to the bestselling Chocolate Girls, and A Hopscotch Summer. Annie will be appearing both
at the Castle where she will be signing her books and from 14.30 she will giving a talk at The Secret Garden
Cafe. Entrance is free to attend for all
(donations welcomed for the local breast cancer support group). So buy yourself
a nice cup of tea and a cream cake and enjoy listening to one of the UK's most
popular authors.
SATURDAY Children’s Events
Gareth Baker - A local children’s author who will be storytelling
and signing his books. As well as writing, he has provided story-telling
sessions for Nottingham City Council at the home of Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey,
and at Wollaton Hall and is a member of the board of Nottingham Writer's Studio.
Brian Porter - Undoubtedly one of the stars of last year’s book festival Brian spent that
weekend both selling books from his
Molly Perkins series but also helping many delighted children make plastercine items and figurines including
humans, goblins, monsters, flowers, etc
Ian C. Douglas. He will be putting on a show for children
during his visit. He is the author of the Zeke Hailey books, scifi novels for
children. Ian is also a history author and visits schools with bloodcurdling
tales of the past.
Local artist Kerry O'Brien will be appearing for two hours
she has lots of ideas for pirate themed crafts – making hats, telescopes,
parrots etc.
Sunday 10th July Talks
11.30am ‘Born
Survivor Talk by Eva Clarke - One of only three Jewish babies known to have
been born in and then survived a Nazi death camp. Her story featured in the bestselling book 'Born
Survivors' by Wendy Holden. For over 15
years, in schools, colleges and even
prisons, Eva’s talks about her parents love for each other, their struggle to survive and
the story of her birth have held
audiences mesmerized and appalled in
equal measure. Tickets £7, £6, £3.50
1pm Bad King John/Good King John Historical Debate with leading King John authors
Stephen Church and Marc Morris. Tickets £8, £7, £4
3pm Talk by famous international speaker Eva Schloss MBE, stepsister to Anne Frank,
teenage Auschwitz survivor and
bestselling author. Eva was a neighbour and school friend of Anne Frank. During the war like the Frank family,
Eva and her family also went into hiding
from the Nazis but were eventually
betrayed, captured by the Gestapo and
sent to concentration camps. Having
survived the selection process upon
arrival at Auschwitz her father and brother later died in captivity and only her mother
and herself survived. After the war
ended they returned to Amsterdam and her mother later remarried Otto Frank. Eva had a unique view
on the publication of one of the world’s
biggest selling books 'The Diary of Anne Frank'. Last year 87 year old Eva delivered a sell-out talk at
Newark Book Festival. Tickets £9, £8, £4.50
3pm Castle Free Talk by Ian Ross (Historical Fiction Author)
in Castle Undercroft. Ian Ross is the author of the Twilight of Empire series, a sequence of historical novels set
in the early 4th century AD, the era of
the Roman emperor Constantine. His first
novel, War at the Edge of the World, was published in the UK by Head of Zeus in
January 2015. The third instalment, Battle for Rome, was published in January
2016 to great acclaim. Ian has been researching and writing about the later roman
world and its army for over a decade.
Children’s Events Sunday 10th July
Lia Ginno author of many children’s books will be
storytelling
WILF Morgan will be reading from his ‘Arthur Ness’ books
featuring magic and excitement
Josephine Feeney- McKay who will be present on the Sunday,
both in the Castle and as one of our pirate storytelling shipmates. She has
been previously shortlisted for The Daily Telegraph Children's Book of the
Year.
