2022 PROGRAMME
Fiction, Memoir, Poetry, Current Affairs, History, Sport, Cookery and more...
Saturday 12:30pm
The Matter of Grief: Clover Stroud & Juliet Rosenfeld
Two celebrated writers explore love, loss and grief with author and journalist Melissa Benn
The Other Victorians: Oskar Jensen & Dr John Woolf
Discover the unexpected and hidden stories of marginalized Victorians
Refugee Tales
Two authors share their personal stories and discuss the extraordinary outreach project Refugee Tales
Saturday 2:00pm
An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West: Konstantin Kisin
The award-winning journalist, comedian and social commentator shares his extraordinary journey in a love letter to the West
Ghosts & Spirits: Louisa Young & Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Two haunting new novels explore the mesmerising and mythic
Queen’s Park Voices, hosted by Chrys Salt MBE
Chrys Salt hosts local poets and authors in work written exclusively for the festival
Saturday 3:30pm
Mothers and Daughters: Susie Boyt & Gwendoline Riley
Two distinguished novelists explore a vital relationship
A Traveller’s Tales: Colin Thubron
The master of travel writing discusses his extraordinary adventures in the Middle East, Russia and China
Anger and Forgiveness
Marina Cantacuzino and filmmaker Amir Amirani explore how anger can fuel powerful storytelling, with Melissa Benn
Saturday 5:00pm
Robert Harris: Act of Oblivion
The bestselling author and master storyteller reveals his brand new novel
Belonging
Professor Tessa McWatt and Costa award winner Monique Roffey discuss race, identity and belonging with Izabella Scott
Saturday 6:30pm
The Big What is back!
Discover the big questions and maybe even the big answers, hosted by Poetcurious
Sunday 12:30pm
Ulysses at 100: Martin Rosenbaum, Adam Low & Eimear McBride
An exclusive QPBF event celebrating a new BBC documentary on Joyce’s masterpiece
Football World Cup
Henry Winter, Richard Foster, Kate Mason and Hugh Pym debate the drama and controversy of the World Cup in Qatar
Young Writers Award: Miracles and Mysteries
Local schools participate in the inspirational Queen’s Park Young Writers Award
Sunday 2:00pm
The Stasi Poetry Society: Philip Oltermann with Dorian Lynskey
An improbable but all too true story only recently exposed
New voices: Natasha Brown & Gurnaik Johal
Two young writers discuss their highly original debut fiction
Motherhood and Female Identity
Three local authors discuss their perspectives on motherhood and female identity
Sunday 3:30pm
Mother’s Boy: Howard Jacobson & John Mullan
A memoir by the Booker Prize-winning novelist
Breadsong: Kitty Tait & Al Tait
Discover how baking changed the lives of a father and daughter
Truth is stranger than fiction: More of the weird and wonderful history of Queen’s Park
Exploring the fascinating history of Queen’s Park with Steve Crabb, Irina Porter and Mike Simkins
Sunday 5:00pm
Iconoclasm & Apocalypse
Local portrait artists Alexander Newley and Mulumba Tshikuka discuss the transformative power of painting with Richard Cork
Sunday 6:30pm
The festival is only in its second year so still retains the blessed atmosphere of a garden fete. We really are in a park. The ground is sun-warmed. Parakeets dash screaming from tree to tree. And writers sign their books in a bandstand… this is an oasis of sanity
Howard Jacobson
New statesman, August 2019
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