Shakespeare on Toast

Speaking at the renowned second-hand bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in Paris tonight at 7pm…

Click here for more details…

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…

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…

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…

Tis the season…

Over the next week, I’ll be talking about a fair bit about Shakespeare, Toast, and just why this 400 year old guy was just so damned good at what he did. Which’ll make a change…

I’ll be at the Chester Literature Festival, the Ucheldre Centre in Holyhead, the Guildford Book Festival and the Peak Festival of Books, all over the coming ten days.

See here for more… Come one, come all…

…says The Independent. No pressure then.

But they do not lie, and I am talking on Sunday 12th October at The Independent Woodstock Literary Festival. It’s first year at Blenheim Palace and the first year of The Independent’s sponsorship:

[Over the weekend] leading figures from the political and cultural world will explore themes ranging from Shakespeare’s plays and Jane Austen’s letters to the Iraq war.

My Shakespeare on Toast talk is at 2.30pm, The Marlborough Room, Blenheim Palace. For those of you nearby, there will be tea and a log fire too…

See here for a link to the festival, and here for The Independent’s review of Toast…

I’ve been invited to talk at the Hay Winter Weekend (28-30th November) at 9am on the Sunday morning… They’ll be serving toast, apparently, which means there are now two things to get out of bed for…

And it’s just over a week until I’m due to talk at the Independent Woodstock Literary Festival (9-12 October), in the Marlborough Room at Blenheim Palace. Roaring fires and Shakespeare… Who could ask for more? My talk is on the Sunday, at 2.30pm

See here for details of these, and other upcoming Toast talks…

The Edinburgh Book Festival event went extremely well, the audience were terrific!

The date for the Woodstock Celebrates Books talk (at Blenheim Palace!) is now up here…

A month ahead of the event, my talk at Edinburgh is now sold out!

Please contact the Edinburgh Literature Festival Box Office on 0845 373 5888 for returns, or visit www.edbookfest.co.uk …