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Ping pong, tennis, a quiz with Magnus Magnusson: just three
surprises to come at Swindon's tenth Festival of Literature

Celebration and diversity are at sport, flying in from across the At-
least two of the themes for the lantic to tell tall table tennis tales.
A family run business offering tenth Swindon Festival of Litera- Making a special guest appear-
great service and very low ture. which runs 1 - 17 May this ance at this event will be England's
prices. If you can find it year. writes festival director Matt number one player. Matthew Syed.
cheaper, we will beat that
price on the spot. Holland. And then, by way of maintaining
PART EXCHANGE WELCOME. It will celebrate being ten years the spirit of celebration and diver-
old by having a number of events sity, with something for everyone,
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Examples: that are perhaps less to do with there is the phenomenally family-
Minolta Vectis 300 (with case) ....E149.9,1 earnest literary exploration and friendly Giffors Circus, the all-action
Olympus Mju Zoom 80 Watch Kit..£129.95 more to do with simply having a hands-on Children's Day at STEAM,
SINGLE LENS REFLEX good time together. This trend be- the real live Local Authors' Day, a
Canon EOS 300 with 28/90 ....... £229.95 gins on the very first day, at the lovely Libraries Day Out. and the
Minolta Dynax 4 + 28/80G ........£209.95
not-to-be-missed Dawn Chorus, fantastic Festival Finale.
which includes an appearance by If you think this is all a little too
two gentle storytelling giants, a Prize winning author Ben Okri, much frivolity and fun, don't worry.
rinky dink pedal-powered music With the Poet Laureate coming to
star of the festival international
machine, amazing acrobats, and a evening sponsored by The Link town, a phalanx of fine philoso-
beautiful black prancing stallion. phers. plus social commentators
It carries on with fascinating an- Swindon's Delta Tennis Centre galore, there will still be plenty of
ecdotes and a fun quiz evening for sees the pre-Wimbledon launch of the harder literary stuff to get your
DIGITAL CAMERAS all the family, with the master quiz- a marvellous book titled The Lan- teeth into. Something for everyone
Yashica Finecam S3X with case £299.95
Si-Pis Style-cam ........................£39.95 master himself, Magnus Mag- guage of Tennis, written by is our aim and we think we have
nusson. Reuters' chief tennis correspond- achieved it this time.
MEMORY CARDS
F i32 MB SD Card ..................£29.95 This is followed by an intriguing ent, who reports on Grand Slam Take a look and see in the brand
uj
Fuji 128 MB CF Card ...............£49.95 and timely International Evening tournaments around the world. This new 32 page full-colour programme
DEVELOP AND PRINT 24 hour service at the Town Hall, presented in as- is thought to be the first time that that will be launched at Water-
Any35mm film 6x4 ................... £2.99 sociation with The Link. The ap- tennis has featured at a major fes- stone's Bookshop in the Brunel
Any35mm film 5x7 ................... £4.99
propriately international line up in- tival of literature. Plaza at midday on 20 March. Or
cludes Booker Prize winning nov- Definitely a festival first is the pick one up from your local library
elist Ben Okri, a performance of table tennis event taking place in or leisure centre after that date.
Polish love poetry, and South town, which sees a New York ping To go on the Festival mailing list,
American songs and music. pong playing professor, who has telephone 771080, or e-mail
Next, by way of diversity, West written the definitive history of the [email protected]

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