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Get ready for a rare glimpse behind the myth. Last Night I Dreamt opens up the life of Daphne du Maurier as youve never seen it before, through the eyes of her eldest grandson,Paul de Zulueta. Drawing on private archives and personal memory, it…
Budleigh Salterton
Can we find light, courage and compassion in the face of life and death?
Most of us will never know what its like to hold someones life in our hands but leading surgeonShehan Hettiaratchy has spent his career doing exactly that.
Unflinchingly…
Budleigh Salterton
Discover what your handwriting says about you in this fun and fascinating 3-hour Graphology Workshop!
Let graphology expertChristina Strang guide you through the clues and characteristics revealed.
Identify how handwriting can reflect personality…
Budleigh Salterton
Writers Hub September 23rd and 24th in the Festival Mini Marquee
hosted by Word Kitchen -
cooking up connection and community through literature and spoken word
Back again after the success of last year, the Writers Hub offers a marquee…
Budleigh Salterton
In the early 1980s, a voice in a dream told Alison Hastie to make shoes - shaping a life and career that would span four decades. Rooted on Dartmoor and the radical traditions of the West Country, her story weaves together craft, feminism, community…
Crediton
The Bookery is delighted to welcome bestselling author, artist and medievalist Amy Jeffs for an evening celebrating the publication of her remarkable new book Arthur: A New Life. Amy will be joined in conversation by Mark Norman for what promises…
Budleigh Salterton
This years extraordinary read has been described as a love story with the pulse of a thriller. Reece Witherspoon called it 'a story I couldn't put down' and it has already become a bestseller, with a screen adaptation on the way.
Budleigh Salterton
Back by popular demand.
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…