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Festival FactsMost of the festival events (except events 19 and 20) take place in St Edmund’s Hall which is situated on Cumberland Road, IP18 6JW. There is on-road parking around the Hall and the town’s car parks are no more than a 10 minute walk.There will be a small café running at the Hall during the festival serving hot drinks, cakes, soup, quiches, salads.

Glow at Ways With Words in Southwold . . .

or GOS as we call it (Good Ol’ Southwold) or GOSS as we called it this June (Good Ol’ Sunny Southwold). But whether it is GOS or GOSS (and it is unlikely to be the latter in November) we feel certain that a visit to Ways With Words will make you glow. It might be that you leave a talk fired up from the ideas you have heard or warmed from the goodwill of the people you meet at the festival. Maybe you will sparkle after a bracing walk by the sea or maybe from a glass of Adnams beer or wine.

There’s much pleasure to be had listening to talks inside St. Edmund’s Hall; exploring the charming town of Southwold with its church, museum, galleries and lighthouse; watching the waves crash on the shingle, as well as relaxing in the comfortable Swan or Crown Hotel.

Whether enjoying the festival inside or outdoors this November, Ways With Words will make you glow – physically, mentally and emotionally.

Kay Dunbar, Stephen BristowChloë and Videl Bar-KarFestival Directors

proudly supports

Ways With Words Festival, Southwold Literature

Festival6 - 10 November

We look forward to seeing you at our festival bookshop.

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Timothy and Shane SpallAround Britain on a Barge1) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

After surviving leukaemia, the famous actor,

Timothy Spall, (who recently won acclaim

and awards in Cannes for his role as the

painter Turner) celebrated life, love and

living by taking a Dutch barge, The Princess

Matilda, round the coast of Britain, with his

wife, Shane. Their travels were the subject

of three BBC2 series. They recount the

adventures from the second leg of their

epic journey.

Thursday Day Ticket : £27

Richard ColesLife’s Lessons2) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Musician, journalist, Church of England

priest, author and BBC radio presenter:

Richard Coles’ life is as varied as these

roles suggest. The Reverend Richard Coles

is the popular presenter of the Radio 4

programme, ‘Saturday Live’. He was the

inspiration for BBC2’s comedy, ‘Rev’, and

for the gay friend, Tom, in the Bridget

Jones’ films. Today he will be an inspiration

to everyone!

Melvyn BraggFamily Fiction3) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Broadcaster and novelist Melvyn Bragg

talks about his latest novel, ‘Grace and

Mary’. A man mourns his mother’s decaying

mind. Hoping to shore up her memory,

he prompts her with songs, photographs

and questions about when she was a young

woman. This sets him on a deeply moving,

elegiac story that stretches back to the

19th century and the time of his great

grandmother.

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Friday Day Ticket : £45

Charles SpencerKing Charles I’s Killers5) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £11

Charles Spencer is a well-known figure,

a bestselling author and a compelling

speaker. He tells with verve and authority

a powerful tale of revenge from the

dark heart of royal history and offers

a fascinating insight into the dangers of

political and religious allegiance in Stuart

England.

The Royal Literary Fund TalkJames LongWar and Love6) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

James Long’s latest historical novel, ‘The

Balloonist’, tells a passionate story of love

during the First World War. Informed by

wartime memoirs, he tells of the perils of

war as a balloon observer on the Western

Front - a most dangerous job that has

become almost forgotten.

The Royal Literary Fund was set up in 1790 to help professional authors. Past beneficiaries have included Coleridge, Joseph Conrad, D H Lawrence and Dylan Thomas. Last year it helped 200 writers, though not all of them are quite so famous yet. www.rlf.org.uk

Cate HasteCraigie Aitchison: his life and art4) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £11

Cate Haste has written political biography

(‘The Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime

Minister’ – with Cherie Blair; a memoir of

Clarissa Eden and ‘Nazi Women’). She won

the Lakeland Book of the Year Award for

her illustrated book on the artist Sheila Fell.

Now she has tackled the life of the Scottish

artist Craigie Aitchison. His poetic use of

vibrant colour; his interest in shape and

design and his fascination with Tuscan icons

have made him one of the most popular

contemporary artists.

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On Friday 7 November

from 6.30pm - 8pm Adnams

invites all festival-goers to call

in to the Cellar & Kitchen

Store on Victoria Street for a

drinks reception and a chance

to browse round the store.

Perfect for Christmas.

Adnams’ Cellar & Kitchen Store

Friday Day Ticket : £45

Martin BellNational Service8) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Following the discovery of a pile of old

letters in his attic, Martin Bell has written

a book about National Service and his time

in the Suffolk Regiment in Cyprus from

1957 to 1959. Martin Bell, OBE, is a British

UNICEF Ambassador, a former broadcast

war reporter and independent politician.

Tessa Newcomb talks toKay DunbarPainting As Part of My Life7) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Tessa Newcomb is reluctant to call herself

an artist but rather sees her work as a

record of her daily life. Her books combine

art and writing and are celebrations of what

she loves. She is the daughter of the painter

Mary Newcomb, and it was by using offcuts

of board and card discarded by her mother

that she began painting. She has exhibited

in many venues including Crane Kalman

Gallery, London.

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Saturday Day Ticket : £45

Juliet BarkerThe Peasants’ Revolt9) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £11

Why did a diverse group of ordinary

men and women unite in armed rebellion

against church and state to demand a

radical political agenda? The dramatic and

shocking events of the Peasants’ Revolt

provide the backdrop to Juliet Barker’s

latest fascinating book. The acclaimed

historian and distinguished biographer of

the Brontës and Wordsworth will talk of

this colourful incident in medieval England

with her usual authority and style.

John Julius NorwichCities That Shaped the Ancient World10) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £11

Cities marked the earliest development

of civilization. John Julius Norwich, the

magisterial historian and writer, gives an

illuminating tour with spectacular images

of some of the urban centres as they are

today.

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Saturday Day Ticket : £45

Julia BlackburnA Writers’ Life 11) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

It is impossible to classify Julia Blackburn.

Her books have spanned many genres.

Recently she has written a long poem on

starlings about the death of her husband.

She says of her work, “. . . If I look back at

what I have done there is a common thread

which connects my novels, biographies (if

that is what they are) and memoirs, I am

interested in predicaments.”

Lucy Hughes-HallettThe Poet, the Fascist, the Revolutionary12) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

In 1919 the poet and dabbling politician

Gabriele D’Annunzio declared himself

Commandante of the city of Fiume in

modern-day Croatia. Lucy Hughes-

Hallett charts the story of the right-wing

revolutionary, romantic artist and utopian-

seeking figure who set his dreams against a

backdrop of rising Fascism. Her book was

the winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson

Prize for non-fiction and the 2013 Costa

Award for biography of the year.

Andrew DaviesAdaptations and Achievements13) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Andrew Davies is one of the most critically

acclaimed and commercially successful

screen writers in the UK today, famous

for his adaptations of many classical period

dramas including ‘Pride and Prejudice’,

‘Bleak House’, ‘Little Dorrit’, ‘Middlemarch’.

His latest drama, ‘A Poet In New York’,

was about fellow Welshman Dylan Thomas’

fateful final visit to America in 1953. He

is currently adapting Tolstoy’s ‘War and

Peace’ for the BBC.

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Sunday Day Ticket : £45 (not including event 19)

Esther FreudMackintosh’s Visit to the Suffolk Coast14) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £11

Charles Rennie Mackintosh spent time

painting and drawing the Suffolk coast.

Some of these famous works can be bought

as postcards from Southwold shops.

Esther Freud has used his time in Suffolk as

inspiration for her latest novel, ‘Mr Mac and

Me’. She will talk about her fiction and its

blend of fact and fiction.

Norma PercyCan TV Make History?15) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £11

A Guardian leader “In praise of Norma

Percy” said, “Every significant international

story seems to have its Percy film”.

Watergate; 2nd Russian Revolution; Death

of Yugoslavia; the Iraq War; Putin, Russia

and the West have all won Baftas, Emmys

and dozens of major awards. She retells

momentous events from the recent past

with meticulous objectivity.

How do they rate as history?

Steve JonesScience and the Bible16) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

In his latest book, ‘The Serpent’s Promise:

The Bible Retold as Science’, geneticist

Professor Steve Jones rewrites the Bible in

light of modern science. Are Adam and Eve

our ancestors? Did the Great Flood signal

the end of the Ice Age? Discover how much

science can tell us about who we are.

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Anthony HorowitzThe World of Conan Doyle17) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Anthony Horowitz created ‘Midsomer

Murders’ and ‘Foyles War’. He has received

great acclaim – and fame – through

his many children’s books. Also he has

breathed new life into the world of Conan

Doyle to weave thrilling page-turners.

Horowitz’s latest book, ‘Moriarty’, seems

set to be a global bestseller like his other

Sherlock Holmes novel, ‘The House of

Silk’. He unravels the appeal of mystery,

suspense and Conan Doyle.

Alistair CarrDesert Travel18) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £11

Alistair Carr takes us on a dangerous and

unusual journey across the remote and

inhospitable Sahel in North Africa. He

tells tales of rebellion, lost civilizations and

explorers. His book of these ambitious

travels, ‘The Nomad’s Path: Travels in the

Sahel’, is evocatively written and as Colin

Thubron said, “it makes you want to go.”

Blake MorrisonLiterary Dinner –News that Stays News19) 7 for 7.30pm The Swan Hotel £50

Bankers, tax havens, call centres, hacking,

surveillance, the coalition: Blake Morrison’s

satirical poems shed a new light on events

we have lived through in recent times,

as well as covering a number of more

personal issues. Witty and astute, they’re a

topical tour de force.

Ticket holders will receive a copy of Blake

Morrison’s book, ‘This Poem’, at the event.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Ways With Words (WWW) reserves the right without prior warning to alter the programme if circumstances dictate.

For full details of our policy on event cancellations, ticket refunds, exchanges and re-sales please refer to the website www.wayswithwords.co.uk/terms

LOST TICKETS: Please take great care of your tickets. WWW will not replace lost tickets.

No unauthorised photographing or recording of events.

Become a Friend of Ways With WordsMany people use the Friends’ early booking scheme when applying for tickets for Southwold.Call 01803 867373 or email admin@wayswithwords.co.uk

Alan JohnsonThe Sequel20) 10.30am St Edmund’s Church £11

By the age of 18 Alan Johnson was married,

a father and working as a postman in Slough.

‘Please, Mr. Postman’, the sequel to his

bestselling memoir, ‘This Boy’, describes the

next period in his life with every bit as much

honesty, humour and emotional impact as

his bestselling debut. ‘Please, Mr Postman’

paints a vivid picture of a bygone era –

Britain in the 1970s was a very different

country to the one we know today – and

reveals another fascinating chapter in the life

of one of our best-loved public figures.

Words by the Water in the Lake District 6 – 15 March 2015

Ways With Wordsat Dartington Hall, Devon3 – 13 July 2015

And back in Southwold, SuffolkThe Southwold Literature Festival5 – 9 November 2015

Dates for your Diary: Holiday Courses with Ways With Words

Villa Pia, Umbria, ItalyWeek one: 20 – 27 Sept. 2014 Week two: 27 Sept. – 4 Oct. 2014

Inspiring landscapes • lovely local walks • delicious foodAll abilities are catered for. All activities are optional. www.wayswithwords.co.uk

Writing and Art Course and Discussion Groups in Italy

Art Tutor (both weeks) : Mary Knott

Writing Tutor (week one) : Mark McCrum (week two) : Blake Morrison

PACKAGES Ways With Words offers half-board (dinner, B&B) packages inclusive of tickets at both the Swan Hotel and the Crown Hotel in Southwold.

The Swan package is for 4 nights (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) and includes tickets for all events during the festival and the literary dinner.

The Crown package is for 4 nights (as the Swan above) or 3 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun) including tickets for all events on Sat, Sun & Mon and the literary dinner.

In each room there will be Buy One Get One Free vouchers for use in Adnams’ Hotels. Guests also receive a complimentary newspaper each day.

Packages can be booked at any time using the form opposite or by telephone - 01803 867373(NB. The Ways With Words office will have limited opening during August.)

Both hotels are offering a free dinner for guests wishing to stay on Wednesday 5th and/or Monday 10th. Please phone the hotel where you are staying quoting ‘WWW 5th Night’.Swan Hotel: 01502 722186Crown Hotel: 01502 722275These must be booked in advance.

HOW TO BOOKThe booking form opposite can be used to book packages and tickets for individual events.

Please send with s.a.e. to:Ways With Words, Droridge Farm,Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JG

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Bookings using credit/debit card can be made on this form, by telephone: 01803 867373and online: www.wayswithwords.co.uk (online ticket sales available from 16 Sept.)

PLEASE NOTE:Friends’ booking will start on Tuesday 9 September (post & phone only) (2 tickets per event limit).

General booking will start on Tuesday 16 SeptemberAny postal bookings received before these dates will be filed but will not be processed until booking opens.

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Prices are per person sharing twin / double.Please circle the package you would like. Swan Crown Crown 4 night 4 night 3 nightClassic £690 630 472 single occ. £939 N/A N/ASuperior £745 £678 £507Premier £820 £728 £545Single Room £757 £759 £550

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