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Download Festival Programme (PDF) >> Saturday 28 April Michael Rosen - Wake up with Poetry
Introduced by Morag Styles, Reader in English Literature, Homerton College. ADC Theatre 10 - 11 am Jeanette Winterson - Tanglewreck
Introduced by Helen Taylor, County Literature Development Officer. ADC Theatre11.30 am - 12.30 pm Hisham Matar & MJ Hyland - Novel Experiences
Introduced by Nicholas Wroe, writer and editor on The Guardian Saturday Review . McCrum Lecture Theatre 11.30 am - 12.30 pm Rebecca Stott & Michelle Spring - Novel Experiences
Introduced by Jim Kelly, Crime Writer. McCrum Lecture Theatre 1 - 2 pm Rageh Omaar - Life Matters Rageh Omaar was 'our man in Baghdad ' during the early years of the Iraq war. He will be reading today from Only Half of Me and talking about what it is to be living as one of Britain's most feared figures: young, black, male and Muslim. Timely and unmissable. Introduced by Hari Kunzru, author of the Impressionist and Transmission. ADC Theatre 1 - 2 pm Getting Published - A Panel Discussion with Judith Murray, Lennie Goodings, Alan Sansom & Rachel Calder How do I get a publishing deal? Why do I need an agent? Who should I approach first? When do I get an editor? Bring your questions and quandaries about the path to publication to our prestigious panel of agents and publishers. Lennie Goodings, Publisher at Virago, Rachel Calder from the Sayle Literary Agency, Alan Samson, Publisher at Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Judith Murray from Greene and Heaton Literary Agency, represent the very best of today's publishing industry in Britain and are here to help you. Introduced by Jo Browning Wroe, Writer. McCrum Lecture Theatre 2.30 - 3.30 pm Jim Crace & Toby Litt - Novel Experiences
Introduced by Nicholas Wroe, writer and editor on The Guardian Saturday Review. ADC Theatre 2.30 - 3.30 pm Paul Torday, Jeremy Page and Tahmima Anam - Debut Writers Another dazzling selection of readings from three of this year's finest debut writers. This captivating display of fresh talent will transport you from Bangladesh, to North Norfolk, to the Yemen. McCrum Lecture Theatre 4 - 5 pm The Golden Key - Multi-Story Theatre Company
ADC Theatre 4.30 - 5.30 pm Nigel Calder - The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change
Introduced by Patricia Fara, Fellow of Clare & Cambridge Historian of Science. McCrum Lecture Theatre 5.30 - 6.30 pm Billy Bragg - The Progressive Patriot
Introduced by Hari Kunzru, author of the Impressionist and Transmission. ADC Theatre 6 - 7 pm Imtiaz Dharker & Moniza Alvi - Pause for Poetry Two poets, two countries, two voices. Both poets were born in Pakistan and moved to England when young. Both have a sense of this in their writing. Both are wonderful performers of their own work. Moniza Alvi reads from How the Stone Found Its Voice and Imtiaz Dharker will read poems from a selection including her latest The Terrorist at My Table. Introduced by Helen Taylor, County Literature Development Officer. McCrum Lecture Theatre 7 - 8 pm Rhona Cameron - Event Change Rhona Cameron will no longer be appearing at the festival due to ill health but she promises us a visit later in the year. Instead we can offer you an hour in the company of Jackie Kay & Ali Smith who will delight you with their warmth, wisdom and wit. To exchange your ticket or to get a full refund if that is your preference please contact The ADC Theatre on 01223 359547. If you didn't have a ticket for Rhona Cameron but would like to buy one for Jackie Kay and Ali Smith please contact the box office on 01223 30005, visit www.adctheatre.com or visit The ADC Theatre, Park Street in person. An Hour with Jackie Kay & Ali Smith, 7.30pm Saturday 28 th April, Tickets £8/£6 AL Kennedy Stands-Up
Introduced by Jo Browning Wroe, Writer. ADC Theatre 9 - 10 pm Criminal Acts: A Performance of New Stories In association with Anglia Ruskin University, Menagerie Theatre Company and WRiTEON! New writing for the stage - hot off the pages of writers from the Fraser Grace workshop earlier in the day. This evening of the very freshest drama also features duologues by the members of WRiTEON! and an excerpt of a piece in production with Menagerie. Actors courtesy of ARU's drama department. McCrum Lecture Theatre 9 - 10.30 pm The Decadent Cabaret A scandalous entertainment of readings, burlesque and music, performed by contributors to The Decadent Handbook , which is edited by Rowan Pelling. Exclusive to cambridge wordfest the event includes a performance by Miss Sugar Kane, a top burlesque striptease artiste, music from ska-punk duo Salt Peter and Brock Norman Brock's band Doghammer. There will be readings by assorted libertines and jezebels including Michael Bywater, Salena Godden, Dickon Edwards and Medlar Lucan and Durian Gray (internationally debauched authors of the Decadent Gardener and Decadent Cookbook ). Not for the faint-hearted. ADC Theatre 10.15 - 11.45 pm
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Wake up to the weekend with this unique opportunity to hear Michael Rosen, one of our best loved poets. You've grown up with his poetry, probably heard him on the radio or seen him on TV. His live performances are unforgettable - hilarious, thought provoking and inspiring - you'll be talking about it for years to come. He will be reading from some of his favourite collections, including Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly And Gravy and Centrally Heated Knickers . 
Jeanette Winterson loves to tell stories. Tanglewreck, her compelling adventure for young readers, proves she can do it as brilliantly for children as she can for adults. Come and delight in her characters: Mrs Rockabye, Abel Darkwater and Silver, and be transported by her story-telling gift. Magical. 
These talented writers were both shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. Hisham Matar's debut novel, In the Country of Men, is set in Libya during the late 1970s Qaddafi regime. MJ Hyland's Carry Me Down is also set in the 70s but this time in Ireland. Both writers tell their affecting stories through the voice of a pre-adolescent boy. 
Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott is a ghost story, a love story and a beautifully told history of 17 th century Cambridge. The Night Lawyer, Michelle Spring's sixth novel, offers a unique and surprising twist on stalking and survival. Come and hear these two Cambridge writers read from their latest works and discuss the gripping craft of crime writing. 
Challenging, quirky, risk-taking, these ferociously talented novelists, Jim Crace and Toby Litt, share their remarkable writing. Jim Crace's The Pesthouse and Toby Litt's Hospital deliver the kind of daring, innovative work we have come to expect from these two writers. 
Mossy and Tangle really don't like each other very much. But these two ordinary young people go on an extraordinary journey to find the Golden Key at the foot of the rainbow and to discover what lies hidden in the Chamber of the Most Precious. Join them on their journey through the Valley of Shadows . A Saturday afternoon treat young people and their families. Suitable for age 5 and over. 
Conflict between "established" theories and new findings is customary in science, but what's under attack here is the fashionable proposition that global warming is our fault. Nigel Calder's latest book outlines new discoveries suggesting that natural processes, involving the stars, the Sun, and clouds, affect the climate more than carbon dioxide does. 
In a career spanning 25 years Billy Bragg is best known as one of the most successful singer/songwriters this country has ever produced. Music always provided a forum for Billy's political beliefs. Now the 'Bard of Barking' commits these thoughts to print in his first book. Part autobiography, part polemic T he Progressive Patriot is his radical and controversial vision of patriotism and what it means to be British. 
An hour of comedy from this exceptional novelist who has turned her talents to stand-up comedy. This event was a big hit at last year's Edinburgh Festival fringe and this year's Out to Lunch Festival in Belfast . 
