The publishing industry has never been in such a state of flux. The advent of e-publishing, electronic readers, etc, have made the marketing and distribution of books much more accessible for authors. The discussion, sponsored by local publisher Myriad Editions, attempted to… Read more →
The theatre was full and the audience sat spelllbound whilst Michael Rosen interviewed Judith Kerr about her life. Judith is in the year of her 90th birthday and it was fascinating to hear about her childhood growing up in Berlin and her… Read more →
Luke Harding, former Russia correspondent for the Guardian and author of the book ‘Mafia State’, gave an engaging, entertaining yet troubling overview of his time working in Putin’s Russia and the intimidation tactics used by the state in an attempt to get… Read more →
Sales of the Guardian Newspaper in Brighton are higher than in any other comparable city and a large number of this loyal readership turned up to listen to its charming and erudite editor Alan Rusbridger talk frankly about what could be described… Read more →
Aptly, festival director and acclaimed children’s author Michael Rosen hosted this talk, welcoming the three award-winning funny children’s authors Liz Pichon, Jamie Thompson and Philip Ardagh as if old and affectionate friends. Each presented a short piece on their own diverse comic… Read more →
The New Writing South Annual Lecture was a wise, waspish and witty meditation on the novelist’s psyche by bestselling author Lionel Shriver. Her in-depth analysis on what draws her both to the writing of novels, to the subject matter of those novels and,… Read more →
Damian Barr’s eighties memoir, ‘Maggie and Me’, is serendipitously timely given the death of Margaret Thatcher a couple of weeks ago, but he avoided any obvious cashing in, and she appeared as a cameo figure in his stories of growing up in… Read more →
In a few all too short hours Sandi Toksvig confirmed her place as one of the great female role models of the modern age – and the funniest too. With little more than a few slides she managed to give the audience… Read more →
Sold out, the Pavilion Theatre hosted four of Faber’s finest poets led by The Guardian’s Sarah Crown. Taking turns to read from their latest works – award-winners Jo Shapcott, Don Paterson, Lavinia Greenlaw and Daljit Nagra took to the lectern. Brimming with good… Read more →
Part of the 26 Letters strand of Brighton Festival, Wrong Pong is a kids’ book about trolls by Steven Butler. Kicking off this fun session with the question “Who loves books?”, my heart sank as my five year old son’s nose wrinkled… Read more →
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