4.45 to 7.15pm  Saturday December 1st 2012
Waterstones, 220 Chiswick High Road, W4

4.45pm Carols – the Choir of Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School

5.00pm  Roland Curram – ‘The Problem with Happiness’ – Book launch
Michael Dale – ‘Rude Awakening’ – Signing

5.15pm  Val Bott – ‘Hogarth’s House’ – Talk and signing

5.45pm  D W Budworth – ‘Jonathan Carr’s Bedford Park’ – Talk and signing

6.30pm  Peter Gorle discussed ‘Quiet Gunner at War’ by his father Richmond Gorle, in conversation with Torin Douglas, director, Chiswick Book Festival

This was a free event with wine and nibbles. You can see photos on the Waterstones Chiswick Facebook page:

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The 2012 Chiswick Book Festival got off to a flying start with none other than Monty Python’s Flying Circus’s Michael Palin. The actor, comedian, novelist and legendary travel writer appeared at the Chiswick Book Festival’s pre-festival event at Chiswick House to talk about his novel The Truth and forthcoming travel book and TV series Brazil.

And if you missed the event you can still catch up on what was discussed by reading our Storify below.

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FESTIVAL ‘EXTRA’ AT CHISWICK LIBRARY
6.30pm Tuesday September 18^th 2012

Marika Cobbold (Drowning Rose), Amanda Craig (Hearts and Minds) and Michael Arditti (Jubilate)

Following the Chiswick Book Festival, three novelists discuss their latest works at Chiswick Library, chaired by the Festival’s director, Torin Douglas.

‘Marika Cobbold is an exceptional novelist’ – The Observer
‘Amanda Craig’s brilliant novel, Hearts and Minds’ – Evening Standard
‘Michael Arditti creates fiction that is morally serious, moving and intense.’
- The Times Literary Supplement

Admission is free but space is limited. Pick up a ticket from Chiswick Library or the Festival. Books on sale for signing afterwards, and at Waterstones Chiswick.

Chiswick Library, Duke’s Avenue, London W4 2AB.
Tel: 020 8994 1008 E-mail: hounslow-info@laing.com

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Following the announcements of Chiswick Book Festival 2012’s sensational line-up, ChiswickW4.com has covered who will be appearing at the festival on its website. You can read the article here.

Also, don’t forget that you can now buy tickets for Chiswick Book Festival online. To buy day passes for Saturday and Sunday, or for entry to individual events, please visit this page and follow the on-screen instructions.

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Antony Beevor served as a regular officer in the 11th Hussars in Germany. He is the author of Crete – The Battle and the Resistance, which won a Runciman Prize; Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949 (written with his wife Artemis Cooper); Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; Berlin – The Downfall, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award; The Battle for Spain; The Mystery of Olga Chekhova and, most recently D-Day, which received the RUSI Westminster Medal. His book have appeared in thirty languages and sold more than five million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Kent and Bath and is visiting professor of Birkbeck College and the University of Kent.

Clare Balding is an award-winning broadcaster and writer. She became the face of the BBC’s racing coverage in 1998, and now works across a wide range of sports for television and radio. She has been a lead presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. For more than twelve years, she has hiked across the countryside for the BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings.  Clare has presented Countryfile, Britain’s Hidden Heritage, Britain By Bike, Crufts, and Famous & Fearless, and has appeared on QI, Have I Got News for You and Sport Relief. She has been voted RTS Sports Presenter of the Year and Racing Broadcaster of the Year. She lives in West London with her partner Alice, their wayward Tibetan Terrier Archie and a cat who couldn’t give a damn called Itty. My Animals and Other Family is Clare’s first book.

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We are delighted to announce that award-winning novelist and journalist A N Wilson will give the keynote address at the Chiswick Book Festival on the evening of Friday September 13^th, talking about his new book The Potters Hand

A.N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire, where his father was Managing Director of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons. He was educated at Rugby and NewCollege, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. His most recent novel, Winnie and Wolf, was longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. He lives in North London.

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You can read all about it on the Entry Form for Individuals, or if you’re a teacher or parent there’s also the Entry Form for Schools. And to get you started there are lots of Writing Tips here. and on this article on ChiswickW4.com.

For a little inspiration you can take a look at last year’s winning poems below.

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Introduction by Local Studies librarian, James Marshall on Dickens and his links with the Borough of Hounslow followed by a book discussion on your “Best of Dickens” – a friendly chat on your favourite Dickens moments and characters, facilitated by Chiswick Book Festival Director, Torin Douglas.

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