Havant will hold its first Literary Festival this year between 25 and 28 September. With a packed programme of over forty events at venues throughout the Town Centre, Leigh Park and Hayling Island, there is guaranteed to be something for everyone. Visitors to the Festival can choose from talks, readings, theatre, signings, poetry, art, workshops, walks - they can even meet a Poet in a Shed!

 

Highlights for children include Giraffes Can't Dance by Blunderbus Theatre Company at Havant Arts Centre(havantartscentre.co.uk 023 9247 2700) and a talk by Shapeshifter author Ali Sparkes on Hayling Island. Havant children who have completed their Summer Reading Challenge will receive their certificates at a special Award Ceremony in Havant Library on Saturday, 27th September. Havant’s literary heritage will be celebrated with talks on Jeeves creator PG Wodehouse, A Town Like Alice author Nevil Shute and the poet Keats, all of whom lived or wrote in the borough. Local authors Dee Williams, Pauline Rowson, Brian Clarke, Tim Stretton and Tim Bouquet are all scheduled to appear, along with poet and Costa Prize Winner John Haynes. Also on offer are short story and poetry competitions, a Book Quiz and the Eyes Like A Hawk Book Trail, in association with Havant & Waterlooville FC. News of some big name guest speakers from the world of literature and theatre will be released in the next couple of months and a Festival programme will be available from late summer.

 

See website at www.havantlitfest.hampshire.org.uk

 

 

25 September 2008 to 28 September 2008

 

 

For more information about this event please contact:

 

Lucy Flannery

Tel:07880 735510