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Diary 2008 Swindon Festival of Literature, Lower Shaw Farm, Shaw, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 5PJ • Tel: 01793 771080 Diary 2008
Website: www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk
e-mail: [email protected]

Bank Holiday 5th May Friday 9th May Tuesday 13th May MARINA LEWYCKA 6.30pm Arts Centre,
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
DAWN CHORUS 5.30am Lawn Woods, CHARLOTTE BREWER 12.30pm TRACING FAMILY HISTORY MARCUS du SAUTOY 8pm Arts Centre,
High Street, Old Town Tel 01793 771080 Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 – MARY TURNER 12.30pm Arts Centre,
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
The BIG SCREEN Experience 12.30pm Friday 16th May
Dawn Chorus EDWARD MARSTON 7pm Highworth Library, STARTING FAMILY HISTORY 3pm Family History – 13th
Wharf Green, Swindon Town Centre Brewery Street Tel 01793 463500
Tel 01793 771080 Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 MARTIN KEMP 12.30pm Arts Centre,

JOEL JOFFE 6.30pm Arts Centre, MIRANDA GLOVER 7pm North Swindon Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
THE BEAUTY OF BOOKS 6pm Arts Centre,
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Library, District Centre Tel 01793 707120 ELIZABETH WILSON 7.30pm Museum & Art
Gallery, Bath Road Tel 01793 466556
Tuesday 6th May BEN OKRI 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road RICHARD HOLMES 6.30pm Arts Centre,

Man from Story Mountain – 5th Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 JUDY COOK 8.15pm Swindon Folksingers, Barry Davies – 14th
MARION MOLTENO 12.30pm Arts Centre, Milton Road Social Club Tel 01793 521301
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Saturday 10th May DEATH & TAXES – MARCUS MOORE 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 POEMS & PINTS & MUSIC! 7.30pm
JOHNNIE WALKER 6.30pm Arts Centre, YOUTH SLAM! 11am Arts Centre, Wednesday 14th May Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Saturday 17th May
YOUR MANUSCRIPT & PUBLISHERS –
STEVEN BERKOFF 8pm Arts Centre,
Marion Molteno – 6th SWINDON SLAM! 7.30pm Arts Centre, CAROLINE TAGGART STORYTELLING, RIDDLES, & POEMS Marcus du Sautoy – 15th
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 with Matt Holland 11am Old Town Library,
Devizes Road,Tel 01793 614837 12noon Richard Jefferies House & Museum,
Wednesday 7th May Coate Tel 01793 466454 Victoria Road Tel 01793 616289
Sunday 11th May

BEE WILSON & NICKY BRITTEN 12.30pm GLOBAL WARMING – BRIAN CLEGG SUSTAINABLE BUILDING 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 ECO IDEAS & PRACTICES DAY 10am – 4pm 12.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road National Trust, Heelis Tel 01793 817400
Lower Shaw Farm, West Swindon Tel 01793 614837 ALLIANCE OF LITERARY SOCIETIES 2pm
Bee Wilson – 7th LIU HONG 7pm West Swindon Library, Tel 01793 771080 Poems & Pints & Music! – 16th
Link Centre Tel 01793 465555 BARRY DAVIES 7.30pm Swindon Town Holiday Inn, Coate Tel 01793 783040
TONGUE & GROOVE 7pm Arts Centre, Football Club, County Ground THE SECRET GARDEN 2.30pm Arts Centre,
DAN KIERAN 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Tel 01793 466454 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
Monday 12th May TIM SMIT 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road HILLTOP STORYTELLING 6.30pm Round
A C GRAYLING 8pm Arts Centre, House, Barbury Castle Tel 01793 771080
Virginia Ironside – 8th Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 LAURIE MAGUIRE 12.30pm Arts Centre, Tel 01793 614837 Hilltop Storytelling – 17th
Thursday 8th May Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 JOHN PILGER 8pm Arts Centre, LUCY PORTER 8.30pm Arts Centre,
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
VIRGINIA IRONSIDE 12.30pm Arts Centre, KNITTING & KNOWING 7.30pm Lower Shaw Thursday 15th May Sunday 18th May
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Farm, West Swindon Tel 01793 771080 CHILDREN & FAMILIES DAY 10am Lower
SACRED SITES & DRUID DETECTIVES
SALLY VARLOW 7pm Lydiard House, Shaw Farm, West Swindon Tel 01793 771080
Youth Slam! – 10th BLOODAXE POETS MONIZA ALVI & GEORGE WINGFIELD & Festival Finale! – 18th
West Swindon Tel 01793 770401 IMTIAZ DHARKER 6.30pm Arts Centre, PENNY BILLINGTON 12.30pm Arts Centre, FESTIVAL FINALE! 7.30pm Town Hall,

TOM PAULIN 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Regent Circus Tel 01793 601700
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837
JOHN MILTON: His Paradise Lost?
ANDREW MOTION 8pm Arts Centre, LANCE PIERSON 8pm Arts Centre, For full programme of events, telephone 01793 530328 or go to
Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 Devizes Road Tel 01793 614837 your nearest library, information or leisure centre.
Imtiaz Dharker – 12th Sunset at Lower Shaw Farm

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5 – 18 May 2008