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Queen's Park Book Festival
Великобритания
Добавлен 26 апр 2020
“This is an oasis of sanity.” Howard Jacobson, New Statesman
Queen’s Park is a hidden, family-friendly gem in North West London centred around a 30 acre park surrounded by beautiful Victorian homes. We are the only London book festival to be held solely in a public park and the area boasts a wonderful literary history as a home to authors, artists, poets and actors for generations.
Authors who have attended the festival include local bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, award winning authors Tessa Hadley, John Lanchester, Guy Gunaratne, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Jonathan Coe, Philip Hensher and Booker prize-winning novelists Howard Jacobson, Eleanor Catton and Bernardine Evaristo. The festival celebrates the literary arts in all its forms and has welcomed directors Stephen Frears and Nicholas Hytner as well as the acclaimed actors Simon Russell Beale and Reece Shearsmith.
The festival returns on 2 and 3 September 2023.
Queen’s Park is a hidden, family-friendly gem in North West London centred around a 30 acre park surrounded by beautiful Victorian homes. We are the only London book festival to be held solely in a public park and the area boasts a wonderful literary history as a home to authors, artists, poets and actors for generations.
Authors who have attended the festival include local bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, award winning authors Tessa Hadley, John Lanchester, Guy Gunaratne, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Jonathan Coe, Philip Hensher and Booker prize-winning novelists Howard Jacobson, Eleanor Catton and Bernardine Evaristo. The festival celebrates the literary arts in all its forms and has welcomed directors Stephen Frears and Nicholas Hytner as well as the acclaimed actors Simon Russell Beale and Reece Shearsmith.
The festival returns on 2 and 3 September 2023.
Talking About Shakespeare | Simon Russell Beale & Nicholas Hytner
Simon Russell Beale and Nicholas Hytner have been talking to each other about Shakespeare for the best part of 30 years. Having worked together on two of his plays (Much Ado About Nothing and Timon of Athens) and separately on many others (including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Julius Caesar), they share a unique insight into the work of England’s greatest dramatist. At this event, they continue their conversation in public.
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Giorgio Locatelli & Russell Norman
Просмотров 4 тыс.4 года назад
Two culinary stars share their passions and stories in a lively conversation exclusively for Queen’s Park Book Festival. Michelin-starred Giorgio Locatelli was head chef at Zafferano, before moving to open Locanda Locatelli in 2002, where he remains chef-patron. His latest book Made at Home was published in 2017. Russell Norman is an author, restaurateur and broadcaster. He is the founder of th...
Reading & Writing with Susie Boyt, Tessa Hadley & Lucy Hughes-Hallett
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To be a good writer you first have to be a good reader. Three novelists, Susie Boyt, Tessa Hadley and Lucy Hughes-Hallett, discuss the importance of reading to them as writers. Who were their inspirations, and what did they learn from them? Susie’s novel Love and Fame, Tessa’s short story collection Bad Dreams, and Lucy’s novel Peculiar Ground were all recently published in paperback in 2018.
JJ Bola | Refugee Voices | Queen's Park Community Tent
Просмотров 984 года назад
A brief interview with JJ Bola, on the importance of the novel and connecting with readers, straight after taking part in 2018 Queen's Park Community Tent session, Refugee Voices, chaired by Emily Dugan.
Happy Birthday NHS! A Reflection on 70 Years | Hugh Pym, Rachel Clarke, Adam Kay
Просмотров 3104 года назад
With the 70th birthday of the NHS in early July 2018, the debate over its future is high on the public agenda. Where next for this cherished institution? How much more money will it need? And how will it adapt to changing demographics? BBC News Health Editor and local resident Hugh Pym, is joined by Dr Rachel Clarke, author of Your Life in My Hands: a junior doctor’s story and Adam Kay, bestsel...
A Very English Scandal | Amol Rajan, Stephen Frears, John Preston
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.4 года назад
Acclaimed director Stephen Frears and author John Preston talk about one of the biggest scandals of the century, the trial of liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe. John Preston’s book A Very English Scandal has been adapted by Stephen Frears for a BBC drama series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. Chaired by the BBC’s Media Editor and former editor of The Independent Amol Rajan.
Memories of Lost Loved Ones | Georgina Godwin, Louisa Young, Cathy Rentzenbrink
Просмотров 2744 года назад
How do you write about the loss of someone you loved? How do you find the necessary distance between yourself as a person and as a writer? Louisa Young and Cathy Rentzenbrink discuss the challenges and rewards of writing about loss and love with Georgina Godwin. Cathy’s book The Last Act of Love was a Sunday Times Bestseller and Louisa’s new book You Left Early: a true story of love and alcohol...
Nick Laird & Zadie Smith Talk to John Mullan
Просмотров 24 тыс.4 года назад
Queen’s Park residents Zadie Smith and Nick Laird read from their latest books and talk about their work and teaching at New York University. Zadie’s most recent book Feel Free is a collection of essays. Nick’s novel Modern Gods is just out in paperback and his new poetry collection Feel Free was published in 2018. They discuss writing, reading, poetry and teaching with John Mullan, Professor o...
The Booker Prize at 50 | Eleanor Catton, Stuart Kelly, Derek Johns
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The Booker Prize turned 50 in 2018. Once dismissed as ‘posh bingo’ by Julian Barnes (but not after he himself won it), the Booker is one of the world’s leading literary prizes. Eleanor Catton, whose novel The Luminaries won the prize in 2013, discusses the importance of prizes to writers with Stuart Kelly and Derek Johns. Stuart was a judge of the prize in 2013, and Derek is a member of the Adv...
Reality Politics with Rachel Johnson & Stanley Johnson
Просмотров 8794 года назад
Television has always been obsessed with politics on both sides of the Atlantic - from West Wing to the Thick of It via Yes, Minister. But since Trump and Brexit, politics and television have intersected in a new way and in real time. MPs have gone into the jungle. Corbyn has appeared on Gogglebox. Ed Balls and Vince Cable on Strictly. Scariest of all, the White House has become the biggest rea...
Joe Dunthorne & Philip Hensher Talk to John Mullan
Просмотров 3714 года назад
Two of our most brilliant young novelists discuss their most recent books with the academic and critic John Mullan. Philip's novel The Friendly Ones depicts multicultural life in Sheffield while Joe's novel The Adulterants describes the lives of twenty-somethings in London who don't want to grow up. Philip has in the past been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Joe's first novel Submarin...
Bad Girls and Brave Women: Reflections on a Centenary
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In this special event marking a hundred years since (some) women won the right to vote, writer and activist Shami Chakrabarti, biographer Rachel Holmes and author Caitlin Davies discuss the rich history of women in Britain from exceptional political pioneers to non-conformist rebels to the invisible women who don’t usually make it into the history books. Along the way, they reflect on how much ...
QPBF - Literary Arts in the Heart of London
Просмотров 4184 года назад
Introducing the Queen's Park Book Festival.
What a beautiful, talented couple.
Love John Mullan ❤
i love their man-bags
Must be hard for him, being talentless and married to someone much more successful.
If you’re envious or jealous then just say it. No need to be nasty
He’s a genius poet, which is why you loathe him.
Super "fun" to watch the beginning minutes unaware that Laird and Smith are married. I kept thinking "Look at that dude take over the physical space on the couch, like he owns the whole thing." Interesting! (Love her novel "White Teeth," her essays; like the poem he reads at the start.)
brilliant interview as always, nice to see Nick and Zadie together. poor questions sadly...
Authorship is like a super-power; like being a musician - a tune appears in your head and in 6 months people on the other side of the world are grooving to it!
❤️❤️
Me watching their interview in March 2021 , and listening them critique the internet as a time suck .... Hahahah
this is definitely one of the better time-sucks!
The way she just ruthlessly bent back the binding of her own book
Why does Nick temporarily grasp Zadie's hand at @41:10? That particular gesture falls somewhere between reassurance, appreciation and irritation.
I don't see irritation. He seems concerned, but I don't know why.
Why the shot at @37:52? What purpose does it serve? Why that particular woman? What are we supposed to make of her expression (or lack thereof)?
Modern life is getting really complicated. That’s some dank dark pros....complicity without permission.
Brilliant!
The way they talk about the same book is another definition of love
First view/comment!!!