Festival Strands

2–18 OCTOBER 2015@ilkleylitfestMONDAY 5 OCTOBER55. 7.30pm We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: Karen Joy Fowler Ilkley Playhouse56. 7.30–9.30pm Poetry Banquet Panache57. 8pm Naturalists in Paradise: John Hemming Ilkley Playhouse58. 9pm FRINGE An Evening with Edwin Waugh Ilkley Playhouse59. 9.30pm FRINGE Orthos Presents: A Night of Aconite Prose Ilkley PlayhouseTUESDAY 6 OCTOBER60. 1.30pm Jessica Souhami: Children’s Book Show Kings Hall61. 6pm Treasures of the Brotherton Collection – Festival Private ViewBrotherton Library,University of Leeds62. 6pm Exploring the Work of Les Murray Outside the Box63. 7.30pm The Walter Swan Memorial Lecture Ilkley Playhouse64. 7.30pm Alison Weir Ilkley Playhouse65. 7.30–9.15pm Martin Bell: The End of Empire Kings Hall66. 9pm FRINGE Ilkley’s International Entrepreneurs Ilkley Playhouse67. 9pm FRINGE The Joel Dean Experience Ilkley PlayhouseWEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER68 7.30pm The War in the West – A New History: James Holland Clarke Foley Centre69. 7.30pm A New Africa Breaks Free: Alex Perry Ilkley Playhouse70. 7.30pmThe Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC:Charlotte HigginsIlkley Playhouse71. 9pm FRINGE Red Shed Readings presents: Cresties Ilkley Playhouse72. 9pm FRINGE The New Gentlemen of Verona Ilkley PlayhouseTHURSDAY 8 OCTOBER73. 2–4.30pm Poetry Alive! Open Mic and Networking Event Ilkley Moor Vaults51. 6pm T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: Guided Reading Group Manor House Education Room74. 6–7.30pm Future of the Book Debate Great Hall, University of Leeds75. 7–10pm Gourmet Food and Premium Indian Lager Evening Aagrah76. 7.30pm Life After Dark: Dave Haslam Ilkley Playhouse77. 7.30pm Brian Blessed: Absolute Pandemonium Kings Hall78. 7.30pm–9pmA Journey with T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: Mike Tooby,Rommi Smith and Damien O’KeeffeIlkley Playhouse79. 7.30pm Aftershock: Matthew Green St Margaret's Hall80. 9pm FRINGE Those Coal Town Days Ilkley Playhouse81. 9.30pm FRINGE Ilkley Voices: What Lies Beneath... Ilkley Playhouse6