Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 June 2018 www.bucklitfest.org Andrew Adonis | Paula Battle | Belinda Bauer | Timothy Bentinck John Bercow | Mark Billingham | Tom Bower | Craig Brown | Emma Byrne Castle Theatre Company | Keri Davies | John Dougherty Frederick Forsyth | Antonia Fraser | Rebecca Fraser | Blanche Girouard Griselda Heppel | Mark Lawson | MG Leonard | Tim Marshall Anthony O’Hear | Natasha O’Hear | Ben Okri | Chris Patten Really Big Pants | Anthony Seldon | William Sitwell | Matthew Stadlen Edward Stourton | Frances Welch | Jane Wenham-Jones | Jasper Winn 2018 Programme
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Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 June 2018
www.bucklitfest.org
Andrew Adonis | Paula Battle | Belinda Bauer | Timothy BentinckJohn Bercow | Mark Billingham | Tom Bower | Craig Brown | Emma Byrne
Castle Theatre Company | Keri Davies | John DoughertyFrederick Forsyth | Antonia Fraser | Rebecca Fraser | Blanche Girouard
Griselda Heppel | Mark Lawson | MG Leonard | Tim MarshallAnthony O’Hear | Natasha O’Hear | Ben Okri | Chris Patten
Really Big Pants | Anthony Seldon | William Sitwell | Matthew Stadlen Edward Stourton | Frances Welch | Jane Wenham-Jones | Jasper Winn
2018 Programme
The Buckingham Literary Festival is a not for profit organisation constituted as a Community Interest Company No 10030413. The information shown in this programme was correct at the time of publication. The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme and venues
WelcomeOur third Literary Festival sees Buckingham hosting another glittering array of speakers. It is a great pleasure to see that the reputation we have already established is attracting literary figures of the highest quality to Buckingham. This success is due to the wonderful backing we have had from sponsors, friends, benefactors and, of course, you the audience. Thank you for your support and we hope that you enjoy this year’s feast of interesting talks, discussions, workshops and drama.
So welcome to the Festival and we hope that you leave having been inspired, challenged and entertained by the stimulating events.
The organising committee: Heather Adams, Mike Bryan, Chloe Woodhead, Christopher Woodhead, Vivienne Wordley
Patrons: Carolyn and Robert Cumming, Sir Anthony Seldon
With many thanks to: BCG printers, Buckingham Bookshop, Buckingham Town Council, Buckingham Summer Festival, Friends of Buckingham Library, HMA Literary Agency, IngramSpark, Michael Graham, Swan and Pen, The Film Place, The Old Gaol, The University of Buckingham, University of Buckingham Press.
www.bucklitfest.org
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Bring along a team of 4 or join one on the night for an evening of fun and questions.
Tickets £15 per person to include supper (with vegetarian option) and a drink.
Quiz 7.00Supper 7.45More quiz 8.30Results 9.30
Visit to IngramSpark10.30-1pm Fri 15 JuneOff site at IngramSpark Head OfficeTickets £10
A visit to Print-on-Demand and e-book publisher, IngramSpark, to discover how to make your book a reality. Based at Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes, just 12 miles from Buckingham.
Programme:10.30 Meet at Kiln Farm for coffee11.00 Introduction to self-publishing11.30 Tour of the works12.15 Sandwich buffet with the opportunity for informal Q & A and one-to-one advice13.00 Depart
You are asked to make your own way to Kiln Farm where you will be met by one of the Festival team. The address is: Chapter House, Pitfield, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3LW
BuckLitFest Literary and Local Quiz Night To include a delicious supper and a drink LibInfantilise Humanity?6.30-10.00pm Thu 14 JuneThe Woolpack Well Street MK18 1EP Tickets £15 pp inc. supper 1a
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Frederick ForsythIn Conversation2.00-3.00pm Fri 15 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
We are delighted to welcome thriller writer, spy and investigative journalist Frederick Forsyth to open the Festival. At eighteen, Forsyth was the youngest pilot to qualify with the RAF. At twenty-five, he was a journalist in East Berlin during the Cold War. Before he turned thirty, he was in Africa covering the bloodiest civil war. Three years later, broke and out of work, he wrote his game-changing first novel, The Day of the Jackal.
Forsyth has seen some of the most exhilarating moments of the last century from the inside, travelling the world, once or twice on her majesty’s secret service. He’s been shot at, he’s been arrested, he’s even been seduced by an undercover agent.
Discover how this much admired author started his career, the stories behind his novels and learn about his latest book due out in September.
Selected by The Times as a History Book of the Year 2017, The Mayflower Generation follows the voyage of the pioneering British aboard the Mayflower and identifies the founding of Plymouth Colony as one of the seminal events in world history. But the poorly-equipped group of Puritans who crossed the Atlantic in the autumn of 1620 had no sense they would pass into legend.
Rebecca Fraser details domestic life in the seventeenth century, the histories of brave and vocal Puritan women and the contradictions between generations as fathers and sons made the painful decisions which determined their and their family’s futures.
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DID YOU KNOW?Festival Friends get discounts on tickets. Join us online at www.bucklitfest.org
Friday 15 June
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Tom BowerRebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles 8.00-9.00pm Fri 15 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
Few have suffered as much humiliation as Prince Charles. Despite his hard work, he has struggled to overcome his unpopularity. Tom Bower, relying on testimony from those close to the inner sanctum of Clarence House, reveals a royal household rife with intrigue. The result is a book which uniquely probes into the character and court of the heir to the throne – a view that no one, until now, has seen. Tom Bower is an investigative journalist noted for his unauthorised biographies of many modern and controversial power-brokers including Richard Branson, Bernie Ecclestone, Mohamed Fayed, Robert Maxwell and Tony Blair.
Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Tim MarshallDivided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls5.00-6.00pm Fri 15 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
Following Prisoners of Geography, an international bestseller, Tim Marshall explores the divisions caused by wealth, race, religion and politics. The cry ‘Tear down this wall’ is losing the argument against ‘fortress mentality’, unable to compete with the frightening heights of mass migration, the backlash against globalization, the resurgence of nationalism, the collapse of Communism and the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. These are the faultlines that will shape our world for years to come.Well-known for his engaging talks, Marshall is a journalist, author and broadcaster, known for his analysis of developments in foreign news and international diplomacy and appearing regularly on the BBC, Sky News and LBC.
Edward StourtonAuntie’s War: The BBC During the Second World War6.30-7.30pm Fri 15 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
Broadcaster and Radio 4 stalwart Edward Stourton delivers a sharp-eyed, wry and affectionate account of the BBC’s wartime journey. In the pre-television era, BBC radio played a crucial role as, for the first time, news of the fighting and key moments of the war reached every living room. These were the years when ‘Auntie’ earned her reputation for bossiness as well as reliable purveyor of truth. But radio also offered an incomparable tool for propaganda and a conduit for coded messages, both political and personal.
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Friday 15 June
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Books can be pre-ordered and bought from The Buckingham Bookshop 01280 820365
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Anthony SeldonWill AI Liberate or Infantilise Humanity?11.30-12.30pm Sat 16 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
AI (Artificial Intelligence) will change our lives more than we can begin to imagine. Will it liberate or infantilise us? Education alone will decide.
There is no more important issue facing education, or humanity at large, than the fast approaching revolution in AI. This book is a call to educators everywhere to open their eyes to what is coming. If we do so, then the future will be shaped by us in the interests of humanity as a whole - but if we don’t then it will be imposed by others.
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Jasper Winn Slow Adventures on Britain’s Waterways10.00-11.00am Sat 16 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
Join Canal and River Trust writer-in-residence, Jasper Winn to explore the history, culture and geography of Britain’s waterways. Spending more than a year kayaking, cycling and boating his way along a thousand miles of towpaths and canals, Winn met historians, birdwatchers, fishermen, campaigners and eccentrics. On a fascinating journey through time and landscape he shares the history of the ‘water machine’ that created the Industrial Revolution, celebrates the genius of pioneering engineers and unearths the lives of the people who lived and worked the canals. Enjoy his illustrated talk with even a canal song or two!
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William Sitwell tells the extraordinary and gripping tale of how Britain was fed during the Second World War. One of Britain’s foremost food writers, Sitwell is a multi-award-winning writer, editor, critic, TV and radio presenter. In his latest book, Eggs or Anarchy, he explores how Britain fed the nation during the shortages of the Second World War with supply routes under attack from the Axis powers: of how the government persuaded the people to accept rationing over the temptations of the black market and how food was kept on the shelves – with great ingenuity and even a little sleight of hand.
William SitwellEggs or Anarchy11.30-12.30pm Sat 16 June Radcliffe CentreTickets £10 3c
Antonia FraserIn Conversation with Anthony Seldon1.00-2.00pm Sat 16 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
A prolific novelist, broadcaster, editor and biographer, Antonia Fraser is probably best known as the writer who has made history popular. Her new book, The King and the Catholics, is the story of Catholic Emancipation which begins with blood in 1780 and ends some fifty years later, in a ‘bloodless revolution’. A gripping character-driven narrative history at its very best: it is also a distant mirror of our times, reflecting the political issues arising from religious intolerance. Her wide spectrum of historical subjects ranges from Guy Fawkes to Marie Antoinette, from Cromwell to Mary Queen of Scots.
Ben OkriRise Like Lions - Politics throughPoetry2.30-3.30pm Sat 16 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
The award-winning poet and novelist Ben Okri has compiled an anthology of a hundred poems from around the world that celebrate (in the broadest sense) the many voices of politics, from polemics to meditations, from Shakespeare to Grime.
He will be in conversation with Mark Lawson, best known as a journalist and broadcaster and also a novelist.
Ben Okri is a Vice-President of the English Centre of International PEN, a member of the board of the Royal National Theatre, and was awarded an OBE in 2001. He is the author of Booker Prize-winning novel, The Famished Road.
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Natasha O’Hear & Anthony O’HearPicturing the Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in the Arts over Two Millennia11.30-12.30pm Sat 16 JuneOld GaolTickets £10
From Armageddon to the Antichrist, from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to the Whore of Babylon, images from the Book of Revelation have fascinated and inspired artists, writers and musicians for almost two thousand years. Yet few people know much about either the basic meaning or original context of these familiar images. This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way. Natasha and Anthony O’Hear show with beautiful clarity and sumptuous illustrations how the biblical themes have been taken up not just in art but in music, film, literature and popular culture.
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Frances WelchThe Imperial Tea Party: Family Politics & Betrayal 3.30 for 4.00-5.00pm The Woolpack CoteTickets £15 inc. Cream Tea
As relations between Russia and the UK get to a 21st century fever pitch, it might be time to learn from earlier interactions between our two nations. The Imperial Tea Party chronicles three fraught meetings between the British and Russian Royal families in the lead up to the demise of the Romanovs in 1918. While the courts of King George V and Tsar Nicholas II dealt with the sticky niceties of seniority, dinner menus, sore feet and tooth-ache, revolutionaries on both sides of the channel busily plotted their downfall. Frances Welch, who has written extensively on the Romanovs, will bring all this drama to life.
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Mark Billingham and Belinda BauerCriminal Facts and Fiction 2.30-3.30pm Sat 16 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
Bestselling crime novelists Mark Bellingham and Belinda Bauer on the real facts that inspire their fiction. Mark is one of the UK’s most popular crime writers whose novels have sold over five million copies worldwide and twice won him the Crime Novel of the Year award. His standalone thriller In the Dark was chosen as one of the twelve best books of the year by The Times.Belinda’s debut novel, Blacklands, earned the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for Crime Novel of the Year and her novel, Rubbernecker, won the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year. Snap, her latest crime thriller is published in May.
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John Dougherty Dinosaurs and Dinner-Ladies 2.30-4.00pm Sat 16 JuneThe LibraryFree entry with ticket
Following this award- winning author and singer/songwriter’s visit last year as part of our schools outreach programme, we are delighted to welcome John back for a riotous afternoon with Dinosaurs and Dinner Ladies at the Buckingham Library.
John’s children’s books include Stinkbomb & Ketchup Face and There’s a Pig Up My Nose and his performances delight primary school children of all ages. This is a free event but booking is essential as tickets are limited.
Supported by the Friends of Buckingham Library.
Age 6+
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Chris PattenIn Conversation with John Bercow4.00-5.00pm Sat 16 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
Having been unable, at the last minute, to attend last year, we are delighted to welcome Chris Patten to BuckLitFest this year. Lord Patten’s political career took a sharp turn in 1992 when he unexpectedly lost his parliamentary seat. The irrepressible Patten, however, went on to hold a series of prominent public offices – including the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chancellor of Oxford University and Chairman of the BBC. In his latest book, First Confession: A Sort of Memoir, he reflects on his time in these offices and, in exploring his own identity, also examines the dangers of identity politics. An extended Q&A session hosted by the Speaker, John Bercow, will follow Lord Patten’s talk.
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Craig BrownMa’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret5.30-6.30pm Sat 16 JuneFestival TentTickets £10
From our funniest writer, a portrait of our most talked about royal. Journalist Craig Brown writes for just about everyone - from The Daily Mail to The New York Review of Books - and has created the Private Eye Diary for nearly thirty years.His latest focus is an insight into the Royal Family. Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a biography teeming with the joyous, the ghastly and the clinically fascinating. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, diaries, announcements and essays, this is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society.
Emma ByrneSwearing is Good for You: the Amazing Science of Bad Language4.00-5.00pm Sat 16 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
Can swearing be beneficial to our health and wellbeing? Dr Emma Byrne claims it can, citing evidence and the fascinating science behind swearing. Her new book is a spirited and entertaining defence of our most cherished dirty words backed by cutting-edge research. Swearing, it turns out, is an incredibly useful part of our linguistic repertoire. It has existed since the earliest humans began to communicate and has been shown to reduce pain, help stroke victims recover language, and encourage teamwork.
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BOOKINGS CAN BE MADE Online: www.bucklitfest.org
By phone: 01280 820365In Person: Bookshop and Old Gaol
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Andrew AdonisIn Conversation with Anthony Seldon10.30-11.30am Sun 17 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
Andrew Adonis is a Labour peer. He was the Secretary of State for Transport under Gordon Brown and an education minister before that. He was Chair of the National Infrastructure Committee from October 2015 until late 2017, when he resigned in response to the Government’s handling of the East Coast railway crisis and Brexit. Prior to his career in politics Andrew worked as a journalist at the Financial Times and the Observer and as an academic, completing a PhD in History at Oxford University.
The Archers – Behind TheScenes12.00-1.00pm Sun 17 JuneRadcliffe CentreTickets £10
A leading cast member and a producer/scriptwriter throw open the studio door to reveal the inner workings of BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, the longest running drama series in the world. Timothy Bentinck has played the central character of David Archer since 1982. Keri Davies is currently a scriptwriter, but has served on the production team in various roles for a quarter of a century. In conversation with writer and lifelong Archers fan Jane Wenham-Jones, they will take our guests behind the scenes and explain how the programme is created, from initial ideas through to finished episodes.There will be plenty of time for audience questions too.
Paula BattleTame your Twitter Terrors10.30-11.30amVenue TBATickets £10
Got Twitter sussed or do you find it one big headache? Know that you need to ‘get social’, but feel too exposed to do more than lurk? Want some help getting to grips with the basics and working towards a tailored ‘content strategy’? Join our workshop and you’ll be tweeting like a pro before you know it. In this session, aimed at individuals as well as business owners, we’ll share handy hints to help improve your Twitter experience. We’ll look at creating ‘thumb-stopping’ content, share some brilliant (and FREE) apps for image and video editing, and give you top-tips on managing and maximising your time. Paula Battle runs digital consultancy Battleplan Creative.
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Authors will be available to sign their books after each session
Sunday 8 July
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Castle Theatre CompanyTwelfth Night Sunday 8 JulyGates open 2.30 pm for parking and picnickingPerformance 5.00-7.00pmOld Mill House, Maids Moreton, MK18 7ARTickets £15 Adult £5 Child
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After their sparkling performance last year, the Durham Castle Theatre Company returns to Robert and Carolyn Cumming’s delightful gardens at the Old Mill House beside the Great Ouse to perform Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.For over 30 years Castle Theatre Company (CTC) has taken its annual summer Shakespeare tour to the south of England and the USA, performing classic comedies on the lawns of stately homes, gardens and abbeys. Renowned for their high-standard and original and entertaining interpretation, CTC promises an afternoon of light-hearted family entertainment.
Running time approximately 2 hours with an interval of 20 minutes.
outreach
Creating lifelong readers...
Meeting an author in person is a powerful way to enthuse youngsters and inspire them to explore the world of books and reading. By offering a programme of high-impact, dynamic events with amazing authors and performers, BuckLitFest aims to help create lifelong readers - and hopefully some successful, new writers, too!
Following last year’s pilot partnerships with the George Grenville Academy and the Royal Latin School, we’re delighted to be able to expand our activity with schools thanks to the support of our new sponsors and ‘local heroes’.
Really Big PantsEntertaining and educating with their own brand of zany humour Really Big Pants is a theatre company specifically for primary-aged children. Using recognisable elements of traditional tales (and some really big pants) they inspire, celebrate and encourage literacy and have performed to thousands of children in schools, libraries, bookshops, theatres and at litfests.
Castle Theatre Co.Durham University’s dynamic young players deliver highly physical and interactive workshops animating the language and plot of Shakespeare’s plays - and liberating the inner actor in every student. Best experienced in the open air - whatever the weather!
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Schools taking part in 2018:• Bourton Meadow Academy• The Buckingham School• St James & St John
• George Grenville Academy• Sir Thomas Fremantle School• Thornton College
Please note: the schools events are not open to the general public.
If you would like an author or speaker to visit your school in future, please email [email protected] and we’ll be in touch.
And if you would like to support the Schools Outreach programme financially, please contact Vivienne or Chloe at:[email protected] or [email protected]
www.bucklitfest.org
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Griselda HeppelHer first novel, Ante’s Inferno, scooped the Children’s People’s Book Prize. Now in The Tragickall History of Henry Fowst Griselda offers a wonderfully dark tale of mystery, magic, demons and faustian pacts as an Elizabethan diary comes to life. Refreshingly original fantasy guaranteed to enthral and inspire Young Adult readers.
MG LeonardAward-winning, beetle-loving Maya Leonard will be wowing children with the final part of her bestselling trilogy, Battle of the Beetles - and talking all things beetle just in time for National Insect Week (18-24 June).
‘Truly great storytelling.’ - Michael Morpurgo
RADCLIFFE FESTIVAL TENT OTHER
Jasper Winn
Anthony Seldon William SitwellNatasha O’Hear & Anthony O’Hear
Antonia Fraser
Ben Okri Mark Billingham & Belinda Bauer
John Dougherty
Emma Byrne Chris Patten Frances Welch
Craig Brown
Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
RADCLIFFE FESTIVAL TENT OTHER
10.00-10.30am
10.30-11.00am
Ingram Spark Offsite visit
11.00-11.30am
11.30am-12.00pm
12.00-12.30pm
12.30-1.00pm
1.00-1.30pm
1.30-2.00pm
2.00-2.30pm
Frederick Forsyth
2.30-3.00pm
3.00-3.30pm
3.30-4.00pm
Rebecca Fraser
4.00-4.30pm
4.30-5.00pm
5.00-5.30pm
Tim Marshall
5.30-6.00pm
6.00-6.30pm
6.30-7.00pm
Edward Stourton
7.00-7.30pm
7.30-8.00pm
8.00-9.00pm Tom Bower 2f
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Thu 14 June6.30-10.00pm THE WOOLPACK COTE Quiz Night 1a
Buckingham Literary FestivalFri 30 June - Sun 2 July
Buckingham Literary FestivalFri 30 June - Sun 2 July
Buckingham Literary FestivalFri 30 June - Sun 2 July
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Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
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Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
RADCLIFFE FESTIVAL TENT OTHER
10.00-10.30am
10.30-11.00am
Ingram Spark Offsite visit
11.00-11.30am
11.30-12.00pm
12.00-12.30pm
12.30-1.00pm
1.00-1.30pm
1.30-2.00pm
2.00-2.30pm
Frederick Forsyth
2.30-3.00pm
3.00-3.30pm
3.30-4.00pm
Rebecca Fraser
4.00-4.30pm
4.30-5.00pm
5.00-5.30pm
Tim Marshall
5.30-6.00pm
6.00-6.30pm
6.30-7.00pm
Edward Stourton
7.00-7.30pm
7.30-8.00pm
8.00-9.00pm Tom Bower 2f
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Thu 14 June6.30-10.00pm THE WOOLPACK COTE Quiz Night 1a
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Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
SATURDAY 16 JUNEFRIDAY 15 JUNE
RADCLIFFE FESTIVAL TENT OTHER
Jasper Winn
Anthony Seldon William SitwellNatasha O’Hear & Anthony O’Hear
Antonia Fraser
Ben Okri Mark Billingham & Belinda Bauer
John Dougherty
Emma Byrne Chris Patten Frances Welch
Craig Brown
RADCLIFFE OTHER
Andrew Adonis Paula Battle
The Archers Behind the scenes
SUNDAY 8 JULYOLD MILL HOUSEGates open for picnics
Twelfth NightPerf 5.00-7.00pm
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Tickets are available
• Online from the Festival Website www.bucklitfest.org• From the University Bookshop, Hunter Street,
MK18 1JL | 01280 820365• From The Old Gaol, Market Square, Buckingham
Buckingham MK18 1EG | 01280 822030
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Andrew Adonis Paula Battle
The Archers Behind the scenes
SUNDAY 8 JULYOLD MILL HOUSEGates open for picnics
The Castle Theatre Co.Twelfth NightPerf 5.00-7.00pm
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Buckingham Literary FestivalThursday 14 June - Sunday 17 June
SATURDAY 16 JUNE
Old Gaol
Library
Woolpack Cote
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VenuesToilets are available at event venues or, for the Festival Tent, at the Tanlaw Mill.All venues are within a 15 minute walk except the Old Mill House.
How to get here:By Train – Euston to Milton Keynes and then taxi. By Car – to Hunter Street, Buckingham, MK18 1EG. Parking is available and free of charge. Approximate drive times: from Oxford, 45 mins, from London, 1hr 30 mins, from Birmingham, 1hr 15 mins. By Bus – X5 from Oxford or Cambridge/Milton Keynes, X60 from Aylesbury, Bletchley, Bicester.
Box office: Tickets can be purchased up to - and during - the Festival, subject to availability, from
The Festival Website www.bucklitfest.org
The University Bookshop, Hunter Street, MK18 1EG, 01280 820365 | 01280 820399
The Old Goal, Market Square, MK18 1JL, 01280 823020
The Festival Tent, Beloff Lawn, University of Buckingham, Hunter Street. MK18 1EG
The Radcliffe Centre, Church Street, MK18 1BY
The Old Goal, Market Square, MK18 1JL: TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
The Library, Verney Close, MK18 1JP
The Villiers Hotel & Restaurant, 3 Castle Street, MK18 1BS
The Villiers Rooms and Dungeon, Opposite The Villiers Hotel, 3 Castle Street, MK18 1BS
The Old Mill House, Maids Moreton, MK18 7AR
The University Bookshop, Hunter Street, MK18 1EG: TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
The Tanlaw Mill, Hunter Street, University of Buckingham, MK18 1EG
Parking – Island Car Park, University of Buckingham, Hunter Street, MK18 1EG
Parking - Cornwalls Meadow, off High Street, Buckingham, MK18 1RP
