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Teignmouth Book Fest

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Foyer, Auditorium, Studio & Meeting Room

Event categories

  • Theatre & Spoken Word
  • Exhibitions and Fayres

Pavilions Teignmouth’s First All-Day Book Festival

Saturday 7th November

The event will include:

Book Fair

10am to 2pm

A fantastic selection of Booksellers’ and Writers’ Stalls across our Foyer and Auditorium

FREE ENTRY!

More Details Here

Talks & Workshops

Including:

10.00am to 10.45amWhat Can Creative Writing Offer to Children & Families? – A gentle, friendly introduction to creative writing to young people aged 7 to 11 years and their parents/carers with Andrea East of Walrus Writing. Places for this workshop are £10.50 for one adult and one child attending together (£6.50 for each addtional adult, £4.50 for each additional child per family group. More details and Booking Here. Location: Meeting Room, first floor.

11.00am to 11.45amStarting Your Writing for Wellbeing Journey – For Relaxation, Personal Growth and Increased Mindfulness, this workshop, aimed at adults, will help you to discover how writing for wellbeing could work for you. With Andrea East of Walrus Writing. Places are £7.50 and are on sale here. Location: Meeting Room, First Floor

12.30pm to 1.30pmThe Business of Self-Publishing – Workshop with writer Elizabeth Dulcie. Author of the series of books on ‘The Business of Writing’ alongside her series of Thrillers and ‘Cosy Crime’ novels, Elizabeth will give an insightful and expert overview of this topic. Places are £5.50 per person – you can book your place and find out more here.

1.00pm to 1.45pm Ed Buckingham – Author of Autobiography ‘7 Summits‘, Adventurer Ed is known for climbing the highest mountains on each of the 7 continents. Tickets for his motivational and inspiring talk are £5.50 and are on sale here.Location: Studio, Ground Floor

Author Panels

From 4pm to 8pm in our Auditorium

Including Local Authors, Historical Novels, and Crime & Thrillers

LOCAL HEROES (Local Authors)

4pm to 4.45pm

An opportunity to hear from a panel of successful authors, all based in Devon or Cornwall, who will be speaking about the following books:

Eva Glyn – ‘The Dubrovnik Book Club’ and ‘The Croation Island Library’

Stephanie Austin – ‘A Dartmoor Christmas Card Murder’

Jonathan Posner – ‘The Broken Sword’

Felice Hardy – ‘The Tennis Champion who Escaped the Nazis’

FULL DETAILS & TICKETS

ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE…

5.30pm to 6.15pm

A chance to hear from a group of successful authors about their latest novels from an eclectic range of genres including wartime sagas, historical fiction, crime, and speculative thrillers.

Authors on this panel, with the title of their latest novel, are:

Kirsten Hesketh writing as Kirsty Dougal – ‘The Poppy Factory’

Louise Fein – ‘The Book of Forbidden Words’

Simon McCleave – ‘The Liverpool Killings’

Eve Smith – ‘The Cure’

FULL DETAILS & TICKETS

CRIME AND THRILLERS 

7.00pm to 7.45pm

An exciting group of Authors will be here to talk about their latest Thriller! Attending this panel, with the title of the latest novel they will be discussing, are:

TM Logan – ‘The Weekend’

A.A. Chaudhuri – ‘The House Swap’

Sarah Clarke – ‘Someone in the Water’ and, writing as Liane Child – ‘Someone Just Followed You’

Simon Toyne – ‘Dead Water’

FULL DETAILS & TICKETS

All Authors Panels will be taking place in the Auditorium.

Tickets for each Panel are £10 – or purchase tickets to attend all three Authors Panels (in one transaction) for £20

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