Opera House • Arts Centre • Durrell Jersey Library • Mont Orgueil • La Hougue Bie jerseyfestivalofwords.org PROGRAMME OF EVENTS Victoria Hislop Michael Morpurgo Cathy Rentzenbrink Alison Weir The Unmumsy Mum Louis de Bernières Simon Scarrow Mick Hume Louise Doughty AF Harrold Jess French William Sutcliffe Kat Banyard Rachel Abbott Jo Bell + much, much more Sept 28th - Oct 2nd
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Opera House • Arts Centre • Durrell
Jersey Library • Mont Orgueil • La Hougue Bie
jerseyfestivalofwords.org
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Victoria Hislop
Michael Morpurgo
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Alison Weir
The Unmumsy Mum
Louis de Bernières
Simon Scarrow
Mick Hume
Louise Doughty
AF Harrold
Jess French
William Sutcliffe
Kat Banyard
Rachel Abbott
Jo Bell
+ much, much more
Sept 28th - Oct 2nd
At heart, book festivals are all
about stories…and the Jersey
Festival of Words 2016 has
some wonderful tales to tell,
all in the magical setting of one
of the world’s most beautiful
islands.
With its own unique history,
culture and language, Jersey
is a very special place and an
enticing venue for this young
and growing literary festival,
dedicated to the power and
pleasure of words in all forms,
written, spoken and sometimes
sung.
This year, there will be stories
of espionage, glamour and
scandal, of wartime heroism at
home and on the battlefield, of
tragic queens, noble warriors
and modern murder mysteries,
of fierce and not-so fierce
creatures, of dangerous future
worlds, of love and desire, of
motherhood and grief.
Fact and fiction, poetry and
prose, words and music
all combine in a packed
programme as international
stars of the literary world are
joined by members of Jersey’s
own flourishing creative scene
to present five days of diverse
delights, with some serious
intellectual stimulation also on
offer.
Big names taking part include
Victoria Hislop and Louis
de Bernières, whose best-
known works reflect their own
appreciation of island magic;
performance poet and former
Canal Laureate Jo Bell, who has
made a name writing about life
on the water; former Children’s
Laureate Michael Morpurgo, and
fellow best-sellers Alison Weir,
Simon Scarrow, Louise Doughty
and Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Blogging sensation Sarah Turner,
aka The Unmumsy Mum, will add
a humorous look at family life
while young readers themselves
will be enchanted by an all-
star cast of writers including
A.F.Harrold of Fizzlebert Stump
fame, Jim ‘Barry Loser’ Smith,
young adult favourites William
Sutcliffe and Eugene Lambert
and Chris Bradford, whose
Young Samurai performances in
full costume have become the
stuff of festival legend.
An introduction to the joy of
reading is one of the main aims
of the Jersey Festival of Words
and we hope that once again St
Helier’s historic Opera House will
be packed with children from
the Island’s schools enjoying a
series of shows especially for
them.
Other historic venues will also
be featured for the first time this
year. Magnificent Mont Orgueil,
the medieval castle at Gorey, will
host the opening event as the
writers and performers of Plays
Rough become Plays Ruff for
one night only to mark the 400th
anniversary of Shakespeare’s
death in their own unique style.
And another major heritage
site, La Hougue Bie, a deeply
atmospheric place of spiritual
sanctuary since prehistoric times
(and currently home to Jersey’s
internationally renowned Le
Catillon coin hoard, which has
its own stirring tale to tell) will
be the setting for a workshop on
writing about ‘spirit of place’.
For many, our Island’s name will
be forever synonymous with that
of the Jersey Lily, Lillie Langtry.
The Victorian clergyman’s
daughter who became one of
the first transatlantic superstars,
as well as the muse and lover of
great men including the Prince
of Wales, will be brought to life
in a new dramatic work by Tessa
Coleman and Andrea Earl.
Lily was not the only Jersey
glamour girl to achieve a heady
mix of international fame and
notoriety. A few years after
her came Elinor Glyn, whose
scandalous novels and early
Hollywood screenplays made
her a household name. Now all
but forgotten, Elinor Glyn will be
recalled by Paul Darroch, author
of Jersey’s Hidden Histories.
A Jersey heroine of a very
different kind was Louisa Gould,
condemned to death in the
women’s concentration camp
at Ravensbruck for harbouring
an escaped Ukrainian prisoner
during the Island’s five-year Nazi
Occupation. Her inspiring story
is told in a forthcoming film,
Another Mother’s Son, and its
scriptwriter, Louisa’s great-niece
Jenny Lecoat, will be at the
festival to talk about it.
Women in wartime is also
the theme of Anne Sebba’s
acclaimed new study, Les
Parisiennes, exploring the wide
range of emotional and practical
responses produced among
its population by the enemy
occupation of that city, some
courageous, some pragmatic,
some treacherous.
Treason is also a theme of
Stalin’s Englishman, a new
biography of the alcoholic,
extroverted British Cold War spy
Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie,
who will be sharing the Jersey
Arts Centre stage with Oliver
Bullough, author of The Last
Man in Russia, an examination
of that vast country’s current
alcohol-fuelled decline.
Jersey’s roots lie deep in
neighbouring Normandy and its
currently endangered Norman-
French language, Jèrriais, will
also feature in the festival. Its
rich expressiveness would have
been familiar to the Jersey
‘Pals’ who fought and and died
together at the First World War
Battle of Guillemont, 100 years
ago this September, which will
be recalled by historian Ian
Ronayne.
Visitors to Jersey will not be
surprised to know that its historic
isolation and native tongue have
combined with a many-layered
landscape ranging from wild cliffs
to gentle farmland to produce a
treasure trove of legends and folk
tales.
Many have been refreshed
for new generations by local
bestseller Erren Michaels, just one
of the wide variety of spellbinding
storytellers introduced by this
programme.
Take your pick…and welcome to
the Jersey Festival of Words 2016.
An Island Full of Stories An Island Full of Stories
Elinor Glyn
Guy Burgess
Lillie Langtry
La Hougue Bie
16.00 - 17.00
Les Parisiennes Anne Sebba
Arts Centre £8
Anne Sebba is a British
biographer, writer, lecturer
and journalist. Les Parisiennes
explores the aftershock of
World War Two and the choices
demanded. How did the
women who survived to see the
Liberation of Paris come to terms
with their actions and those of
others?
18.00 - 19.45
Stalin’s Englishman / The Last Man in Russia
Andrew Lownie Oliver Bullough
Arts Centre £8
An evening of two parts: Andrew
Lownie discusses his biography
of double agent Guy Burgess
showing how even Burgess’s
chaotic personal life of drunken
philandering did nothing to stop
his penetration and betrayal of
the British Intelligence Service,
while journalist Oliver Bullough
will discuss his book The Last
Man in Russia, a travelogue,
sociological study and Cri de
coeur for the Russian state.
20.30 - 22.00
Victoria Hislop Cartes Postales from Greece
Arts Centre £15
Victoria Hislop read English
at Oxford, and worked in
publishing, PR and as a journalist
before becoming a novelist. Her
first novel, The Island, held the
number one slot in the Sunday
Times paperback charts for
eight consecutive weeks and
has sold more than two million
copies worldwide. Victoria was
the Newcomer of the Year at
the Galaxy British Book Awards
2007 and won the Richard &
Judy Summer Read competition.
Her second novel, The Return,
was also a Sunday Times
number one bestseller, and her
books have been translated into
more than twenty languages.
Her new novel Cartes Postales
from Greece was published in
September 2016.
The following events are free for students to attend:
09.30 - 10.3012.30 - 13.30
Concentr8 William Sutcliffe
Arts Centre (KS3/KS4)
In a future London, Concentr8
is a prescription drug intended
to help kids with ADD. Soon
every troubled teen is on it.
William Sutcliffe was born in
London in 1971 and has written
several novels including the
international bestseller Are
You Experienced? His first
YA novel, The Wall, was
shortlisted for Guardian
Fiction Prize and the
prestigious Carnegie Medal in
2014. William’s work has been
translated into more than
twenty languages.
11.00 - 12.00 14.00 - 15.00
The Sign of One Eugene Lambert
Arts Centre (KS3/KS4)
Eugene Lambert’s The Sign
of One is tipped to be the
next big thing for fans of The
Hunger Games and Patrick
Ness. Set on Wrath, a dump
world for human outcasts,
identical twins are feared.
Only one will grow up human,
while the other becomes a
condemned monster with
‘twisted’ blood. Eugene
Lambert is a graduate of
Bath Spa’s MA in Writing for
Young People. The Sign of
One was shortlisted for the
Bath Novel Award and is his
first novel.
Information / Wednesday 28th September Thursday 29th September
19.00 - 21.30 (OPENING EVENT)
Inglorious Bardsters Plays Ruff
Gorey Castle £12 (Book via Opera House)
This year marks the 400th anniversary since the death of England’s greatest writer, yet that may still not be
long enough for Shakespeare to forgive Plays Rough for this misguided night of new theatre at Gorey Castle.
Based loosely around the theme of ‘Shakespeare’, Jersey’s own playwrights have responded to this theme
with an exciting and varied set of short plays and poetry.
The evening will be approximately two hours long and will take place in a number of different spaces in the
castle. (Not suitable for children. Event will involve movement around the castle grounds.)
All festival details and ticket bookings available at
www.jerseyfestivalofwords.org
@JerseyWordFest JerseyFestivalofWords
Victoria Hislop
GREEN ROOSTER ARTS CENTRE
CCA INTERNATIONALBUS STATION
ROUTE 13 - DURRELL
OPERA HOUSE
Friday 30th September
The following events are free for students to attend:
09.00 - 10.00 13.30 - 14.30
Young Samurai + Bodyguard Chris Bradford
Opera House (KS2/KS3)
Renowned YA author Chris
Bradford has written eighteen
fiction books to date, been
published in more than twenty
languages and nominated
for over thirty book awards.
Here he discusses his Young
Samurai and Bodyguard series
(he’s trained as both!) dressed
in full regalia...
10.30 - 11.30
Barry Loser Jim Smith
Opera House (KS2/KS3)
Students are invited to join
Roald Dahl Funny Prize
winner Jim Smith, writer of
the Barry Loser series, as he
presents stories, belly laughs
and burps. You’ll meet the
star of his new series, Future
Ratboy, Jim will teach you
how to draw Barry and his
mates and maybe even how
to draw a poo!
12.00 - 13.00
Fizzlebert Stump A.F. Harrold
Opera House (KS2/KS3)
Join acclaimed writer and
poet A.F. Harrold as he
explores the wacky world of
circus boy Fizzlebert Stump
and his Carnegie Award long-
listed novel The Imaginary.
Oodles of fun guaranteed!
15.30 - 16.30
Jersey Legends Erren Michaels
Opera House £5
Erren Michaels’ first book Jersey
Legends is a collection of eleven
short stories based on the folklore
of Jersey. It includes the best-
known fairy tales of the island, as
well as myths and monsters which
have been almost lost to time.
The show will include a mixture of
readings and conversation, as well
as video shorts and footage of
the locations in which the stories
are set.
17.00 - 18.00
Thrive With the Hive Claire Boscq Scott
Opera House £8
In Thrive With the Hive, small
business guru Claire Boscq Scott
describes her very own view of the
delivery of Customer Excellence.
Claire has created ten simple
steps to follow on how to look
after your internal and external
customers, delighting them and
creating exceptional customer
experience and ultimately creating
a real service culture within your
organisation.
18.30 - 20.30
How Free is Free Speech? Mick Hume, Oliver Bullough, Claire de Than, Simon de Bruxelles, Bram Wanrooij, Gavin Ashenden
Opera House £12
Veteran journalist Mick Hume,
discusses Trigger Warning – an
uncompromising defence of
freedom of expression, which he
argues is threatened by a creeping
culture of conformism. There will
follow a panel discussion chaired
by Jersey Evening Post editor
Andy Sibcy featuring journalists
Oliver Bullough and Simon de
Bruxelles, JCRAG founder Bram
Wanrooij, lawyer Claire de Than
and the controversial columnist
Reverend Gavin Ashenden.
21.00 - 23.00
Such Stuff as Dreams Cabaret Evening
Arts Centre £15
Join a host of local and visiting
poets, writers, and musicians for
a unique cabaret event featuring
readings, songs and performance.
Audience members are invited to
enter and interact with a dream-
like world featuring all manner of
surprises. Expect the unexpected
but remember … it’s only a dream.
Or is it? Featuring (amongst many
others) visiting spoken word
artists Jo Bell, A.F. Harrold, The
Story Beast and Christian Foley.
10.00 - 16.00
Frances Lemmon + Candy NeubertCCA Galleries
Poet Candy Neubert and artist
Frances Lemmon have joined
forces to explore the creative
process of writing and using
literature as a springboard for
artistic inspiration. Catch their
exhibition at CCA Galleries,
and hear Candy talk about her
work at 11am.
10.00 - 11.00
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks Kristina Stephenson
Opera House £8/£5
Kristina Stephenson had a
successful career in theatre and
children’s TV until she had her
children. Wanting to stay at
home with them, she turned to
illustration. Inspired to write by
her own son Charlie (who doesn’t
have stinky socks), she created the
wonderful Sir Charlie Stinky Socks.
Join Kristina (and her giant on-
stage book!) as she creates a
story with the audience at what
promises to be a wonderful event
for all the family.
10.00 - 11.00
The Battle of Guillemont Ian Ronayne
Arts Centre (MRR) £5
Historian and writer Ian Ronayne
discusses his new work on the
Battle of Guillemont, which
occurred in September 1916 during
the Battle of the Somme, and
which saw the loss of life of many
of the Jersey company of soldiers.
10.00 - 11.30
Rachel Abbott + Antonia Hodgson
Crime Writing & Publishing versus Self-Publishing
Arts Centre £8
Join bestselling self-published
author and Channel Island resident
Rachel Abbott for a conversation
with crime writer and executive
director of the Little, Brown agency
Antonia Hodgson, for a discussion
on the merits of traditional versus
self-publishing. Chaired by Gwyn
Garfield-Bennett.
11.30 - 12.30
Elinor Glyn Paul Darroch
Arts Centre (MRR) £5
Paul Darroch’s first book,
Jersey: The Hidden Histories, was
published by Seaflower Books in
October 2015. Here he discusses
his work on Elinor Glyn (1864-
1943), the Jersey-born romantic
novelist and scriptwriter whose
work was considered scandalous
at its time.
12.00 - 13.00
Michael Morpurgo An Eagle in the Snow
Opera House £12/£8
Ex-Children’s Laureate and award-
winning novelist Michael Morpurgo
(War Horse, Private Peaceful) will
be discussing his latest novel An
Eagle in the Snow, an extraordinary
moral thriller about a man who
could have stopped World War
Two.
AF Harrold
Saturday 1st October
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Concentr8
William Sutcliffe
Barry Loser
Jim Smith
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks
The Battle of Guillemont
Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Last Act of Love
Jèrriais: It’s Electrifying
Christian Foley
The Story Beast
Jess French
Elinor Glyn
Paul Darroch
Michael Morpurgo
An Eagle in the Snow
Pimp State
Kat Banyard
Ice Bound
Nicky Mesch
Alison Weir Katherine of Aragon:
The True Queen
How to Get Ahead in Television/Christmas
at the Vicarage
Rachel Abbott + Antonia Hodgson
Kids’ Comedy
Simon MacDonald
Simon Scarrow
with Caroline LeaRead Y’Self Fitter
Andrew Miller
Another Mother’s Son
Jenny Lecoat
JEP Writing
Competition Awards
Rides of Passage
Arthur Lamy
Jèrriais: The Shock of the New
Fizzlebert Stump
A.F. Harrold
Your Family History
Call 448700 to reserve place
Frances Lemmon + Candy Neubert
Hidden Treasures
Call 448700 to reserve place
Hidden Treasures
Call 448700 to reserve place
Poetry and Place - Jo Bell
La Hougue Bie £20 (15 places) Book via Opera House website
How to Write a Hit Song - Alex von Soos
Arts Centre (MRR) £20 (20 places)
Childen’s Reading Group Session
Childen’s Reading
Group Session
Writing for the Screen
Jenny Lecoat
Michael Moorcock Talk/Q+A via Skype
A.R.G.S*
A.R.G.S*
Bookbinding Workshop
Library Meeting Room - call 448700 to reserve place