This event has been postponed. Ticket holders will be contacted directly. Wanstead Bookshop presents poet Hannah Lowe, winner of the 2021 Costa Book Award for her anthology The Kids, which chair of judges Reeta Chakrabarti described as "a book to fall in love with – it's joyous, it's warm and it's completely universal. It's crafted and skilful … Continue reading "POSTPONED: Wanstead Book Festival presents Hannah Lowe"
A reading and workshop from Ollie and Lola’s Woodland Adventure By Maria Sanchez. Storytelling by Darren Hart from CBeebies. - Ages 3-5 Each Day, Ollie and Lola embark on a new journey together. Today’s journey begins with helping some of their Woodland friends from Treehouse woods. This is a story about friendship and helping each other.
Otto English, aka journalist Andrew Scott, is on a mission to set our historical stories straight. In his book Fake History, English tears apart lies propagated by politicians and think tanks, the grand narratives spun by populists and the media, the stories on your friend's Facebook feed and the tales you were told in childhood.
Wanstead journalist Ted Kessler was the last editor of the great Q magazine before its untimely demise. The closure wasn't his fault - in fact he did everything possible to keep the title alive - but he was faced with immoveable forces. In Paper Cuts he talks about the death of the music press - … Continue reading "Wanstead Book Festival presents Ted Kessler"
Hannah Armstrong’s account of Wanstead House has been electrifying local history addicts since its publication earlier this year. In this talk Hannah will reveal the secrets of the Grotto and the Temple - our last remaining visible remnants of Wanstead's glorious past.
Justin Webb, the longest-serving presenter on the BBC's Today programme and a familiar figure on our airwaves for decades, has written The Gift of a Radio, a hugely entertaining memoir of his dysfunctional childhood which also paints a vivid picture of life in the 1970s.
John Rogers has built a huge online - locally and nationally - following for his walks and talks and for knowing such detail about local history and the environment that he truly is a raconteur. His children called him a 'happy wizard' and we're delighted he should be our final speaker for the first Wanstead … Continue reading "Wanstead Book Festival presents John Rogers"
Hosted by Wanstead's residents: young author Riku Fryderyk, bestselling author Joseph Elliot and English teacher Shameem Aziz, this Creative Writing Event is aimed at children who love reading, writing and using their imaginations to create supercalifragilistic stories! Children of all ages are invited to join us to take part in competitions and activities involving writing … Continue reading "Children’s creative writing workshop"
