We are delighted to be one of the venues for the Bridport Literary Festival. To buy tickets please follow the links below or contact the Bridport Tourist Information Centre on 01308 424901.
Event 3 | Martin Maudsley | Telling the Seasons
£12.00
Martin Maudsley – Telling the Seasons – Stories, Celebrations and Folklore Around the Year.
Telling the Seasons takes us on a journey through the twelve months of the year with stories, customs and celebrations from around the British Isles. Original drawings, sayings, songs, recipes and rhymes combine into a ‘spell-book’ and a colourful guide into how and why we continue to celebrate the seasons. In this special event to herald the book’s publication, Martin Maudsley collaborates with Dorset fiddle player Lucy Roberts to bring to life traditional stories and folksongs.
Followed by £28 2 course lunch
| When: Sunday 6th November 2022 @ 12.30pm |
| Where: Sladers Yard |
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Event 19 | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Good Comfort
£12.00
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – Good Comfort – Best Loved Favourites Made Better For You
In Good Comfort, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes our favourite foods healthier using the best whole ingredients, celebrated in all their colourful and seasonal diversity. Ultimately, he leads us on a journey to tweak our tastebuds and pamper our palates so that we can take as much pleasure – and ultimately more – from familiar dishes that we know will also do us good. With River Cottage also coming back to our screens this year, we take time to celebrate this wonderful local food hero who brings both pleasure and politics to the heart of what we eat.If you wish, you may follow the event with a sumptuous meal cooked by the Sladers Yard kitchen and inspired by the recipes in Hugh’s book.
In conversation with Prue Keely.
Followed by £40 3 Course Dinner
| When: Tuesday 9th November 2022 @ 6.30 pm |
| Where: Sladers Yard |
| Sponsored by: Rachel and Allan James |
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Event 31 | Graham Fawcett | Ezra Pound
£12.00
Graham Fawcett – Ezra Pound One of the most dramatic pioneers in 20th century literature, Ezra Pound changed the face of European poetry. Pound’s life and work trace a fascinating path from Idaho to Venice, to the Regent Street Polytechnic, to West Sussex, to Paris and back to Italy. There are stories and poems from all of these places, where his hunger for other cultures feeds the spectacular originality of his adventure on the page. Graham Fawcett gives audiences an experience more like listening to a live radio programme, and there will be plenty of examples from Pound’s poetry. £20 main course dinner
| When: Thursday 10th November 2022 @ 6.30 pm |
| Where: Sladers Yard |
Event 42 | PJ Harvey | Orlam
£25.00
PJ Harvey – Orlam
PJ Harvey needs no introduction. In her book Orlam, drawing on rituals, children’s songs, chants and superstitions of the rural West Country, 9 year old Ira-Abel creates the twin realm through which she can make sense of an increasingly confusing and frightening world. The result is a poem-sequence of light and shadow. Written in Dorset dialect, Orlam reveals PJ Harvey as not only a talented songwriter, but a gifted poet – whose formal skill, and transforming eye and ear, has produced a strange and moving poem like no other.In conversation with Greta Stoddart.
Followed by £28 2 course dinner.
| When: Saturday 12th November 2022 @ 6.00pm |
| Where: Sladers Yard |
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