Pre Festival Events
11:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 14:00
Sat 14 Sept
Leith Hill Place
Morning and afternoon sessions available
10:30 – 11:30
Sun 15 Sept
Watts Gallery Wooden Auditorium
18:30 – 19:30
Thurs 19 Sept
Guildford High School
Kate Bradbury in conversation – One Garden Against the World
18:30 – 19:30
Tues 1 Oct
Guildford Baptist Church
Alexander McCall Smith in conversation with Stephanie Merritt
Sunday 6 Oct
History Day at West Horsley Place
Nicola Tallis, Saul David, Melita Thomas and David Gibbins
10:30 – 16:30
Sun 6 Oct
West Horsley Place
Monday 7 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
Mon 7 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Creative Writing Course: Introduction/Getting Started – Run by Rachel Marsh
20:15 – 21:15
Mon 7 Oct
The Electric Theatre
Michael Sheridan in Conversation
The Red Emperor – Xi Jinping and the new China
Creative Writing Course: Character Development – Run by Rachel Marsh
10:00 – 12:00
Tue 8 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Books Beyond Words – Rose Gets in Shape
11:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 14:00
Tue 8 Oct
Guildford Library
Morning and afternoon sessions available
In partnership with Beyond Words
Wednesday 9 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
Wed 9 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Creative Writing Course: Writing Dialogue – Run by Rachel Marsh
17:00 – 18:00
Wed 9 Oct
St Mary’s Church
Jeff Thomson – Brief Encounters
18:30 – 19:30
Wed 9 Oct
St Mary’s Church
Mathilda Della Torre – Conversations from Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories
19:30 – 22:15
Wed 9 Oct
Guildford Pavilion
In association with Guildford Jazz
Alyn Shipton – The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
10:00 – 12:00
Thur 10 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Creative Writing Course: The Plot – Run by Rachel Marsh
10:00 – 11:00 & 13:00 – 14:00
Thur 10 Oct
Knowle Park
Gabby Dawnay – A Field Guide to Autumn Nature Walk
19:00 – 21:30
Thur 10 Oct
The County Club
Literary Dinner with Adele Parks – First Wife’s Shadow
Creative Writing Course: Editing/Getting Published – Run by Rachel Marsh
10:00 – 12:00
Fri 11 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Saturday 12 Oct
10:30 – 16:30
Sat 12 Oct
West Horsley Place
Readers’ Day at West Horsley Place
A mini Festival in one day
Sunday 13 Oct
14:00 – 15:00
Sun 13 Oct
St Mary’s Church
16:00 – 17:00
Sun 13 Oct
St Mary’s Church
Amy Jeffs in conversation with Ana Sampson: Saints – A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic
Monday 14 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
Mon 14 Oct
Virtual Event via ZOOM
Creative Writing Course: Introduction/Getting Started
Run by Rachel Marsh
Tuesday 15 Oct
10:30 – 11:30
Tue 15 Oct
Hatchlands Park
Illustration workshop with Katie Hickey – The Wild Outside
18:45 – 19:45
Tue 15 Oct
The Electric Theatre
Lynda La Plante in conversation – Getting Away with Murder
20:15 – 21:15
Wed 16 Oct
The Guildhall
Linda Porter – The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor
Thursday 17 Oct
19:00 – 21:00
Thurs 17 Oct
ZERO
Alice Fowler, Ruth Brandt, Julie Evans Sarah Hegarty and David Reading – Short Story Showcase
18:30 – 19:30
Thurs 17 Oct
The Electric Theatre
Patrick Grant in conversation with Hattie Crisell
Less – Stop Buying So Much Rubbish
20:15 – 21:15
Tues 17 Oct
The Electric Theatre
Shirley Ballas in conversation with Elizabeth Buchan
Dance to the Death
11:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 14:00
Fri 18 Oct
Dapdune Wharf
Morning and afternoon sessions available
Saturday 19 Oct
11:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 14:00
Sat 19 Oct
Hatchlands Park
Morning and afternoon sessions available
Tiffany Francis-Baker
Ebb and Flow – A Guide to Seasonal Living
Sunday 20 Oct
11:00 – 12:00
Sun 20 Oct
Hatchlands Park
A Walk and Talk with Matt Gaw
In All Weathers
Patrick Crowley
Infantry Die Hards: The Anatomy of a Regiment
16:30 – 17:30
Sun 20 Oct
The Guildhall
18:00 – 19:00
Sun 20 Oct
The Guildhall
Henry Hemming
Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Stakeknife, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland
19:45 – 20:45
Sun 20 Oct
The Guildhall
Kate Summerscale in conversation with Ava Glass
The Peepshow – The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
Post Festival Events
