Berwick Literary Festival Events
Bea Davenport: Writing about the Past – A Creative Writing Workshop
Zoom Webinar ZoomThere's been a recent resurgence in interest in writing and reading about the long or more recent past. Whether you want to write historical fiction, biography or even memoir, join…
Ann Thwaite in conversation with the Rt Revd Dr Stephen Platten
Zoom Webinar ZoomAnn Thwaite has published five major biographies, a family history and numerous children's books. Her life of A.A. Milne won the Whitbread Biography Prize in 1990 and led to the…
Harry Baker: I am 10,000
Zoom Webinar ZoomWorld Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker turns 10,000 days old in style with a new show celebrating language, logic and life itself. This follows a sell-out run at the Edinburgh…
Shaun Bythell: Seven Kinds of People you find in Bookshops
Zoom Webinar ZoomShaun Bythell is a second-hand bookseller in Wigtown, and is the author of two books about book-selling. His third will be published in November. It is guaranteed to offend almost…
Tamsin Calidas: I am an Island
Zoom Webinar ZoomTamsin gave up a successful career in London to move to a derelict Hebridean croft. Her extraordinary and moving memoir I am an Island reveals once again the incredible ability of…
Alex Larman: The Crown in Crisis – the untold story of the abdication and its participants
Zoom Webinar ZoomIn December 1936 Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. Alex is an author and…
Simon Boyd: Eyewitness – an English woman’s journey from Northumberland to the Russian Revolution
Zoom Webinar ZoomThe second daughter of Albert, 4th Earl Grey, Simon’s grandmother Lady Sybil Middleton (née Grey), was born into a world of privilege. She was nevertheless avid for new experiences and…
Jessie Greengrass in conversation with Dr Nolan Dalrymple
Zoom Webinar ZoomJessie lives in Berwick. Nolan's interview of Jessie was a highlight of our 2019 festival. Her short story collection, An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to…
Ursula Buchan: Did we really Dig for Victory?
Zoom Webinar ZoomUrsula Buchan is an award-winning author and journalist, writing mainly about gardening and social history. These two preoccupations come together in 'A Green and Pleasant Land: How England's Gardeners Fought…
Jen Gale: The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide – Everything you need to know to make small changes that make a big difference
Zoom Webinar ZoomJen is an ordinary, knackered mum of two who writes and podcasts about all things sustainable(ish). Join her as she shares easy eco-friendly tips and sustainable(ish) swaps YOU can make,…
Steve Richards: The Prime Ministers – Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson
Zoom Webinar ZoomSteve Richards will reflect on the qualities and flaws of all modern Prime Ministers from Harold Wilson to Boris Johnson. He will argue that the most successful election winning Prime…
Pauline Beaumont: Bread Therapy – The Mindful Art of Baking Bread
Zoom Webinar ZoomEarly in lockdown it seemed as if almost everybody was making bread. Pauline believes that making bread can be more than just producing nourishing loaves. It can provide us with…
Brian Ward: Before Martin Luther King – Frederick Douglass and Abolitionism in the North East
Zoom Webinar ZoomBrian is Professor in American Studies at Northumbria University and author of ten books, including Martin Luther King in Newcastle Upon Tyne. His talk on Martin Luther King's visit…
Stuart Cosgrove: Cassius X – A Legend in the Making
Zoom Webinar ZoomStuart was Media Editor of NME, an executive at Channel 4, and he presents BBC Scotland's radio show 'Off the Ball'. Following his award-winning soul trilogy, his new research shines…