Jewish Book Week: Online
Rüdiger Görner – Stefan Zweig: A Literary Life
5 March | 17.00
Exploring his remarkable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Jewish tradition, In the Future of Yesterday offers a fresh perspective on Stefan Zweig. Founding director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations Rüdiger Görner reexamines his globetrotting life and prolific output, including his influential time in England. He joins Jewish Chronicle chief fiction reviewer David Herman to discuss a towering figure whose vibrant writing reminds us that there can only be a future if we remain conscious of the past.
Words by the Water: The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Thomas Bell – Human Nature: A Walking History of the Himalayan Landscape
11 March | 13.30
Former Southeast Asia correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and political officer for the UN in Kathmandu, Thomas Bell explores the interplay between the land and the people who call the Himalaya home. Different forms of migrations, the impact of British imperialism, agriculture and environmental degradation are just some of the things he examines through four walks across the central Himalaya region of Nepal – one of the world’s most enigmatic regions.
Lichfield Literature Festival: The Hub at St Mary’s
Vernon Bogdanor and Andy Beckett – Making the Weather and The Searchers
22 March | 15.45
It is not always the most powerful politicians who are the most influential. In our special panel event, renowned historian Vernon Bogdanor and journalist Andy Beckett discuss the careers of politicians who have had a huge impact on Britain without (yet, or ever) achieving the highest office. From Nye Bevan founding the NHS, via Jeremy Corbyn recalibrating the Labour Party, to Nigel Farage upending our entire political establishment, politicians who are often seen as outsiders and mavericks have ended up changing our world…
Book Launch: The Aldeburgh Bookshop
Jacky Colliss Harvey – Thoughtlands: Walking in Writers’ Suffolk
10 April
Join Jacky Colliss Harvey at The Aldeburgh Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Thoughtlands: Walking in Writers’ Suffolk.
Book Talk: Waterstones, Bury St Edmunds
Jacky Colliss Harvey – Thoughtlands: Walking in Writers’ Suffolk
16 April | 18.30
Join us in store for a literary exploration of Suffolk on foot.
Book Talk: Harris & Harris, Clare
Jacky Colliss Harvey – Thoughtlands: Walking in Writers’ Suffolk
22 April
Join us in store for a literary exploration of Suffolk on foot.