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Budleigh Salterton
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Festival interviewerClare Clark has a secret - shes been identified as being in the top 5% of The Times crossword solvers in the country.
Aimed at beginners, her workshop will gently guide you through how to read a clue,…
Budleigh Salterton
The Sunday Times No 1 bestselling historian Damien Lewisjoins us with his latest SAS Great Escapes Five and the recent SAS: The Great Train Raid , bringing to life extraordinary true stories of daring, endurance and ingenuity from the worlds most…
Budleigh Salterton
What happens at your kitchen table stays with you. Join us as bestselling novelist, broadcaster and Celebrity Masterchef finalist Dawn O'Porter serves up a sharp, funny and deeply personal memoir.
She traces a path through the moments and meals…
Budleigh Salterton
A History of England...
What can one house tell us about 900 years of Devon life or the history of England itself?
Join Sunday Times bestselling author of The Time Travellers Guides,Ian Mortimer, as he brings to life the remarkable story of…
Budleigh Salterton
A riveting story of the two extraordinary siblings whose art and lives subverted societys expectations.
Augustus: vivid, volatile and promiscuous. He was a hero among romantics and bohemians,
celebrated as one of the great British talents of his…
Budleigh Salterton
How to take your book to and through publication.
In this friendly, engaging session,Juliet Pickering - agent and director at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency - guides you through finishing your story (fiction or nonfiction), submitting to agents and…
Budleigh Salterton
Penniless virgins. Reckless dukes. Flappers. Airmen. Suf fragettes. Barbara Cartland made them fall in love. She wrote 723 books without touching a typewriter: instead, she reclined on her sofa with a Pekinese on her lap - and romantic fiction…
Budleigh Salterton
From former Channel 4 News and BBC Newsnight economics editorPaul Mason comes a bold and sweeping history of communism, an idea far older, and more enduring, than many assume.
Reds traces its global evolution from early origins to todays shifting…
Budleigh Salterton
In 1526, the first English New Testaments, translated by William Tyndale, were smuggled into England aboard merchant ships. This quiet act of defiance became the catalyst for a wider rebellion.
Tyndales translation, written in language ordinary…
Budleigh Salterton
What makes a great history book impossible to put down and what should you read next?
Join author and Budleigh based history enthusiast Andrew Chatterton for this specially curated, interactive session exploring the very best in history writing,…
Budleigh Salterton
Should surrogacy be paid or banned altogether? Is it right to pay more for VIP egg donors? And who should profit from the maternal body?
Join investigative journalist Alev Scott as she shares the realities of IVF, surrogacy, the breastmilk market…
Budleigh Salterton
Join Arvon and Booker-shortlisted novelist Andrew Miller for an inspiring fiction workshop that asks: what fires you up as a writer? What truly engages your curiosity?
Whether you have dreams of writing a novel but are yet to begin, or youve made a…
Budleigh Salterton
What will living on a warmer planet look like?
Within this century, a new era of extreme weather will threaten Indias ability to grow rice, make it impossible for southern Europes farms to supply the continent with fresh produce, and make building…
Budleigh Salterton
Do you find yourself saying yes when you really mean no?
Join the brilliant Bryony Gordon for a warm, funny and unflinchingly honest event celebrating her debut novel People Pleaser which blends her trademark wit with sharp insight into modern…
Budleigh Salterton
Fancy a fun night out with a bookish twist? Join quiz mistresses Cathy Rentzenbrink and Jennie Godfrey for the inaugural BudLitFest Book Quiz - an evening of lively rounds, literary brainteasers and plenty of laughs.
There are brilliant bookish…
Budleigh Salterton
How can the natural world help us find joy and connection in everyday life?
Join Caroline Quentin as she celebrates Drawn to Nature, an uplifting exploration of the outdoors. Blending personal reflections with stories from her life as an actor,…
Budleigh Salterton
What does it mean to translate Shakespeare? When we change all the poetry, all the wordplay, all the syntax - all the words - is it still Shakespeare? And is it still any good?
If you've wondered about how to rebuild a topical 400 year old joke in…
Budleigh Salterton
Look no further for your next page turner!
Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters joins us to talk about her gripping book, The Sunshine Man . Its an unbearably tense thriller and a nuanced examination of fractured lives, grief and…
Budleigh Salterton
The Daffodil Days offers a rich, multi-voiced portrait of Sylvia Plaths final year in Devon, capturing a rural community on the cusp of change. The Shock of the Light explores the emotional impact of the Second World War through twins Tessa and…
Budleigh Salterton
What can chemistry reveal about what it means to be human?
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbus book, Chain Reaction , is a vivid and deeply personal journey into the chemistry underpinning everything we touch, consume and inhabit.
She brings to life…
Budleigh Salterton
Writing your life story doesnt have to take years!
Join Sunday Times bestseller Jane Corry who will talk you through six easy ways of describing the important stages of your life. Too many people wish they knew more about their forebears. This is…