Posted on November 4, 2008 in:
Speaking Dates|Comments Off on Tallinn, Paris, Peak, Royal National Theatre, & The Hay Winter Weekend…
And off to Europe!
Over November, I’ll be speaking in Estonia & France, the latter at the world-famous Shakespeare & Co Bookshop near the Seine, which is all rather exciting.
Thereafter, a workshop at the Royal National Theatre as part of the William Poel Festival, then to glorious Hay-on-Wye for their Winter Weekend.
AND – this just in – the talk at the Peak Festival of Literature has just been rescheduled, after last month’s hitch.
If you’re in any of these places when I am, it’d be great to see you.
Full details here…
Posted on November 3, 2008 in:
Speaking Dates|Comments Off on Shakespeare on Toast at Pendragon School – South London Press
KIDS at a special school were treated to a visit by an actor and author attempting to serve up Shakespeare on toast.
Ben Crystal is on a mission to help people of all ages engage and understand one of this country’s writing greats.
See here for the article in full…
I’m incredibly pleased to announce I’ve recently signed with a new literary agent – Cathryn Summerhayes at WMA. Her contact details can be found to the right of this post… A very exciting Hallowe’en indeed!
Posted on October 25, 2008 in:
Interviews|Comments Off on Phoenix FM interview
I was interviewed last night on PhoenixFM by the wonderful Muthamma Prasad. We chatted about favourite books, how Shakespeare is both over-rated and under-rated, cartoons, lifts with existential dread… If you missed it, you can hear the interview in full here…
Posted on October 24, 2008 in:
Speaking Dates|Comments Off on Peak Festival
Due to circumstances beyond my control the Peak Festival talk scheduled for 25/10 has been postponed.
Hopefully we’ll be able to reschedule for late Nov. Apologies for those of you planning to come. For those of you who had booked tickets, comps (for the rescheduled date) and a free copy of Toast are your due…
Please contact the Countrybookshop for further info:
+44 (0) 1629 813444
Over the next few days, it’s all a bit busy…
Thurs 23rd, 12.30pm – Guildford Literature Festival, Electric Theatre
Fri 24th, 7-8pm – Phoenix FM Book Club – hour long radio interview with Muthamma Prasad – Click here to Listen Now
Sat 25th, 3pm – Peak Festival of Books, Countrybookshop, Hassop Station, Nr Bakewell, Derbyshire
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for both Guildford and the Peak Festival. Come one, come all…
Posted on October 22, 2008 in:
Reviews|Comments Off on “Breathtaking” – The Bookbag
The Bookbag’s Magda Healey reviewed Shakespeare on Toast recently. She had this to say:
Shakespeare on Toast is an excellent dish indeed… Highly recommended!
The full review can be found here…
Posted on October 21, 2008 in:
Audio/Video|Comments Off on BBC Southern Counties Radio Interview
I’m being interviewed on Gordon Astley’s mid-morning show about Shakespeare on Wednesday 22nd, at 11.40am.
You can Listen Live here…
Posted on October 21, 2008 in:
General Shakespeare|Comments Off on Shakespeare on Toast is the RSC’s Top Product!
Toast has been listed on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s online shop as their Top Product!
See here for more…
Posted on October 20, 2008 in:
Reviews|Comments Off on “Shakespeare on Toast is reassuring and appealing… you’ll want all your Shakespeare-resistant friends to read it!”
Easily digested… Crystal’s bounding enthusiasm is hard to resist… A valuable book.
A fabulous review for Toast just in from the Shakespeare’s Globe magazine Around the Globe. The review in full can be found here…
