Posted on 6th Sep
Newark Book Festival isn’t just a festival weekend in July, there are events happening throughout the year in Newark and Sherwood (and beyond) that keep the festival spirit alive.
You can join stallholders at Gainsborough Farmers’ and Craft Market on Saturday, 9th September, from 9am to 2pm, for a mini–Literature Village, Steampunk street theatre, storytelling, free crafts and entertainment for children. There will also be the Ally Pally Storybook Emporium and Crab and Crumb on a crazy bicycle machine.
On Wednesday, 13th September, at 7pm, author John Connolly will be talking about his latest novel at a special event at Newark Library. The Land Of Lost Things is a dark and moving fairytale of grief, parenthood and the role of stories in our lives.
The festival returns to the Cat Asylum Brewery in Collingham on Saturday, 16th September, from 7pm–9pm, for an event featuring musicians from Broken Instruments and experts from the Newark School of Violin-Making as part of Heritage Open Days. At the free event they will be talking about the ways in which music can inspire, uplift and save us from the darkest of times.
Newark Library is hosting its next book and jigsaw swap event on Saturday, 23rd September.
On Sunday, 1st October at the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Laxton, award-winning historical fiction author Clare Harvey will be chatting about the real women who inspire her fiction, and how she’s finding new ways of uncovering forgotten voices from the past through writing.
Clare is the author of four WW2-based novels. Her books draw on real-life events, and people, including agent handler Vera Atkins and Nottinghamshire-bred war artist Laura Knight.
The festival’s monthly Morning News sessions have returned at Gannets on Castlegate, Newark, on the first Sunday of every month at 10am.
There is the chance for refreshments and discussion of the latest news and hot topics. Tickets are £5 and are available by email from maryprimrose47@gmail.com
For more information about these events and how to book tickets, visit the festival website at www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk
