In such a small country,
it seems a famous author (dead or alive)
is never very far away :)
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And periodically,
a lot of them congregate at literature festivals :)
Check these out
March 1 - 10, 2013
Tickets on sale now
Bath will host over 150 events for 10 days in March
Featured authors include J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel,
P.D. James, Kate Mosse, Pat Barker, Harriet Walter,
Darcey Bussell, Sandi Toksvig, Robert Fisk, Gavin Esler,
A.N. Wilson, Allan Little, Ben Goldacre and many more
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March 16 - 24, 2013
Tickets on sale now
Over 160 events are now listed, with more to come
Some big names include Booker winners Julian Barnes and Hilary Mantel,
former Cabinet minister Jack Straw, novelist Alexander McCall Smith,
broadcaster Nick Robinson, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney,
children's novelists Cornelia Funke, Anthony Horowitz,
and Sue Townsend of 'Adrian Mole' fame
Hay Festival of Literature (Wales)
May 23 - June 2, 2013
Tickets now on sale to see John le Carré, Carl Bernstein,
Elif Shafak, Christy Moore and Dana O'Briain
More event details to be released in April
Hay Festival of Literature (Wales)
May 23 - June 2, 2013
Tickets now on sale to see John le Carré, Carl Bernstein,
Elif Shafak, Christy Moore and Dana O'Briain
More event details to be released in April
September 27 - October 6, 2013
No current information available
October 4 - 13, 2013
No current information available
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| Bookmark I made the other day with the kids |
An English mom recently told me
classic literature is not being taught in their school anymore
and being replaced by modern books to grab students' interest in reading
I have mixed feelings about that
While I see their point of nurturing the love of reading (so important),
how can students not be introduced to classic literature,
especially in England, the birthplace of so many famous written words?
What do you think?
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