BecFest today!

Lucy Faithfull was the  first social worker to sit in the House of Lords.  This afternoon at 2pm, Judith Niechcial, author of Lucy Faithfull: Mother to Hundreds and A Partcle of Clay: The Biography of Alec Skempton, Civil Engineer  will speak.

Fact and Fiction.  This evening at 7pm, Imogen Robertson and Haille Rubenhold discuss their latest books and the art of writing and getting published.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 29th, has  ‘make a book’ theme with artist and illustrator Lyn Stone speaking at 2pm.

Also tomorrow, “the next hundred years”. Long-standing readers from local writers’ groups (ie Shortlands Poetry Circle est 1911) meet up with newer readers and writers for  Writers Unlimited Beckenham Bubble (one) at 7pm – looking forward to 2111.

All events are ticketed and can be obtained, with brochure, by calling in person to Beckenham Library, by telephoning the enquiry desk ( number can’t be directly published online) – on poster here.  One click on image and number becomes readable. Or email beckenham.library@bromley.gov.uk

Litfest brochure covers

Bromley brochure cover left and BecFest cover right

Becfest “openned”

Openned here and Openned there.

Alex Davies and Stephen Willey, creators and developers of Openned poetry, are invited speakers at Beck Fest’s Writers Unlimited Beckenham Bubble Two  ‘Independence day self-publish and be blessed’ July 4th.

E-read Bromley & Beck Fest brochures

Full dates, times and picture-profiles of authors and events featured in both Bromley & Beckenham Literary Festival 2011 programmes  are now viewable as downloadable brochure files @Bromley Literary Festival’s website here.

And Acorn editorial director Leila Dewji’s  Bromley team have jazzed up the Beck Fest link-page too.

locally distributed full colour Beck Fest poster

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Beck Fest – Beckenham’s own literary festival is scheduled to coincide with Bromley’s big borough-wide bubble Bromley Literary Festival 2011.

Between Monday June 27th and Saturday July 9th 2011, a series of fantastic events are planned to take place in Beckenham’s own local library space. Click ABOUT for more details on location and contact.

Beckenham Bubble
As well as fun and adventure for all the family during June and July – two ‘Beckenham place bubble’ evenings are planned for Wednesday June 29th and “independence day” Monday July 4th.

In the independent spirit of Bromley Literary Festival’s pioneering professional industry sponsors Acorn Independent Press – two place-bubble evenings promise to wear their little presses well.

More about these later.