BOOKS AT THE FESTIVAL
So what appears in the books strand? Well, both the Brighton Festival and the Brighton Festival Fringe boast literature sections, which see authors, writers, journalists and other book related types delivering talks and readings or participating in debates. And then, in the latter half of the month, there's the really rather impressive Charleston Festival, getting all literary just outside the city. Possibly not the most obvious bit of the Festival, but often one of the best bits.
BOOKS - LATEST REVIEWS
- Bad Men: Guantanamo Bay and the Secret Prisons
/Brighton Festival/Clive Stafford Smith
"Guantanamo", according to the man Brighton has to thank for the recent release of Omar Deghayes, "is a diversion". What...2008-08-29» - Celebrating Linda Smith
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Tribute shows to deceased national treasures can often feel a bit over the top, but this was a nice evening of fondly...2008-08-29» - The Hot Topic
/Brighton Festival/Sir David King
Former chief scientific advisor to the government David King stresses from the outset that his is no 'long hair and...2008-08-29» - Dalgit Nagra and Sean O'Brien
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Dalgit Nagra's England is filled with Indian shop-keepers, almost uncookable vegetables and parental threats of...2008-08-29» - Hanif Kureishi
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Hanif Kureishi's deadpan humour livened up this talk, centring on his new novel 'Something to Tell You'. In what mainly...2008-08-29» - Susan Greenfield
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What makes you, you? A fascinating question but one that is, of course, by no means easy to answer. Explaining the...2008-08-29» - The Immigration Game - Rahila Gupta and Kate Clanchy
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Two female writers with a similar desire to articulate their empathy with the immigrants that they have come into...2008-08-26» - Andrew O'Hagan and Matt Frei
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The novelist and the BBC correspondent proved a sleek, compatible double act in this debate about the state of America...2008-08-26» - Tim Winton & Julie Myerson
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Being a novelist is a lot like being a surfer, or so says award-winning Aussie Tim Winton - you have to paddle about a...2008-08-26» - Gore Vidal In Conversation With Andrew Marr
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Gore Vidal is, physically, a fairly diminutive man who sits, slightly hunched, his fingers resting on the top of his...2008-08-26» - Two Cures For Love - Wendy Cope
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With literary aplomb and humour, the grande dame of the poetry world Wendy Cope effortlessly commanded the room's...2008-08-26»
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