An exciting new festival comes to Eastbourne from Saturday 19 – Sunday, September 20 celebrating books and the written word.
Eastbourne Book Festival 2015 will cater for every literary need from established authors to budding authors to readers.
The event starts at 7:30pm on Friday evening at The Underground Theatre with best-selling author Sheila Bugler being interviewed about her life, writing career and her books by Festival director, Louise Sewell.
On Saturday and Sunday the Festival is being staged across two venues in the town within easy reach of public transport and car parking:
The Underground Theatre (located under the Central Library) will be open between 1pm and 5:30pm on Saturday and Sunday to showcase local authors who will be displaying, discussing and selling their works.
Local MP, Caroline Ansell will be attending at 3.30pm to show her support and say a few words about the Festival and number of local publishers will also be there to present some of their authors to the public. Throughout both afternoons, authors will be reading from their books in the ‘Backstage’ area of the Theatre.
For writers, South Street Art Studios in South Street are running a number of creative writing classes over the two days, under the expert guidance of Jacq Molloy, Beth Miller and Andrea Samuelson.
Sunday sees the launch of the Festival’s national writing competition which is open to all and organised by the New Eastbourne Writers group.
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The festival directors, their partners and sponsors all hope the festival will grow year on year to become a significant event in the Eastbourne events calendar.
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Tickets for The Underground Theatre (UGT) are £3 in advance or on the door, or £5 for the whole weekend.
Tickets are available from the UGT on Fridays and Saturdays (10am – 4pm), at any UGT event, from Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre, on the door if available, or from the box office.
To book tickets online, click here:
Or telephone: 0845 680 1926.
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