Festival Diary
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Monday Bank Holiday 2nd May
- DAWN CHORUS 5.30am
Lawn Woods, High Street, Old Town 01793 771080 - MAGGIE HUMPHREYS, CHERYL HEYNE on walking 2pm
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park 01793 770401 - BRUCE TULLOH, PAUL SINTON-HEWITT on running 4pm
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park 01793 770401 - ROB PENN, ANNA CIPULLO on cycling 6pm
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park 01793 770401
Tuesday 3rd May
- HENRY HEMMING 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - GAVIN PRETOR-PINNEY 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - KATE REW 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - DOMESTIC CHERRY 7.30pm
The STUDIO, Arts Centre, Devizes Rd 01793 614837 - JANE JOHNSON 7.30pm
Central Library, Regent Circus 01793 463238
Wednesday 4th May
- KATE WILLIAMS 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - JAMES GEARY 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - SIMON SCARROW 7pm
West Swindon Library, Link Centre 01793 465555 - MATTHEW SYED, MATT ROGAN, MATTHEW NORMAN 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Thursday 5th May
- LEWIS WOLPERT 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - ROBIN HANBURY-TENISON 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - MICHAEL WOOD 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Friday 6th May
- MARK BOYLE & JULIE HILL 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - MADELEINE BUNTING 12.30pm
Royal Oak, Cues Lane, Bishopstone 01793 790481 - MARTIN BELL 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - IAIN McGILCHRIST 7.30pm
Museum & Art Gallery, Bath Road 01793 466556 - PAUL FARLEY & BATTERED MOONS 7.30pm
The STUDIO, Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - JIM LEARY 7.30pm
Central Library, Regent Circus 01793 463238 - BONNIE GREER 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Saturday 7th May
- YOUTH SLAM! 11am
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - SWINDON SLAM! 7.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Sunday 8th May
- CHILDREN & FAMILIES DAY 10am – 4pm
Lower Shaw Farm, West Swindon 01793 771080 - THE WAY BACK HOME 12 noon & 3pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - SALLY MAGNUSSON 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - JOHN SPURLING on LISZT 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Monday 9th May
- MICHAEL JACOBS 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - JOHN HEMMING 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - HARRY HILL 7.30pm SOLD OUT
Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square 01793 524481 - JOHN GIMLETTE 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Tuesday 10th May
- NEIL GRIFFITHS 11am
North Swindon Library, Orbital Centre 01793 707120 - STEPHEN WYNN 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - DAVID CONSTANTINE & STUART EVERS 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - SWINDON SPEAKERS – SHORT STORY 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - PATRICK HOLDEN 7.30pm
Lower Shaw Farm, West Swindon 01793 771080
Wednesday 11th May
- JACKI RODIKIS 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - KATE FIGES & JOANNA KAVENNA 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - MIMI KHALVATI & TRAVELLERS WITHOUT BAGGAGE 7pm
The STUDIO, Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - SIMON BRETT 7pm
Highworth Library, Brewery Street, Highworth 01793 463500 - ESTHER FREUD 7.30pm
Central Library, Regent Circus 01793 463238 - TAHMIMA ANAM & MIRZA WAHEED 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Thursday 12th May
- ALISON BAVERSTOCK 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - LIFE WRITING 2.30pm
The STUDIO, Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - RICHARD WILKINSON & KATE PICKETT 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - IMAGES OF SWINDON 7.30pmSOLD OUT
Central Library, Regent Circus 01793 463238 - ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS film 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Friday 13th May
- PETER SISSONS 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - PROFESSOR LAURIE TAYLOR & EMMA KENNEDY 6.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - THINK SLAM! 8pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837
Saturday 14th May
- GETTING PUBLISHED 12.30pm
Lower Shaw Farm, West Swindon 01793 771080 - STIG OF THE DUMP 2.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837 - FESTIVAL FINALE: POEMS, PINTS, & MUSIC 7.30pm
Town Hall, Regent Circus 01793 601700
Friday 8th April - Pre-Festival Event
- SOUTH AMERICA comes back to SWINDON! 7.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road 01793 614837