We are looking forward to the
Literary Festival, rapidly approaching, being a huge success. As with most
things in their first year, we are looking to raise funds to ensure It can be
the very best it can be. To that end, we would like to hold a raffle, which in
the French fashion, is known as a tombola . We would be very grateful if you
could donate a prize to help us. Please leave a message here or contact me
directly at gjpopeuk@gmail.com
Bilingual LitFest 2012
31/08 (anglais) 1/09
(anglais/français) 2/09 (français)
St. Clémentin 79150 Deux-Sèvres France
in the presbytery courtyard and
garden
Entry 5€ – 18 Free
Reservations
++ 33 (0) 05 49 80 22
96 Gilberte Pradillon 09 66 85 23 75
Please reserve your place at the events that you
want to attend by email or by phone. Tell us the number of the event and number
of places required as places are limited.
the
programme may be subject to change
During the festival we shall be showing a
selection of prize-winning short films including John Hudson’s Toutes Directions and Dead Plastic Crow by Aonghas Macneacil
There will be an art exhibition in
the 13C Chapelle des Rosiers
on Saturday 1st September
1.The Festival Bookshop will be open every
day; in attendance Maison de la Press,
Bressuire 79300 
31/08 English Language authors
2. 10.10-10.50 The Linen
Press director Lynn Michell
together with Rhona Scullion outline
the challenges and rewards of running an independent press in today’s
publishing world. They also give would-be authors hints on how to catch the eye
of a publisher. www.linenpressbooks.com
3. 10.10-10.50 Roger Elkin,
award-winning poet with 8 collections in print, reviewer and literary advisor.
Roger will introduce poems by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath for analysis and
discussion with the audience. An informative and lively session to appreciate
these two giants of 20th century poetry.
4. 11.00-12.00 Helen
Dunmore, winner of the Orange prize, the McKitterick prize and long-listed
for the ManBooker reads from The Siege,
The House of Orphans and The Betrayal. The Siege, short-listed for both Orange Reading
*Lunch Chez Didier (05 49 65 98 81)
book signings and live music
5. 12.50-13.50 Lorna
Penney, tutor to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and
Scottish National Opera invites you to a ‘dynamic alignment’ workshop
for voice, breathing and well-being. ‘Revitalising
and inspiring, ’John Scougall (actor). Lorna is available throughout the
LitFest to demonstrate specific exercises for individuals and to work with them
on selected texts.
6. 13.55-14.35 Fallen Women: Richard & Judy prize
winning author Hema Macherla will
talk about why she chooses women of ill repute as the sympathetic heroines of
her two novels, Breeze From The River Manjeera and Blue
Eyes. In a question and answer session with her publisher, Lynn Michell, she will discuss the fate
of women in arranged marriages, in the harem and as child widows doomed to burn
on the funeral pyre. Interspersed with readings.
7. 14.00-14.40 Simon Jackson, poet & filmmaker with a series of
short prize-winning films and poetry.
8. 14.45-15.25 Two Poet: Roger
Elkin, reading from Fixing Things
(Indigo Dreams, 2011) and David Cooke
reading from In the Distance (Night, 2011).
9. 14.45-15.25 Roisin
McAuley: Former reporter and BBC presenter (Panorama,
Newsnight, Kaleidoscope and Night Waves.) Roisin explains how she became a romantic novelist,
revealing her French Secrets. www.roisinmcauley.com
10. 15.30-16.30 Short Story Forum: Barbara Unkovic, short story and flash fiction writer, www.barbaraunkovic.com,
Bill Kirton, crime writer and Fleur Smithwick (winner of the 2011
Segora short story competition) will
read extracts from their work, discuss the challenges of this form, and offer
some tips on marketing. Results of Segora short story competition announced.
11. 15.30-16.20, Helen Burke reads from The Ruby Slippers and Let there be Chocolate, Buddhist Brenda Henderson, from Jewels
and Anne Scaramuzzi presents her poetry.
12.
16.35-17.30 Helen Dunmore: winner of the Cardiff
International Poetry Prize, short-listed for the T.S. Eliot Prize and winner of
the National Poetry competition 2010, discusses poetry and reads from her
collection The Malarkey, (2012). supplement
*5€
13. 17.35-19.00 Connections: Poetry Forum led by widely-published Katherine Gallagher , with most
recently, Carnival Edge: New & Selected Poems (Arc
Publications, 2010). Poets from the festival programme are invited to
demonstrate connections that may be made between aspects of their own work and
that of other poets. Results of Segora poetry competition 2012 announced.
After dinner: Chez Didier (05 49
65 98 81) * rsvp
14. 20.30 -21.30 Wendy Wright performs Gordon
Simms ’ Searching for
Signs (Winner of the Biscuit Challenge 2011) followed by ‘Open Mouths.’
1/09 English/Français
Le venue est le court et jardin du
presbytère
Réservez vos
places par courriel ou téléphone. Indiquez le numéro de l’évent et le nombre de
places vous désirez. Les places sont limitées. (Même si gratuite).
Pendant le festival nous montrons quelques
films inclus Toutes Directions de
John Hudson et Dead Plastic Crow
(animation).
15. 10.15-12.15 Atelier/workshop
bilingue: Katherine Gallagher ,
poête. traductrice / translator. Atelier : Le Somnambule aux Yeux
D'Argile / The Sleepwalker
with Eyes of Clay de Jean-Jacques Celly, illus. Pierre Vella. Gagnant Prix
Pierre Basyau, 1992. www.katherine-gallagher.com supplement *10€
Pour en
savoir plus contactez nous pour l’atelier, Le Sonambuliste.
16. 10.15-11.15 Duncan
17. 10.30-11.15 ‘Memories
held in place’: Linen Press authors Lynn Michell and Juliet Bates talk about the role of place in fiction. For both
writers, place is more than a backcloth to the action. The setting for White
Lies is Kenya Paris
18. 11.30-12.30 Léonor de Récondo est violoniste et se
produit avec les plus prestigieux ensembles baroques. Elle a fondé en 2005 L’Yriade.
Après La Grâce du cyprès blanc,
elle publie Rêves oubliés. Lectures et musique.
19. 11.30-12.30 Bill Kirton:
novelist, playwright, actor and director, Bill has published
six novels, a children's mystery and five non-fiction books. Join Bill in his
workshop: ‘Write a Crime Story in an Hour.’ www.bill-kirton.co.uk
*Déjeuner Chez Didier (05 49 65 98 81), dédicaces, musique, Tombola
20. 13.30-14.30 Helen Dunmore est l’auteur de recueils
de poèmes et de romans. Elle fut la première lauréate de l’Orange Prize. Conférences, café littéraire et
lectures: la faim, ‘une bouleversante
histoire d’amour, de courage et d’espoir servie par une écriture limpide
et envoûtante’. La maison des Orphelins. ‘ – dans une Finlande sous influence russe
où bouillonnent les désirs d’indépendance.
Dunmore est, ’sensuelle, enrichie de descriptions évocatrices des
couleurs, des lumières ou de la nourriture.’ supplementaire *5€
21. 13.30-14.30 Tips from Tim
Kay: Microsoft Word for writers (made easy!) Learn some tricks of the
keyboard and produce documents to be proud of.
22. 13.30-14.00 What is flash fiction? Find out with Barbara Unkovic.
23. 14.40-15.10
Katherine
Gallagher : reading from Carnival Edge, New &
Selected Poems (Arc, 2010) which represents a selection
from her considerable output, spanning 1974 - 2010. ‘To be able to follow,
within a single volume, the evolution and refinement of a poet of Gallagher’s
subtlety and integrity is
a fascination in itself.’ Mario Petrucci.
‘Gallagher is a poet of the eye, the rainbow and of all the feeling senses.’
Penelope Shuttle. www.katherine-gallagher.com
24.
14.40-15.30 Hélène Gloria :
Présentation : La Panne de
chaudière, Le grand Bazarbe, La Révolte de peuple de l’eau. Enfants à partir de 7 ans.
25. 14.40-15.40 Dieudonné Zele :
Romancier, poète, conférencier. Lecteurs de ses œuvres. Dictionnaire des Proverbes, dictons, expressions
populaire français-anglais. Marie
Passoula. Recueils de poèmes. Au fil
de plume (comparé avec Ronsard).
26. 15.15-
15.35 Bilingue;
Segora Vignette prizes in English presented by Bernard Lord, in
French by Noëlle Rouault.
27. 15.40-16.30 Noël Piétri : Présentation : Le Cochon d’Angelina, Chahut les chats, Les poisons et les chats
avec illustrateur Phillippe Gaufreteau.
Ensuite quelques contes locaux. Enfants.
28. 15.50-16.20 John
Hudson, poet, premiers Earth
(Luath Publications, Edinburgh, 2012).
29. 15.50-16.30 Annie Massy, présidente
d’association des écrivains de Haute Marne: liens avec Grande Bretagne.
Conférences, lectures www.ecrivains-haute-marne.com
30. 16.20
- 16.50 Poets, Brian Clark &
Donal Dempsey.
31. 16.55- 17.40 ‘The Helen Dunmore Interview’ Roisin McAuley BBC
presenter (Panorama, Newsnight) conducts an interview
with Helen Dunmore: ‘A writing Life’ - ‘Ecrire, c’est sa vie.’ Dual language
session
supplement 5€ *
32. 19.30 Dîner avec Helen Dunmore Les 4 Saisons (05 49 80 20 12).
rsvp *25€
2/09 Français
33.
10.10-10.50 Noëlle Pouplin, Le Pin Barlot en Poitou (1 & 2).
34. 10.20-11.20 Dieudonné
Zélé : Romancier, poète, conférencier. Lecteurs de ses œuvres. Dictionnaire des Proverbes, dictons, expressions
populaire français-anglais. Marie
Passoula, Au fil de plume
(comparé avec Ronsard).
35. 10.55-11.30 Guy-Marie Lenne et la société Histoire et Patrimoine du Bressuirais. Réfugiés des Guerres de Vendée. 1793-1796,
Petite histoire de Bressuire.
36. 11.30-12.30 Annie
Massy, Présidente d’association des écrivains de Haute Marne,
conférences : chansons traditionnelles, inclus Bernard Dimey et Barbara
LeBrun.
37. 11.30-12.30 Catherine Bankhead, Ils ont marché
jusqu’à la mer, femme vendéennes, de
1793 à 1943. Un coupable de trop, policier. Ordre des Abeilles,
policier à Tours.
38. 11.30-12.30 Lorna Penney (Royal Scottish Academy of Music
& Dramatic Art) La voix et le souffle pour bien-être. Atelier bilingue avec Christopher Simpson. Interactive.
* Déjeuner Chez
Didier (05 49 65 98 81) musique
39. 13.15-13.45 John
Hudson, poésie en français et film Toutes
Direction en français. www.toutesdirections.info
40. 13.15-13.45 Monique
Guerin Simonnaud, Ligné, ou la voix
des pierres, fiction historique, et
Résurgences, biographie familiale.
41. 14.00-15.00 Isabelle
Soulard : conférence café littéraire sur les femmes du Poitou au Moyen
Age dont Aliénor d'Aquitaine et toutes les autres.
42. 15.15-16.15 Michel
Cordeboeuf : Légendes de la
Vienne, Femmes et Hommes de la Terre. Contes, récits, chansons.
43. 16.30-17.30 Léonor
de Récondo, violoniste. La Grâce du
cyprès blanc, Rêves oubliés. Lecture
et musique.
Réserves
sous modification
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The painting at the top of the blog is by Colin Ross Jack. Nick
Patterson has used this to design our excellent poster. Look out for it. If you
are able to place a poster anywhere then email me (gjpopeuk@gmail.com) for a
copy and we can send via the wires to you.
So far, friends of the
festival are:
Canon and Mrs Beevor,
Chris Simpson, Michael Treacy, Robert Jessep, Nick Patterson, Diane Keziah
Robertson, Tamasin Wagstaffe, Hamish Hamilton, Adele Ward of Ward Wood
Publishing,
Blog Authors
Jocelyn Simm, Glyn Pope and Diane Keziah Robertson. Diane’s novel ‘The
Lacemaker’s Daughter’ is published on June Ist by Cactus Rain.
