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Plans are well underway for one of the annual highlights in the town's cultural calendar: the seventh and
longest yet, Swindon Festival of Literature, 1 to 13 May.
^' UTilitUI'e Festival Director Matt Holland
i Porcelain • Silver It sta rts in Lawn Woods at dawn Patten, world crop circles expert says, "We hope that bigger will
on May Day and during the subse- Lucy Pringle, Times columnist and
Clocks & watches quent 12 days includes a wide English churches expert Simon also mean better in 2000! We are
Kitchenalia range of literary talks, pe rform- Jenkins, writer and television re- certainly delighted that the name
ances, discussions and readings viewerTony Parson and seductive of the festival is now known far and
Collectables at a rts venues, libraries, schools, storyteller Cat Weatherhill. wide and that leading authors are
ready to appear here. We are
Victoria Centre pubs, parks and even woodlands especially pleased to be offering a
138 - 139 Victoria Road in and around Swindon. wide range of events in a variety of
Authors already booked to ap-
Old Town, Swindon venues to cater for all tastes. It is
pear include leading novelist Fay
(1 min. walk from ve ry exciting."
Weldon, BBC television news cor-
Prospect Place car nark) respondent Kate Adie, right, popu- The programme will be avail-
lar poets Wendy Cope and Brian able in March. For further details
or to receive the mailing list, call
01793 771080.
THE RIDGEWAY SCHOOL Photos wanted
Swindon Council Visual Arts is
Inverary Road, Wroughton
organising a millennium year pho-
Swindon SN4 9DJ
tography exhibition at the Wyvern
Theatre between 14 February and
A range of accommodation for
13 March.
private hire at competitive prices The theme for all Visual Arts
The festival will include the ever- exhibitions during the year is time
Available for conferences, meetings, popular dawn chorus and litera ry and the title of this event is Nature.
wedding receptions, dances/discos, private frolics at 5.33am on May Day morn- Photographers are invited to
ing; writing workshops and a short submit four images which explore
parties, jumble sales, small clubs etc
story competition; a day devoted the relationship between artistic
Whatever your needs and for details of prices and entirely to children's authors and expression and nature, capturing
activities; the third Clive Brain a moment in time.
availability, please contact: The Lettings Manager
Memorial Lecture; and of course, For details of the exhibition, call
Tel: 01793 812824 Fax: 01793 815065 the now nationally famous Poetry Celia Yeoman on 466517. The
Slam. closing date is 21 January.
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