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Four Chancellors and a Funeral - Russell Jones in conversation with Rob Gifford
Wednesday 3 April 2024, Waterstones, 72 Midsummer Boulevard, CMK
Russell Jones returns to Lit Fest with Four Chancellors and a Funeral, the sequel nobody wants... Following the Sunday Times bestseller, The Decade in Tory, this darkly comical history of the Tory government explores January 2021 to the end of 2022: after ten years of the Tories, could it get any worse? Spoiler – it does.
Cahokia Jazz - Francis Spufford in conversation with Nell Frizzell
Friday 5 April 2024, Waterstones, 72 Midsummer Boulevard, CMK
In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper… Multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford discusses his lovingly created, richly pleasure-giving, epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.
Change Everything - Natalie Bennett in conversation with Adrian Spurrell
Friday 5 April 2024, Waterstones, 72 Midsummer Boulevard, CMK
We are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly unstable; change is inevitable. Now is the time to get together to build a far healthier and more balanced world, it is time to Change Everything. Natalie Bennett, Green Party peer, explains all in conversation with Adrian Spurrell.
An Uneasy Inheritance - Polly Toynbee in conversation with Nell Frizzell
Saturday 6 April 2024, Waterstones, 72 Midsummer Boulevard, CMK
Join one of our most respected, prolific and razor-sharp voices for a colourful, entertaining examination of her own family – which contains everyone from Jessica Mitford to Bertrand Russell, and features Castle Howard as a backdrop – to explore mobility and privilege, and ask for a truly honest conversation about class in Britain.
Literary Magazines: A Masterclass with Brett Evans and Phil Robertson (Prole)
Thursday 11 July 2024, Zoom, 7.00pm - 8.00pm; £10/£7
For this exclusive masterclass, we're joined by Brett Evans and Phil Robertson, poetry and prose editors respectively of Prole, to explain the work of literary magazine editors, offer advice to writers wanting to submit their work, and to answer your questions about writing and publishing.
Dreams for Lammas: a gala of new local writing
Thursday 1 August 2024, Zoom, 7.00pm - 8.00pm; £3/£2
Some call it Lammas. Some call it Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa: our third gala of local writing celebrates the best poems and short stories by local writers that explore the theme of 'harvest'. During the event we also launched our 2025 MinK Creative Writing Competition and announce the year's theme: 'Home'.
Another England: Caroline Lucas in conversation with Adrian Spurrell
Tuesday 24 September 2024, Zoom, 7.00pm - 8.00pm; £6/£4
Reflecting on the idea of Englishness, Caroline Lucas’s captivating book Another England examines the more uplifting aspects of the nation’s past, such as English people's progressive spirit, radical inclusivity and ancient commitment to nature, to envisage where we might go from here.