WORDfest 2012 - Sat 24 Mar – Thur 5 Apr // Our Programme is Now Available
**VENUE CONFIRMED FOR FANTASY WRITING EVENT – Sat 31st March now at Adelio’s Open House, 12 Brighton Road Southgate (just over the level crossing near The Railway pub) 7pm-9.30pm**
**Please note – there are some changes on the programme since going to press (including grammar corrections…). Unfortunately we’ve had to cancel the Catherine Fisher event at Crawley Library on Wed 28 March and Alex T Smith’s workshops on the WORDfest Bus will be on Thur 5 April instead of Wed 4 April. The online pdfs have been amended accordingly.**
WORDfest is Crawley’s first ever festival dedicated to celebrating words and writing in their many forms. Spearheaded by Waterstone’s County Mall Booksellers and Crawley Library. It is a pilot grassroots 13 day programme of events in various locations around the town including Crawley Library, The Hawth, Theatre, in schools and with local businesses. Our programme is ready now - download the pdf.
This year our One Town, One Book book is Cuckoo by Julia Crouch
“A dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama…Rose has it all – the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose’s cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams – her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted – is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it’s very difficult to get her out again…”
Get yourself a copy, from the Crawley Library, Waterstones County Mall or borrow a copy from Cup Cake Genie. On the last day of the festival we will hold One Town, One Book, our finale event, where you can meet the author and discuss her book, basically like a great big book club. There will be also be live music, art exhibitions an art auction and more!
WORDfest 2012′s gorgeous custom artwork
Our web banner has been amended to echo a beautiful piece of artwork created by the immensely talented Cassandra Harrison. The original multi-media screen print which features Crawley High Street and a quote from Julia Crouch’s Cuckoo will be on show during the festival at Crawley Library and will be up for auction at our finale event One Town, One Book. She will also be selling a series of limited edition prints of the work.
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