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Events for 2018

Please see below our fantastic line up for The Bridport Literary Festival 2018

Saturday 3rd November

Michael Loader

Sinbad The Sailor

Playshop £3 per child / Parents FREE

The Bridport Youth & Community Centre

BridlIt Kids - Event A

11.00 am - 12 noon Performance

9.45 am - 10.30 am Playshop

Sinbad the Sailor £3 per child / Parents FREE

Playshop & Sinbad The Sailor £5 per child / Parents FREE

Sinbad The Sailor

Sunday 4th November

Beth Porter & Ben Please

The Bookshop Band

Event 1

12 noon

£15 / £35*

*includes two course lunch

Sladers Yard, West Bay

The Bookshop Band

Sunday 4th November

James Holland

Big Week

Event 24

11.00 am

£10

The Electric Palace

*Please note change of date, time and venue
 

James Holland
Big Week

Sunday 4th November

Michael Hill

Dorset

Event 2

3.00 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Michael Hill
Dorset

Sunday 4th November

Tim Dee

Landfill

Event 3

A Little Toller Books Event

5.00 pm

£10

The Literary & Scientific Institute

Tim Dee
Landfill

Sunday 4th November

Light To The Darkness

Armistace Anniversary

Event 4

BAC & Royal British Legion Fundraiser

6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

£12 (Tickets via BAC Box Office)

Bridport Arts Centre

Armistace Anniversary

Monday 5th November

Fiona Sampson

In Search Of Mary Shelly

Event 8

10.00 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Fiona Sampson
In Search Of Mary Shelly

Monday 5th November

Roland Philipps

A Spy Named Orphan

Event 6

11.30 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Monday 5th November

Miriam Darlington

Owl Sense

Event 7

2.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Monday 5th November

Isambard Wilkinson

Travels In A Dervish Cloak

Event 5

4.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Isambard Wilkinson
Travels In A Dervish Cloak

Monday 5th November

Abi Andrews &
Gregory Norminton

Spirit Of Place

Event 9

6.00 pm

£10

The Literary and Scientific Institute

Abi Andrews
Gregory Norminton
The word for Women is Wilderness
The Devil's Highway

Tuesday 6th November

Patricia Fara

A Lab of One's Own

Event 10

10.00 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Patricia Fara
A Lab of One's Own

Tuesday 6th November

Christopher Nicholson

Among the Summer Snows

Event 11

11.30 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Christopher Nicholson
Among the Summer Snows

Tuesday 6th November

Fay Weldon &
Luke Jennings

Wicked Women

Event 12

2.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

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Fay Weldon
Wicked Women

Tuesday 6th November

Dr. Irving Finkel

The Writing In The Stone

Event 13

4.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Dr Irving Finkel
The Writing In The Stone

Tuesday 6th November

James Bloodworth

Hired

Event 14

6.00 pm

£8

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

James Bloodnorth
Hired

Tuesday 6th November

Gill Meller

Time

Event 15

6.00 pm

£15 / £35*

*includes two course dinner

Sladers Yard, West Bay

Gill Mellor Time

Wednesday 7th November

David Stuttard

Nemesis

Event 16

10.00 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

David Stuttard
Nemesis

Wednesday 7th November

Vanessa Berridge &
Ambra Edwards

The English Garden & Those Who Made Them

Event 17

11.30 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Vanessa Berridge
Great British Gardeners
Ambra Edwards
The Story of the English Garden

Wednesday 7th November

Tim Pears

A West Country Trilogy

Event 18

2.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Tim Pears
Tim Pears
Tim Pears

Wednesday 7th November

Kate Hubbard

Devices & Desires

Event 19

4.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Kate Hubbard
Devices & Desires

Wednesday 7th November

Hetty Saunders

My House Of Sky

Event 20

6.30 pm

£10

The Literary and Scientific Institute

Hetty Saunders
My House Of Sky

Wednesday 7th November

Dr. Celia Brayfield

Life-Writing Masterclass

Event 21

6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

£15

The Literary and Scientific Institute

Dr. Celia Brayfield

Thursday 8th November

Simon Worrall

The Very White of Love

Event 22

10.00 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Simon Worrall
The Very White of Love

Thursday 8th November

Margie Barbour &
Debra Bates

When Tommy Came Marching Home

Event 23

11.30 am

£10

Tickets available from BAC Box Office

Bridport Arts Centre

When Tommy Came Marching Home

A Fundraiser for the BAC & Royal British Legion

Thursday 8th November

Matthew Sturgis

OSCAR A Biography

Event 24a

2.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

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Thursday 8th November

Ferdinand Mount

Prime Movers

Event 25

4.30 pm

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Ferdinand Mount
Prime Movers

Thursday 8th November

Jonathan Powell

The George Millar
Literary Dinner

Event 26

7.00 pm

£45

The Tithe Barn, Symondsbury

Jonathan Powell

Thursday 8th November

Annie Freud, Gill Barr
& Elaine Beckett

Poetry Please & More

Event 27

7.00 pm

£10 / £25*

*includes supper

Gill Barr

Soulshine Cafe

Elaine Beckett
Annie Freud

Friday 9th November

Jonathan Drori

Around The World in
80 Trees

Event 28

10.00 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Jonathan Drori
Around The World in 80 Trees

Friday 9th November

Edward Wilson-Lee

The Catalogue Of Shipwrecked Books

Event 29

11.30 am

£10

The Bull Hotel Ballroom

Edward Wilson-Lee
The Catalogue Of Shipwrecked Books

Friday 9th November

Mick Herron

London Rules

Event 30

2.30 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Mick Herron
London Rules

Friday 9th November

Patrick Gale

Take Nothing With You

Event 31

4.30 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Patrick Gale
Take Nothing With You

Friday 9th November

Tim Connor

The Literary & Scientific Institute Bridport

Event 32

6.30 pm

£10

The Literary & Scientific Institute

Tim Connor
The Literary & Scientific Institute Bridport

Saturday 10th November

Mark Cocker

Our Place

Event 33

10.00 am

£10

Electric Palace

Mark Cocker
Our Place

Saturday 10th November

Lauren St. John

Kat Wolfe Investigates

BridLit Kids Event B

10.00 am - 11.00 am

£8 Adult & Child

Additional Child £5

Suitable for children 8-11+

Lauren St. John
Kat Wolfe Investigates

The Lyric Theatre

Saturday 10th November

Penny Junor

ALL THE QUEEN’S CORGIS

Event 34

12.00 Noon

£10

Electric Palace

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Saturday 10th November

Kate Wakeling

Moon Juice

BridLit Kids Event C

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

Adult and Child £8

Additional Child £5

Suitable for children 6+

Kate Wakeling
Moon Juice

The Lyric Theatre

Saturday 10th November

Prue Leith

The World Of Prue Leith

Event 35

2.30 pm

£10

Electric Palace

The World Of Prue Leith

Saturday 10th November

Nick Hewer

My Alphabet

Event 36

4.30 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Nick Hewer

Saturday 10th November

Robin Knox-Johnston

Running Free

Event 37

6.30 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Robin Knox-Johnston

Sunday 11th November

Paul Henry &
Brian Briggs

The Glass Aisle

Event 38

12 noon

£15 / £35*

Paul Henry & Brian Briggs
The Glass Aisle

*includes lunch

Sladers Yard, West Bay

Sunday 11th November

Antony Beevor

Arnhem

Event 39

3.00 pm

£10

Electric Palace

Antony Beevor
Arnhem
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