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Thursday, 5th September 2024
6pm: Main Festival: BOOK LAUNCH: My Battle of Hastings – Xiaolu Guo
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Friday, 13th September 2024
5:30pm to 6:30pm: Fringe Festival: How to Write a Novel in a Month
7pm to 8pm: Main Festival: Michael Rosen
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Saturday, 14th September 2024
10am to 1pm: Main Festival: WORKSHOP: Craig Jordan-Baker – Nature Writing Workshop
10:30am: Main Festival: CHILDREN’S EVENT: Alex Milway at the Hastings Library
11am to 4pm: Main Festival: Hastings Book Fair
11:45am: Main Festival: CHILDREN’S EVENT : Author Patrice Lawrence and A Recipe for Creating Fantasy Beasts
2pm to 5pm: Main Festival: WORKSHOP: John McCullough – Energising Your Poetry
7:30pm: Main Festival: Open Mic at Hastings Book Festival
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Sunday, 15th September 2024
10am: Main Festival: Meet the Literary Agent – Louise Buckley
10am to 1pm: Main Festival: WORKSHOP: David Quantick HOW TO WRITE COMEDY
2pm to 5pm: Main Festival: SHORT STORY WORKSHOP: VG Lee – Setting the Words on Fire!
7pm to 10:10pm: Main Festival: Trix Worrell’s Film Night: For Queen and Country
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Monday, 16th September 2024
4pm to 5:30pm: Fringe Festival: The Cabinet of Curiosities: How to Find Inspiration for your Writing
6pm to 8pm: Fringe Festival: An Evening of Original Writing
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Tuesday, 17th September 2024
2pm to 4pm: Fringe Festival: Story Well with Stephanie Chamberlain
7pm to 8:30pm: Fringe Festival: Mini Bavard Bar: Three Writers
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Wednesday, 18th September 2024
6pm to 8pm: Fringe Festival: Reading Between the Vines
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Thursday, 19th September 2024
5pm to 6:30pm: Fringe Festival: Writing Workshop
7:30pm: Main Festival: An Indie Salon
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Friday, 20th September 2024
5pm to 6:30pm: Fringe Festival: How to Succeed in Poetry & Prose Competitions
7:30pm to 8:40pm: Main Festival: Monique Roffey – Passiontide
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Saturday, 21st September 2024
Main Festival: SUPER SATURDAY TICKET – DAY PASS
11:15am: Main Festival: Sarah P Corbett: Craftivism – the art of gentle protest
12pm to 4pm: Fringe Festival: Stationery Fun and Quiet Writing Time
1:15pm: Main Festival: Caroline Lucas – Another England – How to reclaim our national story
3pm: Main Festival: Miki Berenyi: Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success
4:45pm: Main Festival: Clare Chambers – Shy Creatures
6:45pm to 7:45pm: Main Festival: Karen McLeod – Lifting Off
8:30pm: Main Festival: Anita Rani and Salena Godden in conversation
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Sunday, 22nd September 2024
2:15pm: Main Festival: Henry Normal – Everyday Adventures with our Autistic Son
4pm to 6pm: Main Festival: Publishing Panel and Networking Event
6pm to 7pm: Fringe Festival: What’s the Point of the Ombudsman?
7:30pm to 9pm: Fringe Festival: Four Writers: Interviews & Q&A
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We hope to see you at any of these events!
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Hastings Book Festival Fringe 