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September 26 - 30
Programme
of Events
Featuring:
Adam Frost Laura Ellen Anderson
Alexandra Heminsley Laura Freeman
Andy Cope Laura Steven
Ben Faulks Lemn Sissay
Bryony Gordon Libby Page
Cathy Rentzenbrink Lucy Adlington
Clare Pooley Luke Harding
Dr Emma Kell Martin Edwards
Duncan Barrett Michael Brooks
Emma Bache Paul Darroch
Emma Critchley Peter James
Faisal Abdalla Richard Skinner
Farrago Poetry Robin Etherington
Joanna Trollope Rupert Thomson
Kate Bradbury Saliha Ahmed
Lalage Snow Simon Crowcroft
Laura Carter Tor Udall
Jersey Opera House The Lido, Havre des Pas
Jersey Arts Centre Pizza Projekt
Jersey Library Club Soulgenic
www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org
Introduction
“If you have a garden and a library
More pointers towards better, who sentenced her to death along with her partner
more creative futures will be found Marcel Moore for anti-Hitler propaganda.
in talks and presentations featuring
Novelist Rupert Thomson will
you have everything” MasterChef winner Saliha Ahmed;
Bryony Gordon and Alexandra
Heminsley, whose lives were
be at the festival to talk about
his new book based on Claude
Cicero transformed by running; writers for
Cahun’s extraordinary life, Never
Anyone But You, while historian
whom swimming was the answer,
Duncan Barrett will shed more
including Libby Page, who will discuss her acclaimed
new light on the Occupation with
first novel The Lido in the apt setting of St Helier’s iconic
Hitler’s British Isles.
The power of the human spirit is a theme history, with its cultural roots deep in nearby France. Havre des Pas bathing pool; blogger Clare Pooley,
that recurs throughout literature… Some celebrates and breathes new life into the native whose battle with alcohol is entertainingly recounted in As the old cliché goes, there is much, much more in
and, as it happens, throughout the Jersey language, Jèrriais. The Sober Diaries; educationist Dr Emma Kell with her a young and distinctive festival that is still developing
Festival of Words 2018. tips on How to Survive in Teaching (Without Imploding, and, in partnership with writers, publishers, sponsors,
Writing competitions and collaborations are part of that
Exploding or Walking Away); Laura Freeman, who supporters, schools and a growing band of volunteer
Uplifting stories of triumph over life’s challenges process, which this year includes a new poetry prize
found The Reading Cure for anorexia in fiction’s classic festival ambassadors, looking for new ways to celebrate
abound in this year’s programme, along with outbreaks named in memory of Jersey poet and teacher
descriptions of food; and celebrity trainer Faisal the power of words and the joy of reading.
of entertaining advice from experts on the important Alan Jones, who died in 2013.
Abdalla, creator of The PMA Method, which says it all From poetry with pizza to Donald Trump’s love
business of personal wellbeing. Prizes will be presented because the initials stand for Positive Mental Attitude. from Russia, from the rediscovered adventures of
From gardening to sea swimming, and from running by one of the stars of this
That quality was displayed to the hilt by a long-neglected a Jèrriais investigator before Bergerac to a teenage
to cookery, contributors have tales to tell of how they year’s festival, poet Lemn
heroine of Jersey’s Occupation years, Claude Cahun. poetry slam, and from writing workshops to Harry
fostered a positive mental attitude to improve their lives, Sissay, whose long quest
A rare female presence in the artistic Surrealist Potter’s fantastic beasts, it can all be found here.
in some cases conquering demons along the way. to find his birth family after
a traumatic upbringing movement as well as a pioneer of what later (much www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org
One life-enhancing modern phenomenon is the book later) came to be termed gender fluidity, this bold
in the UK care system Welcome to our festival, and welcome to Jersey.
festival boom itself, of course. There are now hundreds photographer and writer defied both bourgeois
inspires his work and
around Britain and further afield, with Jersey’s own convention and, in 1940s Jersey, the might of the Nazis,
offers another example of
joining the calendar in 2015. Since then, the annual
the unconquerable spirit
Jersey Festival of Words has attracted some words of its
in search of healing and
own to indicate what helps it stand out from the crowd.
justice.
They include: friendly, fun, flexible, family, compact,
diverse, inclusive and inspiring. Also linking the local and international literary worlds,
there is a very warm welcome to his first Festival of
And, of course, the key word that gives our
Words for multi-million-selling crime writer
autumn event its special character is, simply,
Peter James, newly resident in Jersey, who will talk
Jersey.
about his life and work at the Jersey Opera House.
Visitors enjoy not only an eclectic programme featuring
The same theatre will be graced by the doyenne of
celebrity writers in all genres and for all ages but also
romantic novelists, Joanna Trollope. At other times, in
the beautiful, vibrant and extraordinary island that
a joyous spectacle that has become one of the defining
frames the festival.
elements of the Jersey Festival of Words, it will be filled
Jersey’s independence and unique heritage helps to with enthusiastic children being introduced to the whole
shape the programme too. As well as bringing big wide world of books by a succession of top children’s
names from the world of books to our varied venues, authors, this year including Spy Dog creator Andy
the Festival of Words includes in its main aims the Cope, whose Art of Being Brilliant series continues the
encouragement of new work by Island writers. Some uplifting theme, and Ben ‘Mr Bloom’ Faulks on What
of it draws on tales from the rich store of Jersey’s own Makes Me a Me? All festival details and ticket bookings available at
www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org
@JerseyWordFest JerseyFestivalofWords
Timetable of Events Wednesday 26 - Sunday 30 September
08.00 08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30 13.00 13.30 14.00 14.30 15.00 15.30 16.00 16.30 17.00 17.30 18.00 18.30 19.00 19.30 20.00 20.30 21.00 21.30
OPENING EVENT:
WED.
The Jersey Song Project £10
Calligraphy Workshop / Adele Dark Poetry + Pizza £20
Calligraphy Workshop / Adele Dark Jersey Mindfulness
Coach Yourself First Coach Yourself First Gold from the Stone
THURSDAY
Mythology for Wellbeing
Mark Bisson Mark Bisson Lemn Sissay £12
Discover Your Family’s History Erren Michaels Glenda Rivoallan
Freaky and Fearless Amelia Fang The Art of Being a Traces of War
Hidden
Robin Etherington Laura Ellen Anderson Brilliant Teenager on the Dunes
Treasures
FREE for students FREE for students Andy Cope Heather Morton
Spy Dog The Awesome Book Secondary Schools
Eat, Drink, Run Life and Works
Andy Cope of Space / Adam Frost Poetry Slam Final
Bryony Gordon £10 Peter James £15
FRIDAY
FREE for students FREE for students Farrago Poetry
The Exact Opposite The making of
The Craft of Crime Writing Workshop
of Okay / Laura Steven a Crime Novel
Martin Edwards
FREE for students Martin Edwards
Fantastic Beasts and The Art of Being
The Sober Diaries Khazana Collusion Joanna Trollope
Where to Find Them Brilliant
Clare Pooley £8 Saliha Ahmed £10 Luke Harding £10 Life and Works £15
£8 Andy Cope £8
Jibe and Joke:
A Celebration of
Blogging with Island Writing a Novel the Poems, Prose
Romance Writing the Genius of W S
Living 365 Faber Academy Way & Plays
Laura Carter £5 Gilbert / The Jersey
Emma Critchley £5 Richard Skinner £8 Simon Crowcroft £5
Gilbert and Sullivan
Society £5
The Quantum
Never Anyone JEP Writing Jackie the Baboon How to Survive in
Hitler’s British Isles Bram & Elie Astrologer’s
But You Competition Brunskill and Grimes Teaching
Duncan Barrett £8 Geraint Jennings Handbook
Rupert Thomson £8 Winners Presentation £8 Dr Emma Kell £8
Michael Brooks £8
SATURDAY
Discover Your Family’s History Sing & Sign
Reading Between
Storytime Featuring
the Lines
Ben Faulks’ What
Hidden Treasures Emma Bache
Makes Me a Me?
A French Story Time Leap in at the Lido £10
Make Your Mark with Ian Rolls / REAL
The PMA Method The PMA Method
Faisal Abdalla £25 Faisal Abdalla £25
A Long Goodbye /
Tony Le Moignan
White Star, Blue
Iceberg: Jersey Sea
Stories Paul Darroch £5
What Makes Me The Garden,
The Red Ribbon The Reading Cure
a Me? / Ben Faulks Our Oasis
Lucy Adlington £8 Laura Freeman £8
(Mr Bloom) £6.50 Panel Event £8
SUNDAY
We’re Going on a
How to Write a Page-Turning Memoir
Bear Hunt Adults £5
Duncan Barrett £15
(Children Free)
Strolling With Scribes
Literary Walk £8 (meet in Royal Square)
08.00 08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.00 12.30 13.00 13.30 14.00 14.30 15.00 15.30 16.00 16.30 17.00 17.30 18.00 18.30 19.00 19.30 20.00 20.30 21.00 21.30
Venue Key: Jersey Opera House Jersey Opera House Studio Jersey Arts Centre Jersey Library Jersey Arts Centre (Maria Ritchie Room) Miscellaneous Venues (Check individual listing for specific location details)
Wednesday 26 September Thursday 27 September
OPENING EVENT 20.00 / £12
Gold From the Stone / Lemn Sissay / OPERA HOUSE
19.30 / £10 Join one of Britain’s most popular and celebrated poets, renowned for his strong,
The Jersey Song Project lyrical work on social and family themes, as he talks about his life and performs
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE his poems.
Jersey Festival of Words opening events have earned a Lemn Sissay MBE is the author of a series of books of poetry alongside articles,
reputation for being vibrant and creative with a distinctly local records, broadcasts, public art, commissions and plays and his TED Talk has had
flavour, and this year is no exception. close to a million views. He was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics
and the 2015 FA Cup and is currently Chancellor of the University of Manchester.
The Jersey Song Project is a ground-breaking collaboration
His radio appearance on Desert Island Discs, when he spoke about his experiences
between Jersey Festival of Words and musician Kit Ashton
of emotional and racial abuse as a foster child in the UK care system and his
which aims to use the power of song to help keep Jersey’s own
search for his Ethiopian birth mother, is regarded as one of the most moving in the
language, Jèrriais, alive. Jersey musicians and Jèrriais speakers
programme’s long history.
will come together to create and perform new songs.
Lemn is Associate Artist at London’s Southbank Centre, Patron of The Letterbox
Kit Ashton is a musician, film-maker and producer currently
Club supporting children in care, Ambassador for The Children’s Reading Fund,
based in Jersey and London. He is the lead singer and founder,
Trustee of the Forward Arts Foundation and the Foundling Museum, inaugural
in collaboration with L’Office du Jèrriais, of pop folk band/
Trustee of World Book Night and an Honorary Doctor of Letters. Lemn Sissay will
applied ethnomusicology project Badlabecques.
also present the prizes in the first Jersey Festival of Words Poetry Competition.
Come and be part of this unique contemporary
Event sponsored by Le Gallais Self Storage.
revitalisation of Jersey’s rich and historic culture.
10.00 - 13.00 / FREE 19.00 / £20 to include selection of pizzas (BYOB) The following JERSEY LIBRARY 13.10 - 13.50
Calligraphy Workshop Poetry + Pizza EVENTS are all FREE. Jersey Mythology / Erren Michaels
Adele Dark / JERSEY LIBRARY PIZZA PROJEKT
Please check event for booking details. Local author Erren Michaels will be talking about the Island’s
mythology from her books Jersey Legends and Jersey Ghost Stories.
Discover Calligraphy and use a square edged pen during Join John Paul O’Neill, one of Britain’s leading poetry Bookings can be made via www.culture.je. She will also discuss the different versions and evolution of local
this workshop and design a panel to include your name and performers and founder of slam poetry pioneers Farrago, fairy tales, as well as the way in which they have influenced her new
other words reflecting your loves and life. We will be using for an evening of performance poetry and perfect pizza in a 8.00 - 9.30 work of fiction, upcoming novel The Stone Key.
square edged nibs and other writing tools. Inks and paper truly unique location. This is a limited space event; early ticket
purchase recommended to avoid disappointment.
Breakfast Talk - Coach Yourself First
will be provided.
Mark Bisson / EAGLE LAB AT JERSEY LIBRARY
15.00 - 16.30
Drawing on his own journey of becoming an executive Coach Yourself First Workshop
coach, with 19 years of experience in learning how to Mark Bisson / EAGLE LAB AT JERSEY LIBRARY
self-reflect and take action, Mark Bisson has recently In this inspirational workshop, Mark Bisson will share lessons from
Jersey Library published Coach Yourself First – A Coach’s Guide to his journey of self-reflection and enable you to learn experientially
Club Soulgenic Self-Reflection. using a variety of creative self-reflection approaches.
Jersey Opera House
10.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 16.00 / Traces of War on the
Discover Your Family’s History Dunes / Heather Morton
Jersey Arts Centre Heather Morton is the author of a new book, scheduled for
Jersey Library’s staff will show you how to discover your
family’s history, using the broad range of resources in the publication later this year, that tells the story of German soldiers
Library, from newspaper archives and reference resources and sailors imprisoned in Jersey. We are familiar with German
Pizza Projekt rule during the Occupation, but this part of Jersey’s role in the
to the latest online databases such as Ancestry UK and
Forces War Records. First World War is less well known. There are other stories too,
of prisoners, escapes, military funerals and living on the sand
10.00 - 13.00 dunes – behind barbed wire. Even earlier Neolithic families
Calligraphy Workshop / Adele Dark squeeze into the picture.
Please see Wednesday’s event for details.
17.30 – 18.30 / Mindfulness for
Société Jersiaise
11.00 - 12.00 / Hidden Treasures Wellbeing / Glenda Rivoallan
View the historical collection at the Jersey Library which Local author, founder and CEO of Soulgenic, Glenda Rivoallan,
includes donations from the Reverend Philip Falle, founder will introduce her new book and look at how we could all
of Jersey’s Public Library, and Dr Daniel Dumaresq. benefit from taking a mindful approach to life.
Thursday 27 September Friday 28 September
Entry is FREE for all students,
Santander International Schools Programme please email info@jerseyfestivalofwords.org to book.
KS2
10.00 / Spy Dog / Andy Cope / JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
10.00
KS2 The Spy Dog books are a No 1 bestselling series about Agent GM451 Codename LARA (Licensed Assault and
Freaky and Fearless Rescue Animal). Lara is an ordinary household mutt on the outside (other than her sticky-up ear with a bullet hole),
Robin Etherington but really the canine equivalent of James Bond, whose numerous adventures are far from ordinary. She is 63 years
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE old (that’s in dog years of course) and speaks seven languages including English, Japanese and Dolphin.
Simon Moss is an ordinary boy who loves to write. His best friend, Whippet, Spy Dog won the Redhouse Children’s Book of the Year as well as scooping the prestigious Richard and Judy
loves to draw. Both wish they were brave enough to star in their own comic, award for the 7+ category. There are 22 books in the series and Spy Dog was chosen to be a World Book Day title.
and when a mysterious shadowy beast kidnaps Simon’s little sister, that wish The series has been so successful there are now two spin-off series – Spy Pups and Spy Cats.
is granted ... with epic consequences! Andy lives with his wife, teenagers and an assortment of dogs, cats and pigs.
Robin Etherington, as one half of The Etherington Brothers, has written three
graphic novels that have been nominated for an array of awards. He has also
produced comic stories for bestselling brands like Star Wars, Transformers, 10.45
Wallace and Gromit, The Dandy, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your
Dragon as well as writing for animation and film.
The Exact Opposite of Okay
Laura Steven
HIGHLANDS KS5
Izzy never expected to be 18 and internationally reviled. But when
explicit photos involving her, a politician’s son and a garden bench are
published online, the trolls set out to take her apart. She tries to laugh it
off, but as the daily slut-shaming intensifies, she soon learns the way the
12.00
world treats teenage girls is not okay. It’s The Exact Opposite of Okay.
Amelia Fang Wonderfully funny and with a truly warm heart, this book challenges sexism without ever
Laura Ellen Anderson KS2 being heavy-handed. For Year 12 and 13 students, it covers important topics such as sexting,
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE sex scandals and social media.
Amelia Fang is a gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny series for children Laura Steven is an author, journalist and screenwriter. She has an MA in Creative Writing
aged 7+ set in the world of Nocturnia, where darkness reigns supreme, and works at a non-profit organisation supporting women in the creative arts.
glitter is terrifying, and unicorns are the stuff of nightmares!
In her event, Laura will bring Nocturnia to life and invite children to join her in
a draw-along session, as well as in her infamous Repugnant Recipes workshop, 12.00
15.30 / Secondary Schools Poetry Slam
and she will definitely come dressed up in one of her ghoulish costumes… The Awesome Book of Space KS2
Laura Ellen Anderson is a children’s book author and illustrator and the creator Adam Frost / JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
Final / Farrago Poetry / JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
of Evil Emperor Penguin for the popular children’s magazine, The Phoenix. Following on from the success of the 2015 Schools
Be amazed by hilarious, mind-fizzing, wonderful facts about
Poetry Slam at the inaugural Jersey Festival of Words, KS
space! Do you know how long it would take to drive to the sun? 3
secondary schools around the Island will once more
Or whether you’d like to go on a space vacation?
be guided by Farrago Poetry in a series of 90-minute
13.00 – 14.00 / Year 6 Be truly amazed by these and more fascinating facts about workshops over two days, where they will learn to prepare
our planet, our solar system and our universe in The Awesome and perform their own slam poetry pieces. These will then be
The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager Book of Space. presented at this exciting multi-school slam final featuring a
Andy Cope panel of judges including James Pountney from event sponsor
Adam Frost is one of the UK’s most
JERSEY LIBRARY
exciting children’s writers. He has Santander International, singer Lauren Ivy and Deputy Jess
The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager is designed to be thought-provoking as well as great won the Blue Peter Book Award Perchard. John Paul O’Neill and his guest poet will also perform
fun. Moreover it’s a wake-up call for young people and, best of all, it’s not telling them 2016 – Best Book with Facts and at this event and an overall winner will be chosen as the
how to think and behave. It’s about introducing some simple principles and letting them been nominated for Waterstone’s Santander International Slam Champion 2018.
work it out for themselves. It aims to transform how teenagers think about their lives and Children’s Prize. When Adam is not Farrago Poetry, led by celebrated performance poet John Paul
to inspire good habits and high aspirations. It has life-changing powers. collecting weird and wonderful facts, O’Neill, is best known for pioneering slam poetry in the UK.
Andy Cope is a children’s author, motivational speaker and ‘happiness’ researcher. he works as a website editor and For over two decades they have been running events up and
When he is not writing, he is doing events and workshops in schools across the country information designer for publications down the country, as well as undertaking appearances at various
or giving seminars which are engaging, humorous and inspiring. such as The Guardian, Buzzfeed London venues, Glastonbury Festival, Radio 4 and Carlton TV.
and The BFI.
Friday 28 September Friday 28 September
13.00 - 15.00 20.00 / £15
The Craft of Crime Writing Workshop Peter James - Life and Works
Martin Edwards / JERSEY LIBRARY JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
An interactive writers’ workshop focusing on the crime genre, and presented Join international bestselling author Peter James, who has recently moved
by award-winning crime writer and chair of the Crime Writers’ Association to Jersey, as he discusses his life and work. His Detective Superintendent
Martin Edwards. It is suitable for beginners and more experienced writers, Roy Grace series, set in Brighton, is published in thirty-seven territories
and those interested in writing both novels and short stories. with worldwide sales of over nineteen million copies, and has given him
Booking essential via www.culture.je 13 consecutive Sunday Times number ones.
What would it take to prove the existence of God? And what would
17.30 - 18.30 be the consequences? This question and its answer lie at the heart of
Absolute Proof, Peter’s forthcoming international thriller, which promises
The Making of a Crime Novel intrigue, action and conspiracy on a global scale. The false faith of
Martin Edwards / JERSEY LIBRARY a billionaire evangelist, the life’s work of a famous atheist, and the
A talk by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards giving an inside view credibility of each of the world’s major religions are all under threat.
of an attempt to create a breakthrough novel, from original idea to publication. Peter’s standalone titles include his ghost story The House On Cold
Martin explains how he came up with the idea for Gallows Court, a new novel Hill and The Perfect Murder, which has been turned into a smash-
which Ann Cleeves said will ‘keep you reading, breathless, until the very last hit stage play. Three of his novels have been filmed and before
page.’ According to Peter James, ‘Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combine becoming a full-time author he produced numerous films, including
a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date. A great sense of the The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.
era observed through a cut-throat-sharp eye, every page dripping with brilliant
period authenticity.’ Booking essential via www.culture.je Interviewing Peter James will be Festival of Words committee
member Richard Pedley.
18.00 / £10
Eat, Drink, Run
Bryony Gordon / JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Bryony Gordon
(The Wrong Knickers, Mad Girl) discusses her hilarious
and inspirational memoir.
In the 18 years that she has worked for the Telegraph,
Bryony Gordon has become one of the paper’s best-loved
writers and her columns on mental illness are receiving a
phenomenally positive response from readers. She has
over 42k followers on Twitter and is the founder of Mental
Health Mates.
In April 2017, less than a year after she had weighed herself
at over 16 stone but stepped off the scales and started
training anyway, Bryony Gordon ran all 26 ¾ miles of the
London Marathon. In Eat, Drink, Run she demonstrates
how extraordinary things can
happen to us all, no matter what
life throws at us, if we’re just
willing to keep going.
Bryony Gordon will be in
conversation with Alexandra
Heminsley, author of Running
Like a Girl.
Saturday 29 September Saturday 29 September
10.00 / £8 12.00 / £8
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Art of Being Brilliant / Andy Cope / JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE Too many people are simply ground down by the relentless pace of life, feeling great sporadically
Are you a fantastically beastly fan of the Harry Potter books? but with an eye on the weekend or a holiday, trapped in a wishing-their-life-away sleepwalk.
Returning after her highly entertaining appearance at Jersey Festival of Words 2017, join The Art of Being Brilliant aims to get you to feel brilliant more often, focusing on learning new habits
Fleurble Laffalot for a family-friendly journey through J.K. Rowling’s much-loved books. of thinking and behaviour that will sustain personal ‘brilliance’. Life’s too precious to be sleepwalking
Discover fun facts about the Harry Potter series as well as taking part in some of the through it. This is a wake-up call!
key elements of life at Hogwarts – the Sorting Ceremony, Care of Magical Creatures, Andy Cope has been studying the science of positive psychology since 2005, culminating in a
spells, potions and much more. Loughborough University PhD. He is also a best-selling author in the areas of happiness, leadership and
A funny, silly event for anyone who has ever wanted to explore the magical world personal development, and has delivered The Art of Being Brilliant to rave reviews all around the world.
of Harry Potter!
12.30 - 13.30 / £5 13.00 - 15.00 / £10
Romance Leap in at the Lido
JERSEY LIBRARY EVENTS 10.45 - 11.45 / £5 Writing THE LIDO, HAVRE DES PAS
10.00 - 12.00 Blogging with Island Laura Carter Join us at Jersey’s iconic Art Deco pier and sea lido at Havre
Discover Your Family’s Living 365 / Emma Critchley JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (MRR) des Pas for an afternoon of swimming-inspired books.
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (MRR) Join bestselling author and Jersey Swimming is one of the fastest growing sports in the
History resident Laura Carter as she shares country: 2.7 million people in the UK swim once a week.
Please see Thursday’s event listing Learn why Emma started blogging as a
form of therapy, and why she thought her experience of being a traditionally Alexandra Heminsley’s memoir Leap In follows her
for details.
it was a good idea to share her fears, published author of romance and progress as she decided to conquer her fear of wild
secrets, and embarrassing memories commercial women’s fiction. Laura swimming. From the ignominy of getting into a wetsuit to
11.00
with the whole of the internet. Emma will be discussing the romance genre the triumph of swimming to Ithaca, Alexandra learned to
A French Story Time will talk about the power of blogging – sub-genres, tropes and conventions. appreciate her body and still her mind.
Join us for a bilingual story time with and how you too could be blogging She will offer advice for budding writers
the Alliance Française de Jersey. Libby Page is a passionate outdoor swimmer. Her novel The Lido tells the story of a
your way towards a new career. and there’ll be time to ask those burning
No booking necessary. Suitable for public bathing pool in London under threat from property developers and how such
questions you have as readers and
children aged 3-8 years old. Emma Critchley is a former teacher who swapped life at the chalkface for life old-style outdoor lidos, like Jersey’s own at Havre des Pas, have the power to bring
writers. You’ll also have an opportunity to
as a stay-at-home mum. Her dreams of becoming a Stepford Wife/Perfect communities together.
hear Laura read from her books and get
11.00 - 12.00 Pinterest Mum were soon abandoned when she realised that she had somehow Interviewing Libby Page and Alexandra Heminsley at this unique event will be
your own copy signed by the author.
lost herself between the mountains of ironing and the never-ending cleaning acclaimed writer Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Hidden Treasures up of glitter. Emma started blogging to save her braincells, somehow won an Laura Carter is the author of the Vengeful
Please see Thursday’s event listing award (Fresh Voice – BritMums Brilliance in Blogging 2016) and now works Love trilogy and Scarred by You (romantic Event sponsored by Le Gallais Self Storage.
for details. as a freelance writer. suspense) and the romantic comedy
series Brits in Manhattan.
11.00 / £8
Never Anyone But You / Rupert Thomson
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE 13.00 / £8
Discover the gripping, beautifully written story of a love affair Hitler’s British Isles / Duncan Barrett / JERSEY ARTS CENTRE
between two revolutionary French female artists who were Jersey Duncan Barrett spent three months in the Channel Islands researching Hitler’s British
residents, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Never Anyone But You Isles, which tells the story of life under Nazi occupation and is based on interviews
explores the true story of this extraordinary couple who smashed gender boundaries, with over 100 Islanders.
redefining what it means to be a woman, and ultimately risked their lives to overcome
Those who resisted the regime, such as the brave men and women who set up
oppression.
underground newspapers or sheltered slave labourers, encountered the full force
In Paris they mixed in the most glamorous social circles, meeting everyone from Ernest of Nazi brutality. But in the main, the Channel Islands occupation was a ‘model’
Hemingway and Salvador Dalí to André Breton, while producing surrealist photographs one, a prototype for how the Führer planned to run mainland Britain. As a result,
of great power and strangeness. As World War Two loomed, they left for Jersey where they the stories of the Islanders are not all misery and terror. Many, in fact are rather
confronted their destiny in a campaign of propaganda against Hitler’s occupying forces. funny – tales of plucky individuals trying to get by in almost impossible
Rupert Thomson is the author of 11 highly-acclaimed novels, including The Insult, circumstances, and keeping their spirits up however they could.
which was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize, and chosen by David Bowie as Duncan Barrett, a writer and editor specialising in biography and memoir, is also
one of his 100 Must-Read Books of All Time. Rupert Thomson will be in conversation the author of The Sugar Girls, GI Brides, and The Girls Who Went To War.
with Andrew Davey.
Saturday 29 September Saturday 29 September
13.45 - 14.45 / £8 14.00 - 15.00 14.30 - 15.30
Writing a Novel the Faber Academy Way Sing & Sign Storytime A Long Goodbye
Richard Skinner Featuring Ben Faulks’ Tony Le Moignan / JERSEY LIBRARY
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE STUDIO What Makes Me a Me? Tony Le Moignan on his debut novel,
JERSEY LIBRARY A Long Goodbye, which looks at
Jersey’s aspiring writers will have the opportunity to gather expert advice from the Director of
(CHILDREN’S LIBRARY) early-onset Alzheimer’s and the impact
the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy, Richard Skinner, author of Writing a Novel, which
draws on his years of experience as a writer and teacher. it has on those living with the condition
No booking necessary.
and those close to them.
Writing A Novel is not a set of rules and regulations. It is an atlas, a guide to finding your own Suitable for children aged 3-7 years old.
Booking essential via www.culture.je
way over the treacherous passes of your first novel. Richard Skinner covers the basics of writing
great fiction – narrators, characters, settings – with charm and rigour and argues that the
journey towards a final manuscript is as important as the finished article itself. 14.30 - 15.30 / £5
Richard Skinner has taught the Faber Academy’s flagship six-month course since its inception in White Star, Blue Iceberg: Jersey Sea Stories / Paul Darroch
2009 and has helped hundreds of people to tell their stories, including author of international JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (MRR)
bestseller Before I Go To Sleep S J Watson. He is also a celebrated novelist in his own right.
Paul Darroch, author of Jersey: The Hidden Histories, will be bringing Jersey’s compelling maritime
history to life in an exclusive reading from his forthcoming book.
Jersey mariners occupied a ring-side seat at some of the defining events of maritime history;
14.00 - 16.00 14.00 / £8
captaining the Cutty Sark, commanding the clash of arms at Jutland; and entering the bridge of
Make Your Mark The Sober Diaries RMS Titanic at the fatal moment of impact with the blue iceberg on April 14, 1912.
with Ian Rolls / REAL Clare Pooley Paul will tell of the turbulent waters that swept away the doomed manor of La Brecquette, and
LONGBEACH GOREY JERSEY OPERA HOUSE drowned the flower of English royalty in the White Ship, as well as the astonishing story of Miss
Children and their families are invited After partying hard through university, Clare Pooley went Louisa Journeaux, whose Sunday night rowing escapade in St Helier’s harbour ended far across
to come along and join local artist Ian into advertising where she found herself part of another the ocean in Canada.
Rolls to Make Your Mark on the beach drink-fuelled culture as managing partner of one of the
at Grouville, using materials found there biggest ad agencies in the world. But when Clare gave
during the afternoon. up work to concentrate on being a mum, she continued 15.00 / £8 15.30 - 16.30 / £5
Early mark making is a key strand of early to drink, using alcohol – at least a bottle of wine a day – The Quantum Poems, Prose
literacy in young children and forms part to escape boredom and tiredness. Astrologer’s Handbook and Plays
of the ‘REAL’ approach, (Raising Early In March 2015 Clare quit drinking and – in an effort to find support without Michael Brooks / JERSEY ARTS CENTRE Simon Crowcroft
Achievement in Literacy). REAL training revealing her identity – she started a blog called Mummy was a Secret Drinker under JERSEY OPERA
The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook is a science book with the panache of a HOUSE STUDIO
has been delivered to many Jersey the pseudonym ‘Sober Mummy’. Within a year the blog hit over a million page views.
novel, for readers of Carlo Rovelli or Umberto Eco.
early years practitioners, teachers and The Sober Diaries is the personal and frank story of Clare’s first year without alcohol
Polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the sixteenth century, was a gambler Poetry, prose and drama will all feature
parents with the support of the National and includes research, advice and wisdom acquired during a year of successfully
and blasphemer, inventor and chancer, plagued by demons and anxieties, in this performance by one of Jersey’s
Children’s Bureau, the Jersey Child Care living sober. It is upbeat, funny and – above all – about trying to live life to the full.
astrologer to kings, emperors and popes. This stubborn and unworldly man leading writers.
Trust and the Education Department. Clare Pooley will be in conversation with Festival vice-chairman and writer Paul Bisson.
was the son of a lawyer and a brothel keeper, but also a gifted physician and the Simon Crowcroft’s prose and verse
unacknowledged discoverer of the have won prizes in the Jersey Evening
14.00 & 16.00 / £25 14.00 mathematical foundations of quantum Post Writing Competition, Jersey
Bram & Elie / Geraint Jennings physics. That is the argument of Festival of Words JEP/Rathbones
The PMA Method / Faisal Abdalla this book, which is truly original in Writing Competition and the Guernsey
CLUB SOULGENIC SOCIÉTÉ JERSIAISE MEMBERS’ ROOM its style, and in the manner of the International Poetry Competition.
Faisal Abdalla, aka ‘Mr PMA’, will be running two fitness classes at To commemorate the centenary modernists embodies in its very form In 2001 Compulsory Showers, a poem
Club Soulgenic and signing copies of his book The PMA Method, of their deaths, and celebrate the its theories about the world. about the Holocaust, won third prize
which stands for Positive Mental Attitude. continuing liveliness and influence Michael Brooks, who holds a PhD in the prestigious Bridport Prize
of their writing, a collection of in quantum physics, is an author, international competition and his poems
Featuring structured exercise routines for the body and mind, as well as delicious
stories by Philippe Le Sueur Mourant, creator journalist and broadcaster. He is a have been published in Incident in
and healthy recipes, including easy-to-make vegetarian options, The PMA Method
of Bram Bilo and Piteur Pain, and E.J. Luce, consultant at New Scientist, writes Liberation Square and Other Poems.
is a comprehensive guide to achieving physical and mental health.
poet and playwright, is being published with weekly for the New Statesman Simon’s plays have been staged at
Faisal’s 14-day fitness method focuses on a combination of HIIT and strength
parallel English translations. and is the author of At The Edge of Jersey Arts Centre and The Last Voyage
training, meaning the focus isn’t just on fat burn but on sculpting a strong,
La Société Jersiaise will host an afternoon of Uncertainty, The Secret Anarchy of Philippe d’Auvergne, commissioned
functional and toned body that is maintainable beyond completion of the book.
readings from the new book Bram & Elie with an of Science and the bestselling 13 for Jersey Arts Centre youtheatre, was
Faisal Abdalla is a Nike master trainer and Ellie Goulding’s personal trainer. Things That Don’t Make Sense. performed in Bad Wurzach, Germany
introduction to other works by the two authors
Includes Nude Food Power Ball and Smoothie. in the context of a celebration of Jèrriais culture. Event sponsored by Pizza Projekt. in 2005.
Saturday 29 September Saturday 29 September
17.30 - 18.30 / £5
16.00 / £10 18.00 / £8
Jibe and Joke: Jackie the Baboon
Khazana / Saliha Ahmed A Celebration of the
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE Brunskill and Grimes
Genius of W S Gilbert JERSEY ARTS CENTRE
Khazana, which means treasure trove, is the first book from MasterChef The Jersey Gilbert and
winner Saliha Mahmood Ahmed. Steeped in the rich culinary heritage Sullivan Society Jackie the Baboon tells the true story of a
of the region and Saliha’s own travels in modern day India and Pakistan, JERSEY OPERA HOUSE STUDIO baboon who is taken to war as a mascot
the recipes are bang up-to-date and will inspire 21st century food lovers. by the 3rd South African Infantry. Jackie is
Members of the Jersey Gilbert and Sullivan Society and given a uniform and serves in the trenches
After facing-off competition from 63 other determined contestants, through
friends will provide 60 minutes of sparkling entertainment of the Great War where he encounters
seven gruelling weeks of culinary challenges and an exhilarating final cook-
from the pen of the doyen of librettists. W S Gilbert is chiefly humanity at its best and worst. Taking a unique viewpoint
off, in 2017 Saliha became the thirteenth amateur cook to lift the MasterChef trophy. She is also a
recognised for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan in a on the war, this scratch performance features innovative
junior doctor working in the NHS, training to specialise in gastroenterology. In the future, she hopes to combine her work as a
series of comic operas. However, he was also a journalist, puppetry, hope and heartbreak.
doctor with her passion for gastronomy to help drive the country towards healthier meals and to work on national campaigns
theatre critic, cartoonist, writer of short stories, and known
to tackle obesity, particularly in children. The play has been commissioned by ArtHouse Jersey
for his comic verse.
Saliha Ahmed will be in conversation with BBC Radio Jersey presenter Carrie Cooper. in association with Jersey Festival of Words as part of the
Island’s commemorations of the Great War. Following this
20.00 / £15 performance the play will be further developed for full
16.00 - 17.00 production in 2019.
Joanna Trollope - Life and Works
Reading Between the Lines JERSEY OPERA HOUSE Brunskill and Grimes is a collaboration between Andy
Emma Bache / JERSEY LIBRARY 16.30
Brunskill and Jimmy Grimes working across theatre, parades,
Joanna Trollope is one of Britain’s most popular authors, events, film, TV and veterinary research.
Are you creative, with a strong imagination? Or easily Jersey Evening Post Writing whose novels of modern relationships, marriage and
The scratch performance will be introduced
distracted and oversensitive? Do you have a strong
Competition - Winners’ community have kept her among the bestsellers for over
by director of ArtHouse Jersey Tom Dingle and
physical and sexual drive? How well do you work as part of 30 years. An Unsuitable Match, her latest novel, is an a
a team? How suited are you, really, to your partner? Who is
Presentation followed by a Q&A with the directors and full
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (BERNI GALLERY) uplifting story of love, family and second chances: dealing
the office sociopath? The answer to all these questions and cast. Suitable for brave 8-year-olds and up.
with one’s own emotions is one thing; facing a parent’s
many more can be revealed by your handwriting. Now in its fourth year, the Rathbones / roller-coaster of a love life is quite another…
Emma Bache is the UK’s leading handwriting expert, analysing writing from Jersey Evening Post Short Story Competition Joanna Trollope OBE is the author of 20 highly acclaimed
20.30 / £8
everyone from CEOs to celebrities, and even helping to solve fraud cases. continues to encourage local writers of all and bestselling novels, including The Rector’s Wife, How to Survive
Emma’s book, Reading Between the Lines, reveals the secrets of graphology. ages to share their talents by submitting Marrying the Mistress and Daughters-in-Law. She was in Teaching
Every element of your handwriting is a collection of involuntary signals. Learn original short stories and flash fiction. Join this appointed a trustee of the National Literacy Trust in 2012 and Dr Emma Kell
to interpret these and you can learn more about your colleagues, friends, year’s winners as they receive their prizes, has chaired the Whitbread and Orange Awards. She has JERSEY ARTS CENTRE
lovers and even yourself than you ever imagined. which will be presented by Libby Page, author been part of two government panels on public libraries and
Booking essential via www.culture.je of The Lido. Event sponsored by Rathbones. is patron of numerous charities, including Meningitis Now, Recent statistics show that not
and Chawton House Library. In 2014, she updated Jane enough teachers are entering
Austen’s Sense and Sensibility as the opening novel in the the profession and that too many
18.00/ £10 are leaving. Teaching is facing
Austen Project. An Unsuitable Match is her 21st novel.
Collusion / Luke Harding Joanna Trollope will be in conversation with BBC Radio
a genuine crisis. But why is this?
JERSEY OPERA HOUSE In her thought-provoking book,
Jersey presenter Cathy Le Feuvre.
experienced teacher and leader
In Collusion, award-winning journalist Luke Harding reveals the true nature of Donald Dr Emma Kell examines workplace stress and anxiety, conflict
Trump’s decades-long relationship with Russia. Featuring exclusive new material and and toxic politics, and the other factors which lead teachers to
drawing on sources from the intelligence community, Harding tells an astonishing ultimately decide to walk away.
story of offshore money, sketchy real estate deals, a Miss Universe pageant,
mobsters, money laundering, hacking and Kremlin espionage. This book gets to the Emma firmly believes there are ways to survive the increasing
heart of the biggest political scandal of the modern era. Russia is reshaping the world pressure teachers are under. This book offers a realistic,
order to its advantage; this is something that should trouble us all. unflinching and positive perspective on the challenges and
rewards of teaching.
Luke Harding is a journalist, writer and award-winning foreign correspondent with
the Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011, he was the Guardian’s Moscow bureau chief. Dr Emma Kell has 20 years’ experience as a teacher, is Head of
The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the Cold English with senior leadership experience at a school in North
War. He is the author of A Very Expensive Poison, The Snowden Files and Mafia State London and has recently completed a doctorate on teacher
as well as the co-author of WikiLeaks and The Liar (nominated for the Orwell Prize.) well-being and work-life balance at Middlesex University.
Two of these have been made into films, Dreamworks’ The Fifth Estate and director Dr Emma Kell will be in conversation with writer and teacher
Oliver Stone’s Snowden. Simon MacDonald.
Luke Harding will be in conversation with event sponsor JICAS’s Sean Dettman. Event sponsored by NASUWT.
Sunday 30 September Sunday 30 September
14.30 / £8
10.30 / £6.50 11.00 - 13.00 / £15
The Red Ribbon / Lucy Adlington / JERSEY ARTS CENTRE
What Makes Me a Me? How to Write a Page-
Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom) Turning Memoir Dress historian Lucy Adlington invites you into the world of fashion, fabrics, hats and home-sewing
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE Duncan Barrett in the 1940s, to celebrate the publication of her new novel The Red Ribbon – an amazing story
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (MRR) inspired by the dressmakers of Auschwitz – and to have a closer look at the display of original
What makes me a me? What makes you a garments and accessories.
you? Are you like a sports car – lightning Duncan Barrett is the co-author of
Based on survivors’ testimonies and a personal interview with Eva Schloss (Anne Frank’s
fast? Or maybe you’re like a tree... Do a trio of Sunday Times bestsellers,
stepsister), The Red Ribbon is a powerful read for anyone who was moved by The Boy in the
your arms stick out like branches? The Sugar Girls, GI Brides and
Striped Pyjamas and The Diary of Anne Frank.
A funny and thought-provoking look at what makes us us. The Girls Who Went to War – all
of which tell the true stories of Lucy Adlington is a writer, actress, costume historian and founder of the historical
Guaranteed to feed the imagination, this celebration of being
a community of individuals in a costume events company History Wardrobe. Her novels for teenagers have been
who we are is perfect for inquisitive (and inventive!) little minds.
narrative, novelistic style. In this nominated/shortlisted for numerous prizes including the CILIP Carnegie Medal
Ben Faulks is an actor and writer from Cornwall, best known and the Manchester Book Prize. She also writes non-fiction for adults about the
workshop he shares his advice on how to turn your own
for his role as Mr Bloom in the CBeebies children’s television history of clothes, including Great War Fashion and Stitches in Time: The Story of
stories into books that your readers won’t be able to put
show Mr Bloom’s Nursery. He was the Clothes We Wear. This event is suitable for adults and older children.
down. Covering characterisation, plot structure, artistic
nominated for a BAFTA award for best
license and more, this workshop is perfect for anyone keen
Children’s Television Presenter in 2011.
to get their own life story down on paper.
Event sponsored by ECOF. 14.30 - 16.30 / £8 15.00 - 16.00 / Adults £5 Children FREE
(Ticket Required)
Strolling with Scribes
Literary Walk We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
12.30 / £8 JERSEY ARTS CENTRE (MRR)
Join Blue Badge Guide Tom Bunting
The Garden, Our Oasis / Panel Event To celebrate the launch of a Jèrriais translation of
for a unique literary walking tour in
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE
St Helier – you’ll wander with Wace, Michael Rosen’s classic children’s picture book,
In Tor Udall’s debut novel A Thousand Paper Birds, five characters interweave in a year at Kew the Norman poet, loiter with Lillie We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (J’allons à la chasse
Gardens, a beautiful exploration of love and loss and the healing power of the natural world. Langtry, Jersey’s most famous à l’ourse) the new Jèrriais teaching team would like to invite families to come and listen
actress, and raise your glass to the to the story and take part in Bear-Hunt-themed activities. What’s more, every family
In War Gardens, award-winning photographer, filmmaker and writer Lalage Snow reveals the ways people make time and space
revolutionaries Marx and Engels in attending will receive a free copy of the book to take home and read aloud.
for themselves, and for nature, even in the middle of destruction – from Kabul where royal gardens are tended by a centenarian
gardener, though the king is long gone, to Ukraine where families tend their gardens in the middle of a surreal, frozen war. one of their favourite pubs. The event will be an opportunity for children and their parents to hear Jersey’s native
Meet in the Royal Square. tongue, get used to how it sounds and perhaps even try to speak a little Jèrriais
In The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury, wildlife editor on BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, documents transforming
Booking via Eventbrite. themselves along the way! J’n’avons pon peux! We’re not scared!
her decked, barren backyard in Brighton into a beautiful wildlife garden: the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the
garden, the rewilding of a tiny urban space. Join the three writers as they discuss gardens as oases in a panel chaired by writer
and blogger Naomi Frisby. 16.30 / £8
Forthcoming Event
The Reading Cure Monday 26th November
Laura Freeman
JERSEY ARTS CENTRE 20.00 / £15
At the age of fourteen, Laura Freeman An Evening with
was diagnosed with anorexia. But even Alan Titchmarsh
at her lowest point, the one appetite JERSEY OPERA HOUSE
she never lost was her love of reading.
She gradually rediscovered how to In a special postscript to Jersey Festival
enjoy food – and life more broadly – through literature. of Words 2018, join Alan Titchmarsh MBE,
From plum puddings and pottles of fruit in Dickens to Virginia bestselling author of nine novels, four volumes of memoirs and
Woolf’s painterly descriptions of bread, blackberries and more than 50 gardening books, as he discusses his work.
biscuits, book by book, meal by meal, Laura developed an His forthcoming novel The Scarlet Nightingale, set in wartime
appetite and discovered an entire library of reasons to live. London and occupied France, is a thrilling story of love,
The Reading Cure is not a book about an eating disorder; it is danger and sacrifice.
about recovery and what happens afterwards: ‘the pouring in Alan was the presenter of Gardeners’ World, the hugely popular
of sunlight after more than a decade of darkness and hunger’. Ground Force and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. He writes regularly
Laura Freeman is a freelance writer and critic and was in BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, Country Life and The Sunday
shortlisted for Features Writer of the Year at the 2014 British Telegraph, is a Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society
Press Awards. Laura Freeman will be in conversation with and patron or president of over 50 charities.
acclaimed writer Cathy Rentzenbrink. Alan Titchmarsh will be signing books after the event.Sponsors and Supporters www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org
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