Southam Book Festival 2023

 

Bookfest 2023 will take place on Sunday October 8th at the Grahams Adams Centre again.

It will run from 11am to 4pm.

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Entry is free to both the exhibition and to speaker sessions.

See Timetable for the day below.

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Last year the main hall was full to capacity with eager exhibitors, not only individual local authors and writing groups, but poets, publishers, a bookbinder and other associated  trade crafts. Book lovers had a field day browsing the stalls and taking part in the various talks and panel discussions. And as usual tea and home made cakes were a feature of the day.

 

Once again, we'll fill the GAC main hall with authors, illustrators, story-tellers, poets, publishers, book sellers, book collectors, bookbinder/restorer - in fact anyone who supports the written/spoken word as an art form. This year we will have more children's activities such as story-telling, book reading and maybe even a talk on how to tell stories in a way to capture a child's imagination.

 

We will also have a number of speakers and panel discussions.

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The Flash Fiction short story competition is up and running again - get your entries in before September 10th.

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We had lots of positive feedback for our second "Book in the Window" shop display competition last year, so watch out for this years entries.

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And of course the cafe will be open for hot drinks and lots of yummy cakes, staffed by our brilliant volunteers. The cafe is however cash only.

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A big THANK YOU goes out to our sponsors the Books Trade Charity whose continuing donations enable us make the festival a success.