Price: £40.00 for all five days.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
If you have always wanted to write but not sure where to start then why not join us for our creative writing course being held over five weekday mornings during the Festival.
Run by Rachel Marsh of the University of Surrey, each lesson will focus on a different aspect of the writing process. The classes will be held via Zoom but will be practical and interactive. Each class is a mixture of lecture, discussion, and applied writing. The course is opened to all levels, meaning that each session can be tailored to your own goals.
Monday: Introduction/Getting Started
Tuesday: Character Development
Wednesday: Writing Dialogue
Thursday: The Plot
Friday: Editing/Getting Published
Rachel Marsh has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Surrey, where she investigated satire as a form of socio-political discourse. Her creative work mixes the surreal and the political. Rachel is an Associate Lecturer with the Open University and lives in Scotland where she teaches classes in creative writing, literature, and English language. She is currently the writer-in-residence for the Braemar Creative Arts Festival, and her play Home Health will be produced in the US in 2021. Rachel has also been published as an academic and as a journalist.
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Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Number one bestselling author, Peter James, makes a welcome return to Guildford to talk about his latest standalone epic, I Follow You.
Suave and charming Marcus Valentine appears to have it all. A loving wife, three kids, great job. But there’s something missing, or rather, someone… A woman from his past, he has fantasized about for years. His obsession threatens to destroy both their worlds but he just won’t stop. Can’t stop. A plot-twisting, page-turner from start to finish.
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Virtual event via Zoom: Tuesday 6th October - 19:00 – 20:00 [BST, UTC+1]
Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
In association with Holy Trinity Church
Eminent environmentalist, writer and broadcaster Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future and a former director of Friends of the Earth, has been at the forefront of environmental campaigning, both in the UK and internationally, for more than 40 years.
Tonight Porritt explores the climate change issues we face, and looks at the reasons to be hopeful from new technology to the mobilisation of young people. He explains why he believes the next decade is so crucial to our future, and why we must move now, and move together.
Jonathon Porritt received a CBE in January 2000 for services to environmental protection.
“Hope in Hell is a powerful call to arms from one of Britain’s most eloquent and trusted campaigners
— Caroline Lucas, MP
“Extraordinarily powerful, deeply troubling, scathing but ultimately purposeful and hopeful. This book is a clarion call to action, and action now
— Michael Morpurgo
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Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Joanna Trollope is the author of 22 novels including The Rector’s Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She was appointed OBE in 1996 and CBE in 2019, and is a trustee of the National Literary Trust.
Mum & Dad is a brilliant examination of what happens when family roles are reversed and adult children are called on to step-up to help and support parents in need. Twenty-five years after Gus and Monica left to set up a vineyard in Spain, Gus suffers a stroke which threatens their idyllic life. As the children descend on the vineyard, it becomes clear that they have very different ideas of how to handle mum and dad, and the family business. As tensions mount can family ties prove strong enough to keep them together?
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Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
The Sunday Times bestselling author of over 30 novels, and creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez, (seen on TV in the popular series Vera and Shetland) talks about her life as a crime writer, and her latest Vera novel, The Darkest Evening.
Driving home through a blizzard Vera’s only thought is to get home quickly. When she comes across a car with the driver’s door open, a toddler alone inside, and the body of a young woman nearby, Vera knows she has a new case.
Stephanie Merritt is a writer and critic. Her latest book, Execution, written under her pseudonym, S. J. Parris, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Friday 9th October 2020 Time: 19:30pm
Tickets: Full price: £10, Students £3, children 4 to 16 free with accompanying adult
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Interviewed by Danny Pike from BBC Radio Surrey
Ben Collins is a former racing driver and ex-Stig on Top Gear, who has driven Aston Martins as a stunt man in every James Bond film since Quantum of Solace, including the latest film No Time to Die.
He presents a history of Britain’s most iconic car beloved of engineers, speed freaks and spooks alike.
From the Roaring 20s to 2020, through its use by spies in World War II and its vital role in the James Bond movies.
This is the story of triumph over innovation and design, and of an extraordinary car that has blazed a trail to become one of the world’s best-loved machines.
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GUILDFORD BOOK FESTIVAL
Venue: Guildford Harbour Hotel, Alexandra Terrace, Guildford GU1 3DA
Date: Saturday 10 October 2020 (Rescheduled from 25th April) Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Price: £45.00 (includes a light lunch and refreshments - Vegetarian option available and goody bag)
Please advise us of any dietary requirements - tic@guildford.gov.uk
Spend the day in the company of some of Britain's best-loved authors as they share their stories, experiences, inspirations and latest projects.
Hosted by Fanny Blake, a former publisher and author of more than a dozen books - This lively and entertaining day is a popular feature of the Festival.
The day includes a light lunch and refreshments and there is also an opportunity to meet the authors and have books signed with a goodie bag to take home at the end of the day.
About the Sponsor:
We are delighted to welcome a new sponsor for the day: HarperCollins Publishers.
With a heritage stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world's foremost book publishers, with a catalogue ranging from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to ground-breaking nonfiction, and everything in between. www.harpercollins.co.uk
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Meet the Authors: Fern Britton & Susan Lewis in conversation with Kimberley Young
Make yourself a cup of coffee and join us online for a fabulous hour of entertainment with two of the UK’s most popular authors, Fern Britton and Susan Lewis, as they discuss their latest bestselling novels.
TV presenter and author, Fern Britton, has written more than a dozen books, cherished for their warmth, wit and wisdom.
Daughters of Cornwall, her unforgettable new novel, takes us from the end of The Great War to the present day. In 1918 Clara Carter boards a train bound for Cornwall to meet a family that would once have been hers. But she has a secret that they must never discover. A century later Caroline tries to uncover the lies buried in her family history but arriving in Cornwall, she soon learns that some secrets are best left hidden.
My Lies, Your Lies is the latest epic story from Susan Lewis, the bestselling author of more than 40 books including last year’s Richard & Judy pick, One Minute Later. Her new novel of suspense sees ghost writer, Joely, taking on her strangest assignment yet. Frieda has never told her story before. But she wants to set the record straight and right a wrong that’s haunted her for 40 years. As her story unravels Joely is spun deeper into a world of secrets and lies. She is sure she can uncover the truth but does she want to?
Kimberley Young is Executive Publisher for HarperFiction and One More Chapter and has helped to establish the writing careers of multiple Sunday Times bestselling authors including Fern Britton, Dawn O'Porter, Kimberley Chambers and Lucy Foley.
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Date: Saturday 10 October 2020
Time: 6.30pm - 9.50pm - Doors open at 5.30pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Students: £7.00, Aged 6-18: £7.00, Oakleaf Service Users: £5
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult, this event is not suitable for children under 6.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
A recital of true class comes to Guildford.
Celebrating 250 years since the birth of Beethoven, Tim Gill and Fali Pavri perform the 3rd cello sonata in A Major and the Brahms F Major cello sonata. Tim Gill is principal cello with London Sinfonietta and has performed as a soloist all over the world including with the RPO and RTE orchestras. Fali Pavri was described by Rostropovich as "A very great talent."
Please note: If you are unable to attend this live concert, it will be available online with a live Q&A with Tim and Fali on Sunday 18th October at 18.45 [BST, UTC+1] CLICK HERE for details
Price: £28 (all day course with breaks)
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Are you a budding Agatha Christie or a future Ian Rankin? Are you intrigued by mystery and the macabre?
If you’ve dreamed of being a crime writer, but don’t know where to start or finish, this course may be for you. The class will start with writing the detective, and then move through to the villain, the victim, and plotting. The day will round out with discussions of setting and readerships.
The workshop will be a mixture of lecture, discussion, and applied writing, and it will be highly interactive.
The course is opened to all levels, meaning that each session can be tailored to your own goals. This day-long writing retreat will be held via ZOOM but sections of the class will be taken offline in order to give your eyes a break, and give you time for lunch.
Rachel Marsh has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Surrey, where she investigated satire as a form of socio-political discourse. Her creative work mixes the surreal and the political. Rachel is an Associate Lecturer with the Open University and lives in Scotland where she teaches classes in creative writing, literature, and English language. She is currently the writer-in-residence for the Braemar Creative Arts Festival, and her play Home Health will be produced in the US in 2021. Rachel has also been published as an academic and as a journalist.
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Price: £5
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket.
Zoom Admission: Your Zoom details will be attached to your booking confirmation email. Please register in advance for this event by clicking the link on your ticket or copy and paste it into your browser. Please ensure that you have access to Zoom and connect in good time to start the event promptly.
Join ‘Bumble’ for an entertaining evening of cricket as he shares stories of the most talented, influential and entertaining characters he has come across in 60 years in the game, from the greats of the past such as Donald Bradman, Ian Botham and ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, to stars of today including Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jos Buttler.
With hilarious insights into life in the commentary box alongside the likes of Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain, and views on the current England team, and world stars from Steve Smith to Virat Kohli, it’s the perfect event for cricket fans everywhere.
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Venue: Online Link
Date: Sunday 18th October 2020
Time: Room opens 18.45 [BST, UTC+1]
Price: £8.95, £15.95, £25.95 and £39.95
NB £8.95 is the lowest ticket price. Different ticket prices are in case anyone feels they can give more to help us in these financially difficult times. The viewing experience will be the same, irrespective of price paid.
We suggest you consider how many of you will be watching when working out the price and what you think the overall experience is worth for you.
Hennessey Brown Music presents a Zoom Room concert recorded live at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Tim Gill and Fali Pavri play the Beethoven A Major Sonata and the Brahms F Major Sonata with some stunning encores! Join these two world class musicians for a live Q and A from 6.45p.m. on October the 18th. The concert will be professionally recorded and in High Definition audio with music starting at 7.30.
Zoom Room Admission: When you purchase your Zoom link you will receive an email from Guildford TIC with your link to enter the Zoom Room. You will be able to enter the Zoom Room from 6.45p.m. on the evening of October the 18th. The Q and A will start at 7 p.m. and you will be taken to the recorded concert at 7.30 p.m. which will be on YouTube. Hennessey Brown Music will explain to you in the Zoom Room how to watch the YouTube concert.
Date: Saturday 24 October 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm - Doors open at 6.20pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Students: £7.00, Ages 6-18: £7.00, Oakleaf Service Users £5.00
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult, this event is not suitable for children under 6.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
At home they have been described as a "National Treasure". They were artists in residence at the Gibbs Music Festival from 2008 - 2014 and recent activities have included a residency at St John's Smith Square in London, featuring a critically acclaimed 2015 Beethoven Cycle and artists in residence at the Festival Jalesnes, Venantes, France.Their interest in promoting English music has resulted in them recording the complete trios of Donald Francis Tovey, Henry Cotter Nixon, and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs,with many premiere performances in places such as Dubai, Singapore, Manila, Naples, and Paris. They have actively commissioned works by composers such as Christopher Gunning, Jed Balsamo, Gavin Bryers, Clement Ishmael, Constantin Papageorgiou, Giya Kanchelli and Philip Glass.
Music by Beethoven & Suk.
Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Sunday 15th November 2020 Time: 3.00pm
Tickets: Full price: £12, Students £3, children 4 to 16 free with accompanying adult.
Manu is a young Spanish saxophonist who has established himself as one of his generation’s most versatile young musicians.
The programme will be:
1. Gershwin fantasy
2. Meditation Thais
3. Intermezzo Mascagni
3. Carmen
4. Vaughan Williams studies
5. Vaughan Williams greensleeves fantasia.
5. Pequeña Czarda
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR
Date: Sunday 6th December 2020
Time: 14.00 – 16.15 (15-20 mins interval)
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Students: £7.00, Ages 6-18: £7.00, Oakleaf Service Users: £5
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult, this event is not suitable for children under 6.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Fali Pavri-Solo Piano - Beethoven Plus One: Works by Beethoven and Chopin
Programme:
3 Beethoven Sonatas: Chopin:
Op. 27 no 2 Moonlight 2 Nocturnes
Op. 57 Appassionata Ballade No.1
Op. 109
Venue: Rural Life Centre, Reeds Road, Tilford GU10 2DL.
Date: Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd August 2021
Times: Friday 20th 12pm - 11pm : Saturday 21st 10am - 11pm : Sunday 22nd 10am - 10.30pm
Tickets: Adult Early Bird - 3 day weekend: £115.00
Adult Early Bird - 2 day weekend [Sat & Sun] : £95.00
Friday Adult Early Bird Day Ticket - £40.00
Saturday Adult Early Bird Day Ticket - £50.00
Sunday Adult Early Bird Day Ticket - £50.00
[Early bird Tickets available are until 31 August 2020]
Under 10's are free. You can simply ask for Under 10 tickets on arrival.
Please note: These are the only tickets available at this time. Other tickets will become available in due course.
You will receive an immediate email confirmation of your booking however, due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, your tickets will be posted to you as soon as we are back in our usual work environment. Due to the high value of some of the tickets, we have included an option to post your tickets 1st Class requiring a signature on delivery. If you would like to take advantage of this, please select 'Royal Mail signed for Ist Class' at checkout.
A fabulous boutique family festival in the country with incredible music, mouth-watering food, real ale, champagne, wine and cocktail bars & plenty of attractions for young and old.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)