Hexham Book Festival 2012

Hexham Book Festival 2012 - 23rd April to 3rd May - Supported by the Queen's Hall Arts

This will be the seventh Hexham Book Festival thanks to generous funding from the Gillian Dickinson Trust and your vital support. This year will be one of the most vibrant festivals around; they’re celebrating the brightest and best of new fiction; a rich mix of gardening, food, and travel writers; trenchant views on art, politics and philosophy with Brian Sewell, Polly Toynbee and AC Grayling; the importance of truculence from seasoned politician Tam Dalyell and swashbuckling words from former poet laureate Andrew Motion.

Here's a list of events taking place this year at various venues around Hexham, make sure you visit the festival website for more information:

Monday 23rd April 
6pm-8pm, World Book Night, Rebecca Jenkins & Harry Pearson, Library QH

Mon 30thApril, Tues 1st & Thurs 3rd May 
1pm-2pm, Words in the Gallery, The Robinson-Gay Gallery, Hexham

Thursday 26th April 
1pm-2pm, SJ Watson, Rachel Joyce, Library QH
7pm-7.30pm, Amanda Baker, Cafe QH
8pm-9pm, Mari Hannah, Library QH

Friday 27th April 
10am – 11am, Gerard Baker & Joanna Blythman, Theatre QH
11.30am-12.30pm, Claudia Roden, Theatre QH
2pm-3pm, Clare Foster & Andrea Jones, Theatre QH
6pm- 7pm, Esther Woolfson,
7.30pm – 8.30pm, Brian Sewell, Theatre QH

Saturday 28th April 
10am-2pm, Book Shed, Sele Park
11am-12noon, Lisa Hilton, Theatre QH
12.30pm-1.30pm, Simon Scarrow, Theatre QH
2pm-3pm, Polly Toynbee & David Walker, Theatre QH
2.30pm-3.30pm, Whisper Works, Library QH
3.30pm-4.30pm, Tam Dalyell, Theatre QH
5pm – 6pm, Martin Gayford, Theatre QH
6.30pm-7.30pm, AC Grayling, Theatre QH
8pm–9pm, Iain Banks, Theatre QH

Sunday 29th April 
10am-12noon, Alison Baverstock Workshop, Beaumont Hotel
11am-12noon, Sam Moorhead & David Stuttard
1pm-2.30pm, A Novel Event, Forum Cinema

Monday 30th April 
Meg Rosoff, Schools event

Tuesday 1st May 
10am-12noon, Meg Rosoff Workshop, Beaumont Hotel
6pm-7pm, Richard Holloway, Hexham Abbey
8pm-9pm, Sarah Moss, Book Group Forum, Library QH

Wednesday 2nd May 
10am-12noon, Sarah Moss, Workshop, Beaumont Hotel
1pm-2pm, Mike Pannet & Malcolm Castle, Beaumont Hotel
6.30pm -7.30pm, Tristan Goolley & Jim Crumley, Theatre QH
7.30pm-8.30pm, Paul Torday & JW, Ironmonger, Theatre QH
6pm-7pm, Amanda Baker, Café QH
7.30pm, Andrew Motion, Theatre QH

Words Across Northumberland

Wednesday 30th May 
6pm-7pm, Kate Williams, Alnwick Garden
8pm-9pm, Val McDermott, Alnwick Garden

Thursday 31st May 
7.30pm-8.30pm, Joanne Harris, Alnwick garden