Wimbledon Bookfest, 3rd – 11th October 2009
Now in its third year the Wimbledon Bookfest has become a firm fixture in the booklovers’ diary. The book festival encompasses fiction and non-fiction, political history and poetry, popular and literary novels, books on sport, music, gardening, books for experts and for infants.
Authors visiting this year include William Boyd, Sadie Jones, Penny Vincenzi, Peter Blake, Alison Weir and Max Hastings.
There is also a host of events for children, including a schools’ event with the Wimbledon author, Michelle Paver. The Polka Theatre will be holding the children’s literature festival The Word on Sat 10 October.
Authors such as Roger McGough, Caroline Lawrence, Marcus Sedgwick and Polly Dunbar will be holding events.
The prizegiving for the Darwin Play Young Writers’ Competition will take place at Polka Theatre with a special performance of their Darwin play ‘Ride of Your Life‘.
The winning entries of the Bookfest Scriptwriting Competition will be performed by New Wimbledon Theatre’s Encore Youth Theatre during the festival.
Box Office (Polka Theatre:) 020 8543 4888 (booking fee applies)
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