10 – 19 October 2008
As every year August is the month when the tickets for Cheltenham Literature Festival go on sale. To guarantee yourself a place for the most popular events, you need to buy your tickets early. 2008 brings to Cheltenham yet again a fine selection of world renown writers, comedians, actors, directors, poets, journalists, musicians and politicians, offering over 350 events with over 450 guest speakers, even more than last year. There is certainly something for everyone - Man Booker Prize winners rub shoulders with the finest classically trained actors, whilst top class comedians appear alongside leading political figures.
The first day of the Festival, Friday, 10th October presents Graham Swift, author of Waterland and the Man Booker Prize-winning Last Orders who will be talking about his writing and remarkable literary achievements, including his most recent novel, Tomorrow. In the event called Crosscurrents, Historian Simon Schama will take a close look the America’s past, examining America’s path to supremacy and it’s future in an ever changing global climate. Also on Friday, Tony Robinson, Richard Curtis & John Lloyd will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first broadcast of Blackadder, one of Britain’s best-loved and most-cited sitcoms. In the Centaur, Frank Skinner will be entertaining the crowds, talking about his new extended autobiography.
On Saturday, 11th October, in the Centaur Julie Walters will be presenting her autobiography, Ray Mears will reflect on his experiences in some of the most remote and beautiful places on Earth and in a Cheltenham exclusive Roger Moore will talk about his career on the big and small screen. Sunday then brings to Cheltenham Sheila Hancock, Richard Attenborough, Alistair McGowan, Harry Hill and Kate Adie.
On Monday, 12th October, Rick Stein will be discussing his new collection of favourite recipes from around the world, Coast to Coast, and sets out his personal menu of literary treats and on Tuesday, 13th October, Michael Parkinson will be exploring his personal journey in his new autobiography. On Thursday, 15th October, Jonathan Dimbleby will be talking about his travels through Russia and on Friday, 16th October you will be able to join author and comedian Dave Gorman as he recounts his epic journey across America Unchained.
On Saturday, 18th October in an illustrated talk prize-winning biographer Richard Holmes will be proposing a radical vision of science before Darwin and Jilly Cooper with Ian Ranking will be exploring sex in literature from the sixties to the present. Sunday, 19th October then brings to Cheltenham some of the great comedians – Mark Thomas, Mark Steel and Alexei Sayle, as well as the artist Jack Vettriano.
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