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In this general election year, Kingston Readers' Festival features two local politicians - Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham, and Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Party Parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park - both of whom have also written books. Not to be outdone, the Labour Party will be represented once again by former deputy leader Roy Hattersley, who will be entertaining us with his series of essays, In Search of England.
History is excitingly represented once more by best-selling author Alison Weir and philosophy by Robert Rowland Smith. War is covered by Sadie Jones,Dame Joan Bakewell (in her first novel), and by Voices in Performance who use narrative, voices, poetry, music and sound effects to examine attitudes to war throughout history.
Kingston University academics do us proud, as ever, with their seminars on topics as diverse as suburban utopias and American Quakers. Cookery is covered by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in her food memoir, The Settler's Cookbook, while poetry is ably represented by Chrissie Gittins and Kingston University's Todd Swift. And last, but by no means least, Jacqueline Wilson is back, ready to enthral children with her latest book, Little Darlings.
Despite our fears that we would have to reduce the number of events after the sad demise of one of our sponsors, Borders UK, we still seem to have something for everyone! Happy reading.
Sandy Williams
Festival Director
Locations
- All Saints Parish Church: Market Place, Kingston KT1 1JP
- John Lewis: The Place To Eat (Riverside Walk entrance), Kingston KT1 1TE (free parking)
- Kingston University: Room JG0001, Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston KT1 2EE
- Tiffin Boys' School: Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston KT2 6RL (entrance on London Road)
- Kingston Museum: Wheatfield Way, Kingston KT1 2PS
- Waterstones: The Bentall Centre, 2nd floor, Wood Street, Kingston KT1 1TR
- Hillcroft College: South Bank, Surbiton KT6 6DF
- Rose Theatre, 24-26 High Street, Kingston KT1 1HL
For further information
- website: www.kingston.ac.uk/krf
- email: kingstonreadersfestival@yahoo.co.uk
Online booking links will appear on these website pages shortly. Otherwise, visit http://www.seetickets.com/
Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KRF2010
KRF would like to thank The Lion and Unicorn Bookshop for their help in providing books to sell at KRF events. 19 King Street, Richmond TW9 1ND. Tel: 020 8940 0483; http://www.lionunicornbooks.co.uk/ and The Open Book, 10 King Street, Richmond TW9 1ND. Tel: 020 8940 1802.
KRF is supported by:
Kingston University London http://www.kingston.ac.uk/
Royal Borough of Kingston http://www.kingston.gov.uk/
Rose Theatre, Kingston
Sponsored by
John Lewis Kingston www.johnlewis.com/kingston
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