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Clifton Litfest returns

By Sarski Anderson  Wednesday Nov 10, 2021

The second Clifton Litfest comes to Clifton Village on November 12-14.

Visitors are primed for a busy weekend of approximately 25 separate talks and readings from authors, poets and journalists, accompanied by workshops, a story walk and creative family activities.

Music will be provided by trumpet and cello duo Jow – collaborating with award-winning poet Bob Walton for Earthworks: Poetry and Music – and singer-songwriter Phil King.

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The principal venues will be in and around Clifton Library on the newly pedestrianised Princess Victoria St, and Christ Church on Clifton Down Rd.

This year’s festival will commence with a sold-out event on Friday 12 featuring legendary broadcast news journalist, Kate Adie, in conversation with David Parker at Christ Church.

Kate Adie – photo courtesy of Clifton Lit Fest

The whole programme is available at www.cliftonlitfest.com, with selected highlights of the weekend below:

November 13

  • Alastair Sawday – Travelling Light, 10-11.30am, Christ Church
  • Clare Reddaway – Clifton Story Walk, 11am-12pm, Clifton Library Courtyard
  • Trevor Parsons – Wise Poems, Playful Poems, Poignant Poems, 12-1pm, Meeting Room, Clifton Library
  • Tansy E Hoskins – The Politics of the Fashion Industry, 1.30-2pm, The Crypt, Christ Church
  • Jonathan Dimbleby – Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War, 3-4pm, Christ Church

November 14

  • Laura Shepherd-Robinson – Daughters of Night, 10.30-11.30am, Clifton Library
  • Peace Adzo Medie – His Only Wife, 12-1pm, Clifton Library
  • Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott – Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus, 3-4pm, Christ Church
  • Colin Thomas and Steve Robertso – De-convicted: The convicts who got a second chance, 4.30-5.30pm, The Crypt, Christ Church
  • Phil Haughton – Bringing it back home: Stories of living in balance with our land and our food, 4.30-5.30pm, Clifton Library

Tickets for the majority of events are £10, and can be purchased by following the individual links from the main festival page – www.cliftonlitfest.com.

 

Main photo: Sarah Scorey

Read more: Jonathan Dimbleby on books, Bristol and Clifton Literary Festival

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