FREE TALK, Monday 5th July, 6.30pm
In support of Chalk Farm Library, I’m giving a free talk on the 5th July in the heart of Primrose Hill:
His talks are less of a talk and more of a performance – Ben makes sense of Shakespeare by putting him back into context. It includes an exploration of Elizabethan theatre and what a trip to a Shakespeare play in 1600 would be like, a master-class on the poetry style Shakespeare wrote in, and a look at Original Pronunciation (the accent Shakespeare would have spoken in). It’s relevant for all ages – younger people experiencing the Bard for the first time through to older audience members who love Shakespeare and want to learn something new.
Monday 5th July, 6.30pm
Chalk Farm Library
Sharpleshall Street
London
NW1 8YN
More information can be found here…
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This Thursday, 6.30pm…
Readings from Ben Crystal, Anne-Marie Fyffe, and Owen Sheers,
compered by Rakesh Bhanot, Shop Events Manager. The shop will be open from 18:30. Event starts at 18:45. Limited refreshments will be served.
OXFAM BOOKSHOP
12 Bloomsbury Street
WC1B 3QA
The shop can accommodate a maximum of 60 guests (30 seated and 30 standing) so early booking is advised. Please telephone or email to book:
t 020 7637 4610
e oxfambloomsbury@hotmail.co.uk
w www.oxfambloomsburybooks.wordpress.com
Upcoming Events…
Gearing up for the launch of the paperback edition of Toast next week, here’s a look at where and when I’ll be in the coming weeks…
27th May, 7pm — International House, Covent Garden, London
31st May, 9am — Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival – It may be early morning, but Toast will be served, and coffee will be provided by Cafedirect!
4th June, 7pm — Notting Hill Waterstones
10th June, 9am — BBC Radio 4, Midweek with Libby Purves
11th June, 10am — BBC Radio Bristol, Graham Torrington’s show
11th June, 7pm — Brendan Books, Old Brewery Buildings, Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset – Brendan Books was shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Of The Year…
18th June, 11.05am — BBC Radio Somerset, with Elise Rayner
19th June, 9.15pm — BBC Radio 3, The Verb, with Ian McMillan
22nd June, 6pm — Shakespeare’s Globe, Nancy Knowles Lecture Theatre, ‘Speaking English in Shakespearean London’ with David Crystal
25th June, 7pm — School of Life, Show and Tell with Damian Barr. Also with Laura Lockington and David Nicholls…
15th July, 7.30pm – Ways With Words, Dartington Hall, Devon
<< See more at the Book Festivals Dates Page
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This coming Sunday 31st, as part of The Guardian Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival, I’ll be talking all things Shakespeare, at the breakfast hour of 9am.
Cafedirect is sponsoring the event, providing free coffee – and I’ll see if I can’t rustle up some toast and jam to go with the Toast…
Come one, come all… Click here for a link to the Hay website… and below to the right for details of Cafedirect… also their blogpost here…
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Speaking today at 1pm at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the Shakespeare Bookshop’s literary lunchtime series…
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