FREE TALK, Monday 5th July, 6.30pm

July 1st, 2010

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…

Oxfam Bookshop, Bloomsbury — Thursday 25th March

March 22nd, 2010

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
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www.oxfambloomsburybooks.wordpress.com

Upcoming Events…

May 26th, 2009

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, 7pmInternational House, Covent Garden, London

31st May, 9amHay-on-Wye Literary Festival – It may be early morning, but Toast will be served, and coffee will be provided by Cafedirect!

4th June, 7pmNotting Hill Waterstones

10th June, 9amBBC Radio 4, Midweek with Libby Purves

11th June, 10amBBC Radio Bristol, Graham Torrington’s show

11th June, 7pmBrendan Books, Old Brewery Buildings, Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset – Brendan Books was shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Of The Year…

18th June, 11.05amBBC Radio Somerset, with Elise Rayner

19th June, 9.15pmBBC Radio 3, The Verb, with Ian McMillan

22nd June, 6pmShakespeare’s Globe, Nancy Knowles Lecture Theatre, ‘Speaking English in Shakespearean London’ with David Crystal

25th June, 7pmSchool of Life, Show and Tell with Damian Barr. Also with Laura Lockington and David Nicholls…

15th July, 7.30pmWays With Words, Dartington Hall, Devon

<< See more at the Book Festivals Dates Page

Cafedirect & Toast at Hay-on-Wye

May 25th, 2009

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

Shakespeare Bookshop Literary Lunchtime

April 8th, 2009

Speaking today at 1pm at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the Shakespeare Bookshop’s literary lunchtime series…