Welshpool Author and Book Festival this weekend
The weekend is being organised by the town’s Hardy’s Bookstore and features several events that are open to various ages under the banner of ‘Worlds of Fantasy and Beyond’.
Saturday’s events are family orientated with an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party featuring Games, Arts and Crafts in the morning and a World of Fantasy-themed afternoon featuring an exhibition of Fantasy and Sci-fi worlds, books and authors. It will also include guest speaker, writer, Jasper Fforde.
Sunday features the pre-launch of ‘The Welshpool Book’, with guest speaker David Stephenson, local historian, talking about his latest book Heirs to the Princes.
There will also be a talk by Eurwyn Pierce Jones about his latest translation of Y Cylch Brith (Sherlock Holmes and The Speckled Band).
Tickets for the sessions are £6 each and on sale from Hardy’s Bookstore at 16, Berriew Street or clicking here.
Timetable
Saturday
10am
Doors open - Introduction
10.30-12.30pm
Alice in Wonderland Tea Party for children aged 1-12 (Event Ticket £6 per Child with an Adult)
2pm-4pm
Worlds of Fantasy and Beyond Exhibition. Talk by Author Jasper Fforde ‘Straining Credulity: Fantasy Worlds and the Credibility Issue’ (Event Ticket £6 per person)
Sunday
10.30am-1.30pm
In and Around Welshpool, pre-lauch of the Welshpool Book. Talk by David Stephenson local Historian, Heirs to the Princes.
Talk by Eurwyn Peirce Jones, Y Clych Brith Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band (Event Ticket £6 per person)
2pm-4pm
Charity Auction of First Edition, Signed and Collectable
Books raising funds for Parkinson’s
4.30pm
Close of Book Fest
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