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2011 Programme

at a glance

TALKids

Mick Conefrey

John Crace &

John Sutherland

Cars I have Driven Motoring

Journalists

Players Theatre                        10.00am               £5

                        

How to climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt - a handbook for the lady adventurer.

Mick is an author and a filmmaker who has made award-winning documentaries on Arctic exploration and Himalayan mountaineering. This is one amazing talk and a great way to start Saturday

Click on the book picture to see his amazing showreel.

Christchurch                           10.30am               £5

                        

“It’s one of the Classics!” - who says?

Readers of the Guardian will know John’s wicked sense of humour and excellent writing. He is joined by John Sutherland, professor of English at UCL. hilarity and fun from two of the nation’s best literary naughty boys!

“Crace takes no prisoners as he chews up and spits out a century of literature.”

Christchurch                           12.30pm               £5

                       

Being a motoring journalist is every man’s dream job. You drive other people’s cars about at their expense and then write rude things about them in a magazine! Or do you? Listen to Ralph Hosier, Racing Landrovers and car fanatic!!

Richard Porter, Top Gear script editor, founder of www.sniffpetrol.com and Richard Gunn, car photographer and journalist talk about the ups and downs of being involved with cars for a living.

All of them have worked for the major car magazines and TV programmes, and have a store of wonderful stories of  photo-shoots, near misses, disasters and characters. FOR ALL THE CULTURAL PETROL HEADS. THE NEW JENSEN INTERCEPTOR R will also be on show outside the event.

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Workshops

Fiona Harper

Players Theatre                        11.30pm               £5.00

                        

“She melted into his steely blue eyes...”

For those of you who saw and heard the “Writers of Romantic Fiction” last year, this is for you.

Fiona is a lovely lady who writes romantic fiction.

Her latest book “Swept Off Her Stilettos” is the last in three linked books about three friends.

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