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SCAR BOROUGH
B OOK FESTIVAL
26 APR IL – 1 MAY
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HOW TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS...
Tickets are available from Stephen Joseph Theatre,
Westborough, Scarborough YO11 1JW. Tel 01723 370541
Online booking available through the SJT, Scarborough Spa
and festival websites.
OPENING HOURS
Weekdays 10am – 6pm (Mon – Sat)
Payments can be made by cash,
cheque, credit or debit card.
Telephone booking available.
Please note: Festival tickets are not
for sale from Scarborough Library.
Please ensure you arrive on time
for each event as late admittance
is not permitted.
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Venues above are situated close to car parking facilities and are
within walking distance of Scarborough town centre.
Wykeham Abbey is 8 miles outside Scarborough.
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WELCOME
April heralds our fourth BOOKS BY THE BEACH festival.
We’re delighted to bring a cornucopia of shining talent to
Scarborough.
This year we’re introducing top medical experts and scientists to
share their knowledge. We’ve got gutsy ‘girl power’ with sports
champions to inspire. Top novelists, crime and thriller writers rub
shoulders with historians, musicians, poets and biographers.
We’ve all things Victorian and a twist on Jane Austen.
Debtors linger in the prison and Monet blossoms at the
Art gallery.
Poignancy in politics and war, and hot news at the press panel.
There’s stargazing and tales from under the hammer at
Christies, plus celebrity girls putting pens to paper.
Food and drink events are ever popular and we’re increasing
our range of venues. We’re delighted to announce a new
partnership with The Stephen Joseph Theatre, who are hosting
events in The Round and their own Bistro.
We’ve also a unique tea party at Wykeham Abbey Old Kitchen.
Beer tasting and themed events are complemented by beautiful
local restaurant catering.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all our wonderful authors, sponsors,
partners, volunteers, and finally you the audience for your
enduring support and enthusiasm. Let’s keep culture on the
coast! Have fun at the festival and help us spread the word!
Heather French and Peter Guttridge, festival directors.
Brochure designed by Charlotte Middleton
Website designed by Cup of Tea Productions
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WED 26 APRIL
JOANNA
TROLLOPE
City of Friends
TIME 10am – 11am
PRICE £8.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Joanna Trollope is the author
of twenty highly acclaimed novels, including Marrying The
Mistress and Daughters In Law. Her latest is City Of Friends
which she’ll be introducing today. Joanna was appointed
OBE in 1996, and a trustee of the National Literacy Trust in
2012. She has chaired the Whitbread and Orange Awards,
judged many other literature prizes and is an keen advocate
for public libraries. We’re delighted Joanna has returned to
open our 2017 festival.
WED 26 APRIL
DAISY
GOODWIN
VICTORIA
TIME 12.30pm – 1.30pm
PRICE £12.00 (A copy of Daisy’s
book Victoria included in ticket price)
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Daisy Goodwin’s work as a TV producer and presenter
includes Reader I Married Him and Bookworm. She is also
creator of Grand Designs. Daisy reviews for The Times
and writes a bibliotherapy column for The Daily Mail.
Daisy will be talking about fact and fiction, reading from
Queen Victoria’s diaries and showing clips from her hugely
popular ITV series VICTORIA.
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WED 26 APRIL
ALISON
WATT
A Play in a Prison Workshop
TIME 2pm – 5pm
PRICE £15.00
VENUE Scarborough Prison
Prisons have long provided
inspiration for playwrights.
Come along to this tutor-supported, playwriting workshop
to create your very own comedy, melodrama or hard-hitting
drama based in that most claustrophobic of all settings,
‘the Clink’. Alison Watt has written professionally for
EastEnders, Crossroads and Theatre. She is co-founder of
Beach Hut Theatre Company and is a recipient of the 2016
WGFB Olwen Wymark Theatre Encouragement Award.
This venue does not have wheelchair access.
WED 26 APRIL
DAISY
GOODWIN’s
victorian
tea Party
TIME 3pm – 4.30pm
PRICE £25.00
VENUE The Old Kitchen,
Wykeham Abbey, Wykeham
It was the Victorians who first invented afternoon tea. But this
is a tea party with a difference. Join ‘Victoria’ expert Daisy
Goodwin in an exclusive setting. Daisy will be speaking about
Victoria’s diaries and the woman behind the crown.
A feast of sandwiches, pies, sponges and scones will be
served at this event accompanied by Yorkshire tea, filter
coffee and homemade lemonade. Quintessentially English!
This venue does not have wheelchair access.
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WED 26 APRIL
John
lewisstempel
Where Poppies Grow
TIME 5.30pm – 6.30pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
This is the story of the British soldiers of the Great War and
their relationship with the animals and plants around them.
The wonders of nature lifted their spirits, and reminded them
of home. They went fishing, bird watching, and hunting.
They planted flower beds in the trenches and vegetable
gardens in their billets. John Lewis-Stempel is an award-winning
writer who is predominantly known for his books on nature and
history including bestselling The Running Hare.
WED 26 APRIL
jerry
white
Life In A Debtors’ Prison
TIME Events at 6pm & 8pm
PRICE £10.00
VENUE Scarborough Prison,
Dean Road Depot
Professor Jerry White is a
University of London lecturer and Wolfson history prize winner.
His recent book is Mansions of Misery, a biography of the
Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison. For many in the 18th and 19th
centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors
lost their patience, you may be thrown into one of London’s most
notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison, which housed
many colourful unfortunates including Charles Dickens’ father.
Tonight Jerry will be reliving their tales from Scarborough’s own
atmospheric Victorian prison. This venue does not have wheelchair access.
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THU 27 APRIL
Wendy
Moore
Mesmerism – medicine
or myth..?
TIME 10am – 11am
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Today we explore the progress of the medical world.
We begin in the early 1800s when medicine was a brutal
business. Wendy Moore’s The Mesmerist tells the story of
John Elliotson, a brilliant doctor who introduced mesmerism –
hypnotism – to Victorian Britain. Elliotson’s demonstrations of
patients being mesmerised at University College Hospital,
London, drew huge crowds of scientists, journalists and
dignitaries. Eventually Elliotson’s colleagues began to ask
questions and his brilliant career was in jeopardy. Wendy
Moore is author of three other non-fiction titles including
the Sunday Times no 1 bestseller, Wedlock.
THU 27 APRIL
classical
concert
Stars and Stripes
TIME 12.30pm – 1.30pm
PRICE Donation on the door
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
This year’s classical concert
features words and music on an American theme written by
Maria Billington. It stars American soprano Michelle Rothery,
Violinist Phillip Mindenhall, Pianist Frank James and is
narrated by Maria Billington herself. Some of the music
included will be Gershwin, Cole Porter and a performance
of Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland (from a special piece of
music gifted by the composer himself!)
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THU 27 APRIL
HELENA
KELLY
Royal Literary Fund
Jane Austen, The Secret
Radical. This event is sponsored
by The Royal Literary Fund.
TIME 3pm – 4pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Helena Kelly holds degrees in Classics and English from Oxford
and King’s College London. She has taught Jane Austen to
hundreds of people, of all ages, nationalities, and backgrounds.
But now in her first book Jane Austen, The Secret Radical
Helena strips off everything we know, or thought we knew, about
the author. The real world of immense social change is revealed
and the revolutionary Jane Austen exposed...!
THU 27 APRIL
STEve
WESTABY
Fragile Lives: A Heart
Surgeon’s Tales
TIME 5.30pm – 6.30pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
The day his grandfather died, Steve Westaby vowed to
become a heart surgeon. Today, as one of the world’s
most eminent heart surgeons, Dr Steve Westaby shares
the stories of the lives he has fought to save. Steve is
renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a
patient with a new type of artificial heart, claiming a place
in medical history. During his 35 year career as a surgeon
he has performed over 11,000 heart operations.
An insight into the wonders of modern medicine.
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THU 27 APRIL
WOLD TOP
BEER &
greensmith
nibbles
TIME 7pm – 8.30pm
PRICE £15.00
VENUE Greensmith &
Thackwray, St Nicholas Street,
Scarborough
After a mouthwatering first event last year, Wold Top are
delighted to be working with the guys from Greensmith
& Thackwray once again to create an evening of beer and
food tasting. Food and beer pairing is a growing trend in the
industry and both partners are keen to promote this locally.
A smooth and relaxed end to the day. Cheers!
Wheelchair access to event but toilets are located upstairs
FRI 28 APRIL
ALISON
WATT
Creating a Costume
Drama Workshop
TIME 9am – 12noon
PRICE £15.00
VENUE Crescent Hotel,
The Crescent, Scarborough
Would you like to design your own Darcy? Or create a Cathy?
Explore the spills and thrills of a ‘bodice-ripper’ or follow a
deeper, more brooding intent - the tutor will support you
realise your vision. Grab bonnets and canes and let us be
off...to the 19th Century and beyond!
This venue does not have wheelchair access.
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FRI 28 APRIL
POEMS
TO MAKE
GROWN
WOMEN CRY
Amnesty International Event
TIME 10am – 11am
PRICE Donation for Amnesty
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Amnesty International Scarborough group will be inviting
local women to choose and read their favourite poem from
the recently published Poems That Make Grown Women Cry.
This follows on from readings of Poems That Make Grown
Men Cry featured in 2015 festival.
FRI 28 APRIL
SALLEY
VICKERS
Literary Lunch
TIME 12.30pm – 3pm
PRICE £28.00
VENUE Crescent Hotel,
The Crescent, Scarborough
Salley Vickers is the author
of seven highly acclaimed novels. She has worked as a
university teacher of literature and as a psychoanalyst.
Today she’ll be speaking about her new novel, Cousins.
Told through the eyes of three women – a sister, grandmother
and aunt, Cousins takes us from the outbreak of the Second
World War to the present day, exploring tragedy,
transgression, morality and love. This event includes a
delicious three-course lunch with coffee/tea.
This venue does not have wheelchair access.
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FRI 28 APRIL
Declan
Murphy &
Ami Rao
Centaur: A jockey’s tale
TIME 5.30pm – 6.30pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of
his generation before his world came crashing down at the
final hurdle of a 1994 race at Haydock Park. Declan was
believed to be dead, the last rites were read and the Racing
Post published his obituary. Miraculously, he survived and
eighteen months later saddled up for one more race.
As usual, he won. For 23 years, Declan has been unable to
tell what happened.
But now writer Ami Rao has helped him find the words and
together they’ve unlocked his extraordinary story.
Today's stage runs from
Bridlington to Scarborough,
finishing at our own North Bay!
A fantastic sporting day – meeting
sports stars beside the sea.
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FRI 28 APRIL
FOUR
MUMS IN
A BOAT
The Champion Rowers
who crossed the Atlantic
TIME 7.30pm – 9pm
PRICE £12.00
VENUE The Spa Theatre
Meet the four working Yorkshire mums who made history
by crossing the Atlantic in 67 days and picking up a record
along the way as the oldest women to row any ocean.
The champion team comprises of Janette Benaddi – a clinical
researcher, Helen Butters – a communications expert in
the NHS, Frances Davies – a solicitor, Niki Doeg – business
owner. A true tale of heroism, humour, determination and
Yorkshire grit! A festival in partnership highlight!
SAT 29 APRIL
ANNE
SEBBA
The Parisiennes
Books By The Beach
Breakfast Event
TIME 9.30am – 11am
PRICE £15.00
VENUE Palm Court Hotel
What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939
to 1949 when life-and-death decisions were made every
day? In the darkest moments of Occupation, glamour was
ever present and sex became currency. How did women who
lived to see the Liberation of Paris come to terms with their
actions? Join top historian Anne Sebba for a French style
breakfast where all will be revealed...
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SAT 29 APRIL
SHELlSHOCK
Taylor Downing,
Simon Wessely &
Allan Mallinson
TIME 1pm – 2pm
PRICE £8.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
As the Battle of the
Somme raged on in 1916, a number of men began displaying
symptoms of nervous disorder. The official response was
unsympathetic. Historian and film producer Taylor Downing
(author of Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme),
joins President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and advisor to the British Army, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, to discuss our improved understanding of post-traumatic stress.
Chaired by former soldier and The Times historian of the First
World War, Allan Mallinson (author of Too Important for the
Generals: Losing and Winning the First World War).
SAT 29 APRIL
LOUISE
DOUGHTY &
ERIN KELLY
Thriller Girls
TIME 3pm – 4pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Louise Doughty is the author of eight novels, most recently
Black Water, published in 2016 to critical acclaim. Her previous
book was the Top Ten bestseller Apple Tree Yard, adapted for
BBC One as a four-part series starring Emily Watson. Erin Kelly
is the author of five thrillers including The Poison Tree, which
became a major ITV drama in 2013. He Said/She Said is Erin’s
latest with time shifts, plot twists and alternating narrators.
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SAT 29 APRIL
HELEN
CZERSKI
Storm in a Teacup –
Physics of Everyday Life!
TIME 5pm – 6pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Patterns we see around us are universal. By linking what
makes popcorn pop to Antarctic winds, coffee stains to blood
tests, and ketchup bottles to aliens in space, Helen Czerski
demonstrates how every thread we pull in the fabric of our
daily lives reveals something new about patterns of our world
and how it works. Helen is a lecturer at University College
London and regularly presents BBC programmes on physics.
SAT 29 APRIL
ADELE PARKS
& VICKY
PATTISON
Girls’ Night Out!
TIME 7pm – 8.15pm
PRICE £10.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Adele Parks worked in advertising until she published her first
novel in 2000. Since then, her many Sunday Times bestsellers
have been translated into twenty-six different languages.
Adele works closely with The Reading Agency to encourage
adult literacy. Vicky Pattison’s autobiography, Nothing but the
Truth, was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. She is one
of the original Geordie Shore cast and won the nation’s hearts
when crowned Queen of the Jungle in I’m a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here. Tonight they will be talking about their
newly released novels. Here come the girls!
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SUN 30 APRIL
CELEBRITY
SUNDAY
PAPERS
Helen Czerski &
Alan Johnson
TIME 10am – 11am
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Helen Czerski top female scientist may be searching for new
discoveries, Alan Johnson MP may be looking for political
pointers or both may scour the papers for the humorous
headlines... Allan Mallinson, historical writer and critic will
chair. Listen to what’s hot from the press and chance to have
your say too!
SUN 30 APRIL
ROSS KING
Claude Monet and the
Painting of the Water Lilies
TIME 11.30am – 12.30pm
PRICE £8.00
VENUE Scarborough
Art Gallery
Join best-selling author and
Art historian Ross King to
learn the full history of Claude Monet’s beloved water lily
paintings and the fascinating story of the last decade of his
life. Using letters and memoirs Ross reveals a more complex
and intimate Monet than has ever before been portrayed.
Wheelchair access but toilets are located upstairs.
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SUN 30 APRIL
GERVASE
PHINN
The School Inspector Calls!
TIME 1pm – 2pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Gervase Phinn is a teacher,
lecturer, author, poet, educational consultant and Yorkshire’s
favourite school inspector. Today he’s crossing ‘hill and dale’
to visit Scarborough. Gervase will be entertaining us all with
tales from his latest title, Secrets at the Little Village School.
Number 5 in the Barton in the Dale series is filled with
friendship, love, hidden secrets and of course a large dose
of village drama. Fun and laughter guaranteed!
SUN 30 APRIL
ALAN
JOHNSON
The Long and Winding Road
TIME 3pm – 4pm
PRICE £8.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Alan Johnson is a British
Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June
2009 to May 2010, and until 20 January 2011 he was Shadow
Chancellor of the Exchequer. His first book, This Boy, won the
RSL Ondaatje prize and the Orwell Prize in 2013. His second,
Please Mister Postman, won the National Book Award for
Autobiography of the Year in 2014. The third volume of Alan’s
memoirs takes us to the corridors of Westminster – to Labour’s
electoral victory in 1997 and Alan’s appointment as Home
Secretary. Travel with Alan on his extraordinary journey down
The Long and Winding Road...
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SUN 30 APRIL
BARRY
FORSHAW
American Noir & an ‘EAT ME
CAFE’ Taste of the USA
TIME 4.30pm – 6pm
PRICE £22.00
VENUE Stephen Joseph
Theatre Bistro
Barry Forshaw’s new book, American Noir, concentrates on
modern US crime writers, films and TV, and he’s met every
current writer from James Patterson to Patricia Cornwell. But
he also has stories about the filmmakers and directors of the
past he’s talked to, from Lauren Bacall to Alfred Hitchcock!
Mouthwatering American light bites from EAT ME CAFE served
between Barry’s fascinating tales. Why not dress up for the
occasion? Gangster costume welcome!
SUN 30 APRIL
HARRIET
WALTER
Playing Shakespeare’s
Roles for Women
TIME 7pm – 8pm
PRICE £10.00
VENUE The Stephen Joseph
Theatre In The Round
Dame Harriet Walter is an award-winning actor, known
for her extensive stage work – both in classical and new
plays – and screen credits such as Atonement, Downton
Abbey, Law and Order: UK and The Crown. She is an
Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company
and will be talking in The Round about her new book Brutus
and Other Heroines: Playing Shakespeare’s Roles for Women.
A festival in partnership highlight!
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MON 1 MAY
DENISE
WELCH
If They Could See Me Now
TIME 10am – 11am
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Denise Welch is a TV
presenter and author of two Sunday Times best-selling
autobiographies. Her many credits include Coronation Street,
Soldier Soldier, Waterloo Road and Boy Meets Girl. Denise
was a panelist on popular daytime show Loose Women for
several years and is an accomplished theatre actor. Today she
talks about her debut novel, If They Could See Me Now.
MON 1 MAY
GARY
FILDES
An Astronomer’s Tale
TIME 1pm – 2pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Sponsored by Scarborough
and Ryedale Astronomical Society.
A former Sunderland bricklayer, Gary Fildes is founder
and lead astronomer of Kielder Observatory. It receives
over 20,000 visitors a year, with its mission to educate, inspire
and enthuse the public. In 2012 Gary was given an honorary
master’s degree from Durham University in recognition
of his services to astronomy. He is currently leading a
multimillion-pound fundraising drive to make Kielder the
world’s biggest public observatory. Come and share the
stargazing!
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MON 1 MAY
MARK
BILlINGHAM
& STUART
HAMILTON
Forensics and Felony!
© Charlie Hopkinson
TIME 3pm – 4pm
PRICE £8.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Crime writer Mark Billingham began his career as actor and
stand up comedian. Mark’s books are published in more than
25 countries and have sold over 5 million copies. The new Tom
Thorne novel, Love Like Blood is out in June and his thriller In
The Dark screened on BBC1 later this year. Dr Stuart Hamilton is
a forensic pathologist whose main role is to perform autopsies in
cases of suspicious death. Stuart has advised for many TV series
including Midsomer Murders, Casualty, New Tricks and Silent
Witness. Forensic and felony experts compare notes!
MON 1 MAY
CHARLES
HINDLIP
Life at Christies as an
Auctioneer
TIME 6pm – 7pm
PRICE £7.00
VENUE Scarborough Library
Concert Hall
Giant of the London art market, Lord Charles Hindlip presided
over auction house Christies during a time of great excitement
in the art world from 1960s to early 80s. His story charts such
extraordinary highs as the sale of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers for a
then world-record sum. A priceless finale.
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