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9.00 a.m. First is the physical preparation. Clapham Writers and volunteers, all wearing their Festival T-shirts, assemble at Omnibus at nine in the morning to organise the furniture in the Lounge/Bar area. There will be a very long table covered … Continue reading
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On Saturday Clapham Writers were pounding the pavements if not quite pressing the flesh, this isn’t an election campaign. Some of us were out on the streets of the capital this Bank Holiday Saturday promoting the Clapham Book Festival. Clad … Continue reading
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…to be seduced by the romance of a certain place in a certain time, the attraction of an historic cause or an historic style. The discovery of a person who no one seems to have heard of, but who is … Continue reading
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… The Art and Craft‘ is the title of the Man Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel’s BBC Reith Lectures this Spring. She won the prize for Wolf Hall, the first in the series, as well as Bring Up the Bodies, the … Continue reading
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Guy Burgess was one of the most famous spies in the history of spying and what’s more, he got was identified but got away. Since his escape he has been the subject of much speculative drama and fiction, most notably … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Buchan and J.J.Anderson could be found at Macfarlane’s on Abbeville Road on Easter Saturday from 10.00 a.m.. They were happy to talk about their own books, (if asked) but also to discuss the books and authors featured in this … Continue reading
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Clapham Book festival has a Twitter, a Facebook and an Instagram account this year and we’ll be posting intersting facts about the Festival authors and their new books, some of which haven’t even been published yet. So far we have … Continue reading
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Preparation for this year’s Clapham Book Festival is up and running. Tickets are now on sale for all sessions, a snip at £10 a session (£8 concessions). Purchase tickets in advance through the Omnibus web-site or, if there are any … Continue reading
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