Literature at large
Take your pick from a list of events aimed to excite, amuse, move and challenge…
Kitchen Table Lingo (out now!)
Winchester Discovery Centre
Monday 3 November, 4pm – 6pm
It's hot off the press and we're getting positively squippy (hyper) about Kitchen Table Lingo, a book devoted to the amazing words that families and friends are inventing up and down the country (such as ‘snart’ – that gristly bit of meat that gets left on the side of the plate, or ‘floordrobe’ – the place where teenagers store their clothes). Join us at the Discovery Centre to celebrate the launch of this unputdownable new publication.
Kitchen Table Lingo is available on Amazon, where you can buy a copy. The title is published by The English Project, a charity devoted to exploring the unfolding stories of the English language. Find more information on www.englishproject.org
Free A drop in event, all welcome.
Fright night walk and reading
Winchester Discovery Centre and Theatre Royal Winchester
Friday 31 October 2008, 7pm
Starting at the Winchester Discovery Centre (with a chance to view David Hockney’s exhibition Grimms’ Fairy Tales, numbers permitting), we set off on a guided walk around haunted Winchester.
Our party arrives back at the Theatre Royal in time for the very first public reading of a brand new Ghost Story for Winchester, commissioned jointly by Theatre Royal Winchester and Winchester City Council from author Alison McLeod. Who knows what else could happen on this special night?
£5 for adults and young people aged 14+ Bookings on 01962 840 440
Real Corkers: Slug and Lettuce, The Square, Winchester
Thursday 6 November 6pm – 9pm
What could be better than unwinding with a good book and a glass of wine in one of Winchester’s friendliest pubs? Come and try our international wine and book tasting evening and tempt your palate with something a little bit different.
Event cancelled. Information on 01962 848 303
£5 (includes samples and glass of wine of your choice) Bookings 01962 848 303
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Michael Morpurgo reads Private Peaceful
'Private Peaceful' is our chosen book for the Hampshire Big Read - read all about it at www3.hants.gov.uk/year-of-reading/big-read and pick up a copy from your local library.
Winchester College
Sunday 23 November, Time 5pm
Michael Morpurgo reads from his poignant novel about WWI seen through the eyes of a young soldier. Michael is joined by Coope, Boyes and Simpson, whose acapella singing accompanies this moving concert of words and music.
£12 (£6 for under 18s) Tickets (from October 15th) from
P & G Wells Bookshop, College Street, Winchester; tel: 01962 843 608 or
Waterstones Bookshop, The Brooks Centre, Winchester; tel: 01962 866 206
Bookshop and signing after the event.
Patience Agbabi and Keith Waithe
Winchester Discovery Centre
Monday 24 November, 7.30pm
Radical black performance poet Patience Agbabi addresses racial and social issues with humour and style, accompanied by award-winning flautist Keith Waite.
£3 Suitable for adults and young people aged 12+
Bookings on 01962 840 440
Henry Hitchings
Winchester Discovery Centre
Thursday 27 November, 7.30pm
Celebrate the first anniversary of Winchester Discovery Centre and learn how to
really talk about books you haven’t read, with the successful writer and literary bluffer.
£3 Bookings 01962 840 440
'By Royal Command' Charlie Higson: Part of the Wessex Children's Book Festival
Winchester Guildhall
Friday 28 November, time TBC
Charlie Higson is not only a brilliant comedy actor/writer but also writes children’s books including the Young Bond series of books about James Bond as a lad. ‘By Royal Command’ is his new book, which he will be talking about as well as signing copies. Bookshop courtesy of P & G Wells.
Price £3 Bookings: mailto:libsexc@hants.gov.uk or ring 01962 826 660
Information: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/wessex-book-festival
Reading on ice
Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink
Friday 28 November until 4 January 2009, hourly
Listen to actors reading short extracts, seasonal stories and poems, as you skate or watch from the safety of the barrier. Themes of ice, snow, speed and daring to add to the excitement of your visit.
Prices and bookings information: www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/icerink/
Free for non-skaters
A literary guide for Winchester
by Keiren Phelan
Winchester Out Loud legacy project, spring 2009
Winchester Out Loud has inspired Keiren and Winchester City Council’s Cultural Services Division to create a new guide to the historical and contemporary writers who have a special Winchester connection. From Austen and Keats to Cope and Cornwell, Winchester has been a muse for so many of our great authors.
Publication details on our website: www.winchesteroutloud.gov.uk