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SOUTHWOLD – A PLACE FOR ALL SEASONSWELCOME TO WAYS WITH WORDS IN NOVEMBER

In the past Southwold used to be very quiet in the winter months; dead in fact.

Not any more. Even in the depths of winter people can be seen walking along the edge of the sea, watching waves and even getting in them as some hardy people swim in all weathers. When the Suffolk wind becomes too much for the beach now there is a colourful collection of galleries selling arts and crafts in the town. Stylish cafés and restaurants add to the lure while the new Adnams’ Cellar and Kitchen store tempts many more.

So lots of people find many reasons to visit Southwold in winter. In November there are even more. A dazzling group of contemporary thinkers and writers give interesting talks at the Ways With Words literature festival. St Edmund’s Hall is packed with visitors enjoying them.

This isn’t a hard sell for Southwold in November – honestly. Neither Southwold nor Ways With Words needs that as both are so popular. We just want more to enjoy what others have discovered already.

Kay Dunbar, Stephen Bristow, Chloë Dunbar, Videl Bar-KarWays With Words’ Directors

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Sue BirtwistleBehind the Scenes at Cranford1) 1pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

How do you create the costumes,

architecture and décor of an 1840 town?

Sue Birtwistle has worked on the BBC

Television’s version of ‘Cranford’ from

the beginning. Since the start of research,

filming and scripting in 2002 she has

amassed a vast collection of visual and

factual material. She tells us how ‘Cranford’

went from the page to our screens.

Janie HamptonHow the Girl Guides Won the War2) 2.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Author, journalist, biographer and BBC

World Service producer, Janie Hampton

has written books on a range of subjects

from the life of Joyce Grenfell to ‘The

Austerity Olympics’, the cut-price games of

1948. Now she turns her attention to the

Girl Guides and provides an eye-opening

account of their massive and little known

role in the Second World War.

Roy HattersleyLloyd George – The Great Outsider3) 4pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Roy Hattersley has been living with Lloyd

George for the last 6 years. He was the

politician claimed to have won the war for

England in 1918 who also pioneered old age

pensions, sickness pay and unemployment

benefit. Lloyd George’s contempt for

the conventions of society explains the

subtitle of Roy Hattersley’s long planned,

carefully researched life and this talk today.

Unsurprisingly he is much admired by his

biographer, Roy Hattersley, himself much

admired by our audiences.

Become a Friend of Ways With Words

Many people use the Friends’

early booking scheme when

applying for tickets for Southwold.

There are 4 levels of the Friends

scheme ranging from £15 to

£1,000 per annum.

Contact Ways With Words at

admin@wayswithwords.co.uk

Adnams’ Wine Cellar & Kitchen Store

On Friday 12 November from

6.30pm - 7.30pm Adnams invites

festival-goers to call in to the

Wine Cellar & Kitchen Store on

Victoria Street for a wine sampling

reception.

Thank you to Rachel Piercey for her help with writing this programme.

SupportingWays With Words,Supporting Books and Ideas

Donations to Ways With Words

are gratefully received and wisely

spent to help our work and

secure its future.

Support at any level is much

appreciated.Chris MullinDear Diary, Dear New Labour4) 5.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

For more than 20 years, Chris Mullin acted

as a Labour MP for Sunderland South and

earned a reputation as one of Parliament’s

most distinctive characters. His bestseller,

‘A Very British Coup’, became a hit TV

series in the 80s. When Labour leader John

Smith died in May 1994 he began a secret

diary that would chart the rise – and fall –

of New Labour with great insight, frankness

and humour. He will share his observations

of political life from that period.

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Michael HolroydFamily Secrets5) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £9

Lives and their secrets have always

fascinated the eminent biographer, Michael

Holroyd. Besides delving into the lives of

Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, George

Bernard Shaw and the theatrical dynasties

of Ellen Terry and Henry Irving for his

intelligent biographies he has also dug

into his own family’s past in ‘Basil Street

Blues’ and ‘Mosaic’. He will talk about his

memoirs and his latest book, which, sadly,

he says will be his last, ‘A Book Of Secrets’.

Valerie GroveA Webb of Words6) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £9

Valerie Grove has chosen as her latest

subject the Puffin editor, Kaye Webb, who

in the 1960s opened the world of good

books to a generation of children. She will

introduce us to this extraordinary woman

who transformed children’s publishing with

her charm and inventiveness. Previously

the acclaimed biographer and journalist,

Valerie Grove, revealed to readers the lives

of Laurie Lee, the children’s writer Dodie

Smith and John Mortimer in her biography

‘A Voyage Around John Mortimer’.

Richard MabeyThe Mystery of Nature7) 2.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

In 1993 nightingales were celebrated

in Richard Mabey’s enchanting book,

‘Whistling in the Dark’. He has revisited the

nightingale in his latest book, ‘The Barley

Bird’, published by Full Circle Editions, a

new publishing company, based in Suffolk

and focusing on East Anglian writers. Also

this autumn, Profile publishes his book on

‘Weeds’ where he looks at these vagabond

plants that arrive in the wrong places and

are often the scourge of gardeners.

He will tell how his passion for birds,

animals, flowers, weeds, bugs and all

aspects of the countryside and nature shape

his life.

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David YellandThe Truth About Leo, David Yelland and Life8) 4pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

David Yelland was deputy editor of The

New York Post, editor of The Sun, and

latterly a financier in the city. He has had

many challenges to overcome: he stopped

drinking alcohol in 2005 when he realised

continuing would kill him; in 2006 he faced

the death of his ex wife from breast cancer.

His troubles have shaped his powerful, first

novel. He discusses why writing this potent

and moving book was the most important

thing he has done in his life.

Michael BuerkThe Whole World in His Hand 9) 5.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Legendary broadcast journalist, Michael

Buerk, will deliver a unique talk that links

journalism and anthropology. From a long

and distinguished career in BBC News,

spanning 30 years, Buerk will draw on

his immense global experiences in an

attempt to explain why people across

our geographically diverse planet have

developed in such radically different ways.

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Anna Pavord A Year in FlowersAn Illustrated Talk10) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £9

Writer and journalist, Anna Pavord, brings

together her expertise as a gardener and

her skill as a storyteller to explore a year in

the life of a garden. Advice on what to do,

when, and how, will be interspersed with

reflections on life, nature and even

favourite old gardening clothes. Anna

Pavord is gardening correspondent for the

Independent and author of eight books,

including the best-seller, ‘The Tulip’.

David Aaronovitch talks to Michael BuerkConspiracy Theories11) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £9

Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana,

Dr. David Kelly, 9/11: conspiracy theories

abound when people attempt to explain

these and other historical events. David

Aaronovitch, the award-winning journalist

and broadcaster, talks with Michael Buerk

about the historical context of conspiracy

theories and why they can be so attractive

yet so dangerous.

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Alain de BottonWork/Life Balance – Have We Got It Right?12) 2.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

“What do you do?” we often ask when we

meet people. Discussing his new book, ‘The

Pleasures and Sorrows of Work’, Alain de

Botton asks, “Does work make us?” He will

analyse our work culture and behaviour

with his usual provocative, playful and witty

panache.

De Botton’s books, television programmes

and creative ideas have made him famous

as Britain’s ‘philosopher of everyday life’.

His writing always sparks intense debate,

challenging us to question and think about

the choices we make.

Benedict GummerBlack Death in the British Isles13) 4pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Nothing experienced in human history,

before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy

and scale of the Black Death, the disease

which killed millions of people in medieval

Europe. Benedict Gummer, recently elected

MP for Ipswich, paints a vivid picture of

Britain before, during and after the plague

and challenges widely-accepted theories

about its spread and effects.

Polly Toynbee and David WalkerDoes Politics Change Lives?14) 5.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Two of the UK’s best-known

commentators discuss this question when

they look at the impact of Labour’s time in

office. Are we happier, healthier, wealthier

and wiser because of the last 13 years?

Did things get better? Will they now?

How will our lives change with a different

government?

No two writers are in a better position to

comment.

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Blake MorrisonFriendship, Jealousy, Sexual Revenge, Passion15) 11.30am St Edmund’s Hall £9

These are the themes Blake Morrison

tackles in his latest novel, ‘The Last

Weekend’. Whether in his memoir of his

parents, his study of the Bulger case, his

journalism or his fiction, Blake Morrison,

who teaches creative writing at Goldsmith’s

College, takes on big issues that resonate

with his readers.

Peter StanfordHoly Sites in BritainAn Illustrated Talk16) 1pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Peter Stanford makes a modern-day

pilgrimage around some of the most

ancient religious sites in Britain, to take

the spiritual temperature of an age often

described as secular and sceptical. Are the

present-day pilgrims he meets en route

simply in search of history? He tells the

story of his pilgrimage to look for faith in

Britain today.

Will Hutton Righting the Recession17) 2.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Eminent writer and journalist Will Hutton

discusses the big question mark that hangs

over capitalism after the recession. If the

old model doesn’t work, where and how

do we find a new one? Join Will Hutton,

columnist and one time editor of The

Observer, and chief executive of The Work

Foundation, as he provides a brilliant,

convincing answer to this crucial problem.

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Josceline DimblebyLiterary Dinner - A Flavoursome Life19) 7 for 7.30pm Swan Hotel, Southwold

£50 (including a copy of Josceline Dimbleby’s

book)

Food, travels and memories: Josceline

Dimbleby will talk about all of these. As

one of the most creative and successful

cookery writers it is appropriate that

at our literary dinner, over The Swan’s

delicious food, she speaks of her life spent

travelling the world sampling dishes and

collecting recipes.

Julian BagginiBig Thoughts in Small Packages18) 4pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

Besides being the founder and editor of

The Philosophers’ Magazine, writing for all

the major newspapers and broadcasting

on Radio 4, Julian Baggini has written 15

books many of which have been concerned

with the puzzle – how to tackle the big

questions in life. He’ll offer some answers.

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John MillerBack in the USSR 21) 12pm St Edmund’s Hall £9

You couldn’t make it up – John Miller’s

account of life as a foreign correspondent

in the USSR is every bit as dramatic

as a Russian novel. The once Russian

Correspondent to The Daily Telegraph

but now keen Southwold resident, draws

us into this mysterious world, chock full of

heroes, villains and intriguing details of an

‘everyday’ life so radically different from

our own.

Gavin Pretor-PinneyRiding the WavesAn Illustrated Talk20) 10.30am St Edmund’s Hall £9

The bestselling author of ‘The

Cloudspotter’s Guide’ has started looking

down rather than up to consider the world

of waves and life’s many undulations. He’s

fascinating and funny and, as he persuaded

us to appreciate clouds, now he’ll probably

convert us to wavewatchers. There’s no

better place to do this.

DAY TICKETSYou can buy tickets to all of the events on a particular day at a reduced rate.

See the booking form for details.

BOOKING CONDITIONSWays With Words (WWW) reserves the right without prior warning to alter the programme or substitute speakers if circumstances dictate. If a speaker is unable to attend, a substitute speaker will be found and your ticket will be valid for the substituted event. However, in these circumstances WWW does not offer a refund. If no substitute can be found and an event is cancelled outright WWW will offer a full refund. Subject to availability WWW will exchange your ticket(s) for another event of similar value.

LOST/STOLEN TICKETS: Please take great care of your tickets. WWW will not replace lost tickets.

EXCHANGING TICKETS: Tickets may be exchanged for another event of similar value (provided the exchanged event has not already run) at a charge of £1 per ticket.

RE-SELLING TICKETS: The box office will try to resell returns if an event is sold out. (£1 per ticket)

No unauthorised photographing or recording of events.

The Orwell Bookshop will be running the on-site book shop at St Edmund’s Hall during the festival.Please note that the bookshop will not be selling tickets to events before

or during the festival.

Ways With Words

Contact: Ways With Words, Droridge Farm, Dartington,

Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JGTel: 01803 867373

www.wayswithwords.co.uk

To rent a place to stay during the Southwold festival contact

Acanthus Property Letting Services

01502 724033

EVENTS IN 2011

WORDS BY THE WATERLITERATURE FESTIVAL, CUMBRIA

4 - 13 March 2011Based at Theatre by the Lake, on the banks of

Derwentwater this popular festival has everything: first-class speakers and a fantastic lakeside venue.

Programme available in early January.

THE TELEGRAPH WAYS WITH WORDS FESTIVAL OF WORDS AND IDEAS

DARTINGTON HALL, DEVON8 - 18 July, 2011

A sparkling 10-day celebration of words and books in the magical setting of Dartington Hall.

This will be the twentieth anniversary festival and so we plan to celebrate. We hope you can join us.

We are taking bookings now for 10 and 5-day packages in beautiful accommodation in the medieval courtyard

at Dartington Hall.

WAYS WITH WORDS SOUTHWOLD LITERATURE FESTIVAL

10 - 14 November, 2011We will be taking bookings for the hotel packages at the

2011 festival from the beginning of this year’s festival.

For those who enjoy books, ideas, and lively debate.

PACKAGESWays With Words offers half-board (dinner, B&B) packages inclusive of tickets at both the Swan Hotel and the Crown Hotel in Southwold.

The Swan package is for 4 nights (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) and includes tickets for all events during the festival and the literary dinner.

The Crown package is for 4 nights (as Swan above) or 3 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun) including tickets for all events on Sat, Sun & Mon and the literary dinner.

In each room there will be discount vouchers to the value of £50 for use in Adnams’ Hotels and the Wine Cellar and Kitchen Store.

Packages can be booked at any time using the form opposite or by telephone - 01803 867373(NB. The Ways With Words office will have limited opening between 1 - 13 August)

Both hotels are offering a free dinner for guests wishing to stay on Wednesday 10th and/or Monday 15th. Please phone the hotel where you are staying quoting ‘WWW 5th Night’.Swan Hotel: 01502 722186Crown Hotel: 01502 722275These must be booked in advance.

HOW TO BOOKThe booking form opposite can be used to book packages and tickets for individual events.

Please send with s.a.e. to:Ways With Words, Droridge Farm,Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JG

Payment can be made by cheque (payable ‘Ways With Words’) Please leave the amount in figures blank. On the line for amount in words write: “not to exceed: (the amount of your order in words)”. Then sign the cheque. This is in case some of your order is not available, in which case we shall complete your cheque for the lesser amount unless you tell us to do otherwise.

Bookings using credit/debit card can be made on this form, by telephone: 01803 867373and online: www.wayswithwords.co.uk (online ticket sales available from 30 August.)

PLEASE NOTE:Friends’ booking for tickets will start on Monday 23 August (post & phone only)(2 tickets per event limit).General booking will start on Monday 30 August.Any postal bookings received before these dates will be filed but will not be processed until booking opens.

PACKAGESPrices are per person.Please circle the package you would like. Swan Crown Crown 4 night 4 night 3 nightLighthouse Stnd. £538 N/A N/A single occ. £733 N/A N/AStandard £558 £508 £394 single occ. £763 N/A N/AClassic / Superior £603 £548 £424 single occ. £808 N/A N/APremier / Suite £663 £588 £454Single Room £613 £598 £459

Booking ConditionsPayment in full is required at the time of booking. Cancellations cannot be refunded. Customers are strongly advised to take out holiday insurance.

Event £ No.1) Sue Birtwistle 92) Janie Hampton 93) Roy Hattersley 94) Chris Mullin 9 All-day Thursday 325) Michael Holroyd 96) Valerie Grove 97) Richard Mabey 98) David Yelland 99) Michael Buerk 9 All-day Friday 4010) Anna Pavord 911) David Aaronovitch 912) Alain de Botton 913) Ben Gummer 914) Toynbee & Walker 9 All-day Saturday 40 15) Blake Morrison 916) Peter Stanford 917) Will Hutton 918) Julian Baggini 9 All-day Sunday 3219) Literary Dinner 50 please phone

20) Gavin Pretor-Pinney 921) John Miller 9

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