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Planning a literary feast

Matt Holland, director of the Swindon Festival of Literature, describes the hard work
that has to take place before an event can be successful
Making plans for next May, as
winter rain falls and Christmas
lights flicker, for a fantastic festival
of outdoor literary frolics and in-
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few a tricky negotiations, and the
occasional slice of luck. No differ-
ent, perhaps, to anyone else's busi-
ness and work in these challeng- Also lined up are agony aunt 1!
ing twentyfirst century times. columnists Virginia Ironside and 0
As the year draws to a close Margaret Cook, author of the Na-
things are looking good. Authors tion's favourite poem Warning,
already booked to appear in 01 Jenny Joseph, scathing psycologist
include Booker Prize-winning nov- Oliver James, and no-nonsense
elist Ian McEwan, television sea- teachers' guru ProfessorTedWragg.
food cook Rick Stein, all-age Talks are also underway with
bestseller Philip Pullman, and, back Stephen Fry, Sue Townsend, John
by popular demand, impressionist McVicar, Terry Pratchett, John
Alistair McGowan, and favourite Humphrys, Linda Grant, John >Jl JI
son-of-Swindon Desmond Morris. Pilger, and Meera Syal. Coronation Street's
Don Brennan as
The eighth Swindon Festival of ii, Widow TWank•y
Literature starts in Lawn Woods at
Nationwide dawn on May 1 with the ever popu-
lar Dawn Chorus. The subsequent
backs Norman 12 days includes the fourth Clive
Brain Memorial Lecture, the now
Nationwide building society has 1
agreed to sponsor Norman Butler nationally-famous Swindon Poetry
from Westlea in his preparations Slam, plus a wide range of literary
for the epic Ward Evans trans- talks, performances, discussions, Sectucuki
atlantic rowing race next October. and readings at arts venues, librar- Ll^lll 1 , Famt'1,^
They will also be helping him set ies, schools, pubs, parks, and even (, . Pantom~me
up fundraising events and with woodlands in and around Swin- Peto Janossi from
administrative backup, in particu- don. It is very exciting! Home & Away
The 2001 Festival will be made
lar putting together an education
pack so that children can follow the possible by sponsorship from sig-
nificant local businesses Dominic ce 1tw C-(true:
progress of Norman in his self-built
Winter Book Auctions and
boat 'Spirit of Swindon.' Dennis t ;-
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Waterstone's bookshop and also 7 ^+ko.^ ^+s^4M ^ 5 nicer
by support in kind from Lower Shaw - ` 4^knt^Irrwowa.rwr. ^ '
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Farm and Swindon Borough Coun-
p the Tan wood Dancers
cil. It is heartening that these or-
ganisations see the value of a liter- as wee S,M..^ M
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