A Celebration of Reading and Writing
St Peter’s Church Horningsea on Saturday 9th September – 11:00 and 16:00
Including the winners of the 2023 Horningsea Short Story
Speakers and rough timetable:
- 11:00 Debs Balm on Narrating Audiobooks
- 11.50 2023 Winning Short Story
- 12.00 Jenny Jefferies: _Food, Farming and Fishing: Stories can change us, and they can also change the world” – _Award winning author, farmer’s wife and campaigner for good food; a Love British Food Ambassador, member of The Guild of Food Writers and The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
- 12.50 2023 Joint Second prize winning Short Story
- 13.00 Jane Joseph : _That Sun of Mine: Stories of an Australian Nature. _Youthful memoir of a naturalist/ecologist in Australia
- 13.50 2023 Joint Second prize winning Short Story
- 14.00 Gregoire Hodder on Writing for children – with 4 beautifully illustrated children’s picture books for ages 3-7
- 14.50 2023 winners of Children’s Short Stories
- 15.00 Cathy Faulkner author of _Digging for Victory _A war time mystery children’s book for 8 – 12 year olds – short video talk
- 15.30 Discussion and plans for ‘crooked phone box library’, reading group, Quiz answers, books about Horningsea, Self Publishing Murder Mysteries for fun and profit …
All day: “Ask the Author” questions and answers, Literary Quiz, ploughman’s lunch, tea and cakes, book signings … The church will be open from 10.00
Come for as much of the day as you can. Entrance is by donation – whatever you feel is appropriate! For more details contact fran@fransmithwriting.co.uk