The story of a young Syrian refugee woman who lives in Shatila, one of the world's oldest refugee camps, told by Meike Ziervogel, co-founder of an NGO for refugees in the Middle East. Meike talks to Daniel Hahn about how her writing draws on experience of working with displaced persons, and her own past.
Event Date | Sat 22 Feb 11:30am |
Individual Price | £8.00 |
Location | The Almshouses Chapel |
Categories | 2025, Sat 22 Feb, Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel, Politics |
The Chinese-born writer and film-maker talks to Daniel Hahn about her life in Hastings, asking how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history.
Xiaolu Guo is 'One of the most valuable writers in the world' – Deborah Levy
Event Date | Sat 22 Feb 1:00pm |
Individual Price | £10.00 |
Location | Faversham Assembly Rooms |
Categories | 2025, Sat 22 Feb, Biography & Memoir, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel |
Iain Sinclair’s latest book follows the life of street photographer John Deakin, whose chronicles of bygone Soho life, portraits of bohemian Soho characters and artists are now hailed as pioneering masterpieces. He talks to author and broadcaster Horatio Clare about why Deakin's photographs are timeless, why the Soho he knew is gradually disappearing, and why Deakin remains such a compelling figure.
Event Date | Sat 22 Feb 3:00pm |
Individual Price | £10.00 |
Location | The Alexander Centre |
Categories | 2025, Sat 22 Feb, Biography & Memoir, Historical, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel |
Putting a country’s leader on trial once seemed unimaginable, but is that still the case in today's world? Journalist and human rights campaigner Steve Crawshaw talks to Daniel Hahn about his new book – a blend of eyewitness reporting and history, including recent stories from the front lines of justice in Ukraine and Palestine.
Event Date | Sat 22 Feb 5:00pm |
Individual Price | £10.00 |
Location | The Alexander Centre |
Categories | 2025, Sat 22 Feb, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel, Politics |
Artist Ben Edge has travelled Britain recording weird and wonderful folk customs that come alive in communities all over the country. He shares stories, anecdotes and legends with host Caroline Millar, and talks about how connecting with living folklore helped him recover from depression.
Event Date | Sun 23 Feb 1:00pm |
Individual Price | Sold out |
Location | Faversham Assembly Rooms |
Categories | 2025, Sun 23 Feb, Art & Music, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel |
The New European's Nonfiction Book of the Year – a love song to grifters, drifters, cities and lost youth, literary hauntings and the power of belonging. Jeff Young talks to travel writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare.
Event Date | Sun 23 Feb 3:00pm |
Individual Price | £10.00 |
Location | Faversham Assembly Rooms |
Categories | 2025, Sun 23 Feb, Biography & Memoir, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel |
Walking through histories, taking in the East Kent coast and an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes. Acclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of 'pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time. Rod Edmond walks the East Kent coastline to explore its geography, history of invasion and defence, and how its fabled White Cliffs mark a border that has sometimes offered refuge and at other times refused entry.
Event Date | Sun 23 Feb 5:00pm |
Individual Price | £10.00 |
Location | Faversham Assembly Rooms |
Categories | 2025, Sun 23 Feb, Local Authors, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel, Science & Nature |
In a feat of magnificent storytelling, award-winning historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes reveals secrets from the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, including pyramids, hanging gardens and temples.
Event Date | Thu 27 Feb 3:00pm |
Individual Price | £16.00 |
Location | St Mary of Charity |
Categories | 2025, Thu 27 Feb, Historical, Non Fiction, Place, Geography & Travel |