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Clare<br />
Mulley<br />
Matthew<br />
Hoggard<br />
Tammy<br />
Cohen<br />
Shaun<br />
Wallace<br />
Emma<br />
Curtis<br />
Jamie<br />
McDonald<br />
6 TH - 14 TH FEBRUARY <strong>2020</strong>
Thank you<br />
Following last year’s spectacular 10 th anniversary of the Festival of Literature in honour of the 150 th<br />
anniversary of Bishop’s Stortford College, this year’s line-up will feature the usual busy schedule of<br />
talks and workshops, as well as a community and education programme aimed specifically at children<br />
and young people. We have the Festival’s founder, Rosie Pike, to thank for this amazing schedule – she<br />
will be a hard act to follow! It would not have been possible to produce a Festival on this scale without<br />
the help of our sponsors and Festival partners, and all those who support the Festival of Literature in<br />
so many ways.<br />
As always, we are very grateful to Marilyn Brocklehurst, founder of the Norfolk Children’s Book Centre,<br />
who has been central to the running of the Bishop’s Stortford College Festival of Literature since its<br />
inception. Likewise, we give huge thanks to the Prep School Friends for their continued involvement.<br />
The Bishop’s Stortford Independent has given fantastic support and encouragement as well, helping us<br />
to spread the word about the Festival.<br />
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all who have kindly supported this year’s Festival, and<br />
not least, to you, our audience.<br />
Meet Lizzie, our new Festival Co-Ordinator<br />
Having joined the College in September and taken over from Rosie, I am all too<br />
conscious of the size of the shoes I need to fill! I have been helping out with the<br />
planning since the summer and am in awe of the quality of the programme that<br />
has been put together. We are all in for treat, after treat, after treat.<br />
The Festival’s reputation as a friendly, intimate event continues to grow throughout<br />
the literary world, and with it, our ability to attract well-known and interesting<br />
speakers. Every year, we aim to deliver a varied and exciting programme; this year<br />
is no exception! We hope you enjoy our fantastic line-up of speakers and we look<br />
forward to welcoming you to the College.<br />
Lizzie Hall<br />
Festival Team<br />
Bev Archer Claire Bond Belinda Callow Eve Fuller Maggie Garrett Sarah Gowans<br />
Rikke Gregory Lizzie Hall Andrea Lamyman Debbie Lyall Alison Petts Becky Speight<br />
Festival Partners<br />
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Welcome<br />
Welcome<br />
I have great pleasure in introducing the 11 th annual Bishop’s Stortford<br />
College Festival of Literature.<br />
The Open Events will begin on Friday evening with one of England’s most<br />
successful international cricketers, Matthew Hoggard, as he shares how it felt to<br />
be a member of the epic England side who won the 2005 Ashes and talks about<br />
his life after cricket.<br />
Shaun Wallace, barrister by day and avid quizzer by night, will blow you away with stories of cases<br />
he has worked on and his proficiency in general knowledge. You might even get the chance to put<br />
him to the test… Have you got what it takes to beat a ‘Mastermind’ Champion?<br />
‘Adventureman’, Jamie McDonald, had a rocky start to life but his determination to not allow illness<br />
to control his life has enabled him to break world records in incredibly challenging conditions, stories<br />
of which he will share when he takes to the stage on Tuesday night.<br />
On Wednesday, delve into a world of mystery, thrill and danger with critically acclaimed crime writers<br />
Tammy Cohen and Emma Curtis as they’re interviewed by Stortford’s very own crime writer and<br />
previous Festival speaker, Chris Whitaker.<br />
Each year, the Festival of Literature also celebrates poetry, and this year we are pleased to welcome,<br />
as our judge for Literature Live, Steven Camden, one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary<br />
storytellers and spoken word artists. Thursday evening’s excitement will continue with awardwinning<br />
author and broadcaster, Clare Mulley, as she brings the Festival to a close by celebrating the<br />
lives of some of our most important, yet forgotten, female figures.<br />
In addition to the rich variety of our Open Events, we will also welcome younger audiences to<br />
share in a rich variety of Schools Events, starring popular children’s authors. This year, the line-up<br />
includes Brian Moses, Sita Brahmachari and Steve Cole amongst others. Another favourite with<br />
local schools is the Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award, voted for by pupils from across the region,<br />
which will this year be presented by Petr Horácek.<br />
The <strong>2020</strong> Festival of Literature programme includes something for everyone, and we warmly<br />
welcome you to Bishop’s Stortford College to celebrate storytelling in all of its forms.<br />
Jeremy Gladwin<br />
Headmaster<br />
<strong>Programme</strong> contents<br />
EVENTS AT A GLANCE 4-5<br />
HARRY POTTER NIGHT 6-7<br />
OPEN EVENTS 8-19<br />
PICTURE BOOK AWARD 20-21<br />
SCHOOLS EVENTS 22-24<br />
BOOKINGS 26<br />
INFORMATION 27<br />
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Events at a glance<br />
FRIDAY 7 th FEBRUARY<br />
Steve Cole<br />
Find out why Steve prefers the job of a writer<br />
where he can “sit in his pyjamas all day and<br />
eat chocolate” and what makes his books so<br />
enthralling.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 3 pupils<br />
Matthew Hoggard<br />
Learn how it feels to represent your country at<br />
international level in a competitive sport and<br />
how different life can be afterwards.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
7.30pm - 9.00pm<br />
Tickets: £16<br />
Suitable 10+<br />
SATURDAY 8 th FEBRUARY<br />
Shaun Wallace<br />
Find out what makes a man who’s a<br />
‘Mastermind’ at general knowledge by night and<br />
a senior criminal defence advocate by day tick.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
7.30pm - 9.30pm<br />
Tickets: £21<br />
Suitable for 14+<br />
MONDAY 10 th FEBRUARY<br />
Paul Jackson<br />
Join storyteller Paul as he adds a musical<br />
touch to his enchanting stories from different<br />
cultures.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
9.30am - 10.30am<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 1 & 2 pupils<br />
MONDAY 10 th FEBRUARY<br />
Brian Moses<br />
Brian will present his poetry and percussion show:<br />
Rhyme, Rhythm & Rap and attempt to show<br />
that poetry is not something that just sits on the<br />
page.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 5 pupils<br />
TUESDAY 11 th FEBRUARY<br />
Elizabeth Laird<br />
Tales of her travels, current world affairs and the<br />
themes of family, hope and redemption will be at<br />
the heart of Elizabeth Laird’s thought-provoking<br />
discussion of her novels.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 6 pupils<br />
Sita Brahmachari<br />
Take a journey with Sita as she discusses her<br />
latest novel, Where The River Runs Gold, reflecting<br />
on the world around us and what the future<br />
holds.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
4.00pm - 5.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 7 & 8 pupils<br />
Jamie McDonald<br />
Come and meet Adventureman! Hear first-hand,<br />
tales of his epic quests, challenges and how to<br />
break world records.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
6.00pm - 7.00pm<br />
Tickets: £8.00, 7-18s £5.50<br />
Suitable 7+<br />
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Events at a glance<br />
WEDNESDAY 12 th FEBRUARY<br />
The Bishop’s Stortford Picture<br />
Book Award, presented by<br />
Petr Horácek<br />
Where we announce the winner of the <strong>2020</strong><br />
Picture Book Award...<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for all participating schools<br />
Tammy Cohen and<br />
Emma Curtis<br />
Hone your detective skills during an evening of<br />
thrilling suspense and excitement as Tammy and<br />
Emma discuss their latest crime novels with local<br />
crime writer, Chris Whitaker.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
7.30pm - 8.30pm<br />
Tickets: Adults £8.00; 16-18s £5.50<br />
Suitable for 16+<br />
THURSDAY 13 th FEBRUARY<br />
Literature Live<br />
Senior School Houses compete in our annual<br />
spoken word competition, judged by Steven<br />
Camden.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
5.30pm - 6.30pm<br />
Tickets: £5.50<br />
Suitable for 13+<br />
Clare Mulley<br />
Rediscover the lives of history’s unsung heroines<br />
and the impact they made on society today.<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
7.30pm - 8.30pm<br />
Tickets: Adults £8.00; 14-18s £5.50<br />
Suitable for 14+<br />
THURSDAY 13 th FEBRUARY<br />
Petr Horácek and<br />
Vivian French<br />
Bring words and drawings to life with Petr and<br />
Vivian as you help them create a brand-new<br />
story.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 4 pupils<br />
Steven Camden<br />
Watch Steven, aka Polarbear, prove that poetry<br />
can be so much more than simply words on a<br />
piece of paper.<br />
Prep School Hall<br />
3.45pm - 4.45pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
An event for Year 7 & 8 pupils<br />
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Harry Potter Night<br />
(Bishop’s Stortford College Prep School pupils only) Thursday 6 th February<br />
In keeping with Festival tradition, Harry Potter Night<br />
will be celebrated on Thursday 6 th February. This popular<br />
event, now in its sixth year, coincides with Harry Potter<br />
Book Nights across the globe. Bishop’s Stortford College<br />
Prep School pupils will enjoy a night of magic and<br />
wizardry during their week of Festival fun. The night,<br />
organised by Harry Potter publishers Bloomsbury, has<br />
a different theme each year which for <strong>2020</strong> will be the<br />
‘Triwizard Tournament’.<br />
The magic continues all evening as our wizards and<br />
witches take part in daring quests, themed quizzes, a<br />
game of Quidditch and perhaps even a Potions class. Will<br />
they be brave enough to put their name into the Goblet<br />
of Fire?<br />
Harry Potter Night delights pupils and provides a magical<br />
element to the Bishop’s Stortford College Festival of<br />
Literature.<br />
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Matthew Hoggard .......................................................... OPEN EVENT<br />
As one of The Cricketer’s Top 100 Schools for Cricket we are excited<br />
to welcome former England cricketer and Leicestershire CC Captain,<br />
Matthew Hoggard MBE, to launch the <strong>2020</strong> Festival of Literature.<br />
Matthew will give an enthusiastic and passionate talk about his<br />
cricket career and what the future holds.<br />
Matthew Hoggard is regarded as one of the most successful cricketers<br />
to have played for England and was part of the inspired Ashes winning<br />
side of 2005. Having achieved 93 England caps throughout his career,<br />
Matthew was awarded Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2006. As England’s<br />
sixth highest wicket taker with 248 wickets during his 67 matches,<br />
Matthew was released from Yorkshire in 2009 and quickly instated as<br />
captain of Leicestershire CCC from the 2010 season onwards. Under his<br />
guidance and leadership, the team went on to win the Twenty20 Cup in<br />
2011, propelling them to become the most successful short game team<br />
within England.<br />
Having retired in 2013, life after cricket is proving to be successful and<br />
exciting for Matthew, becoming a sought-after commodity with the<br />
global media and on the after-dinner speaker circuit.<br />
www.matthewhoggard.com<br />
@Hoggy602<br />
FRIDAY’S PROGRAMME<br />
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Friday 7 th February 7.30pm - 9.00pm<br />
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Shaun Wallace .................................................................. OPEN EVENT<br />
Shaun Wallace, barrister, Mastermind champion and ‘The Dark<br />
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a night of intellectual stimulation and quizzing as he discusses life<br />
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Wales and Scotland. As a senior criminal defence advocate he has<br />
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to name but a few. His passion for law has also extended into providing<br />
lectures on matters such as environmental law, health and safety and<br />
road transport regulations.<br />
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Mastermind, choosing as his specialist subject, FA Cup Finals. He has also<br />
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Do you have what it takes to ‘Chase the Chaser’? The evening will<br />
conclude with a quiz challenge.<br />
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Saturday 8 th February 7.30pm - 9.30pm<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
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Jamie McDonald .............................................................. OPEN EVENT<br />
Spending the first nine years of his life in and out of hospital with a<br />
rare spinal condition known as syringomyelia, combined with epilepsy<br />
and a very weak immune system, Jamie’s life had a challenging start.<br />
However, at the age of nine, his symptoms began to ease; something<br />
Jamie attributes to becoming more active. As he grew older, Jamie began<br />
a quest to give back to the hospitals which supported him through his<br />
early childhood and in 2012, he bought a second-hand bike and cycled<br />
14,000 miles from Bangkok to his hometown, Gloucester. Just two days<br />
after finishing that gruelling journey, Jamie decided to attempt the world<br />
static cycling record of 224 hours and 24 minutes, which he beat.<br />
Jamie made history in 2014 when he became the first person to run the<br />
5,000 miles from the Canadian Atlantic coast to the Pacific without the<br />
aid of a support crew. He raised more than £250,000 for sick children in<br />
the UK and Canada in the process.<br />
At times, during these awe-inspiring journeys Jamie was shot at, arrested,<br />
battled temperatures of -40°C and endured a frostbitten nose, all whilst<br />
wearing a Superhero costume, ‘The Flash’. In 2018 Jamie completed<br />
yet another fundraising cross country run, this time a 5,500 mile solo<br />
journey across the USA, dressed as his alter ego, ‘Adventureman’.<br />
Jamie will share stories from his adventures that will inspire and amaze<br />
in an evening not to be missed! He will also be making a collection at the<br />
end of his talk for the children’s hospitals he supports.<br />
www.adventureman.org<br />
@MrJamieMcDonald<br />
TUESDAY’S EVENT IS<br />
BROUGHT TO YOU IN<br />
ASSOCIATION WITH<br />
Tuesday 11 th February 6.00pm - 7.00pm<br />
Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
Tickets £8.00, 7-18s £5.50<br />
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Tammy Cohen and Emma Curtis<br />
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Join crimewriters Tammy Cohen and Emma Curtis as they are<br />
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Literature Live with Steven Camden ..................... OPEN EVENT<br />
Literature Live, a reading competition for our Senior School pupils<br />
is both enjoyable and highly anticipated.<br />
Each year sees stirring performances across all age groups, with fierce<br />
competition between the Houses. There are opportunities for solo and<br />
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Ferguson Lecture Theatre<br />
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Clare Mulley ....................................................................... OPEN EVENT<br />
Bishop’s Stortford College, once dubbed ‘The school for spies’,<br />
is particularly proud to welcome award-winning author and<br />
broadcaster, Clare Mulley who will blow you away with her epic<br />
biographies of the lives of history’s forgotten female figures and the<br />
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As the winner of The Daily Mail Biographers’ Club Prize, Clare could not<br />
have asked for a better start to her writing career with the launch of her<br />
debut book, The Woman Who Saved the Children. Continuing her focus on<br />
prominent female figures throughout history, Clare’s second book, which<br />
she will focus on during this event, The Spy Who Loved, (now optioned by<br />
Universal Studios) led to Clare being decorated with Poland’s honourary<br />
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Clare is a regular contributor to various historical and current affairs<br />
journals, TV and radio programmes including Newsnight, the History<br />
Channel and BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. An honourary patron of the<br />
Wimpole History Festival, Clare is a popular public speaker and has given<br />
lectures in London and Paris on wartime female special agents, given a<br />
TEDx talk at Stormont and spoken at the Houses of Parliament and the<br />
Royal Albert Hall.<br />
Before her writing career, Clare worked for Save the Children and Sight<br />
Savers International. She lives in Essex with her husband, their three<br />
daughters and a hairy lurcher.<br />
www.claremulley.com/home<br />
@claremulley<br />
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The Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award<br />
Presented by author and illustrator Petr Horácek<br />
Previous winners are:<br />
The annual Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award invites local<br />
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IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN ASSOCIATION WITH:<br />
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Schools Events<br />
Steve Cole<br />
Expect an out of this world afternoon with self-confessed “slightly crazy<br />
and highly frantic” author, Steve Cole, as he discusses his best-selling novels.<br />
Steve Cole is the author of the hugely successful Astrosaurs and Cows in Action<br />
series for younger readers, as well as titles for older readers including Tripwire<br />
and Doctor Who; his books have sold over three million copies. Steve will be<br />
talking about his new series of books featuring superhero Adventure Duck; will he<br />
complete his mission to prevent the evil Power Pug from taking over the world?<br />
Join Steve for an egg-ceptionally funny, action packed session.<br />
www.stevecolebooks.co.uk @SteveColeBooks<br />
Friday 7 th February 2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEAR<br />
3 PUPILS<br />
Paul Jackson<br />
Be prepared to round off National Storytelling Week <strong>2020</strong> with an event<br />
from the amazingly talented and much-loved storyteller, Paul Jackson.<br />
Paul will enchant and delight with the stories he tells from many different cultures.<br />
Listen, laugh and gasp as his intriguing stories unfold. Paul blends music into many<br />
of his tales; the soothing sounds of the African harp, the humour of the mouth<br />
harp or sometimes the mystery of the Tibetan singing bowl, all of which bring a<br />
flavour of culture and a sense of place to his stories.<br />
www.pauljacksonstory.com<br />
Monday 10 th February 9.30am - 10.30am<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEARS<br />
1 & 2<br />
Brian Moses<br />
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to hear one of the UK’s most accomplished<br />
performance poets who was especially commissioned to write a poem for the<br />
Queen’s 80 th birthday!<br />
Brian Moses has been labelled “one of Britain’s favourite children’s poets” by the<br />
National Poetry Archive and has worked as a professional poet since 1988. He<br />
performs his poetry and percussion show around the world, and will demonstrate<br />
how poetry is not something that just sits on the page. Rather, it can be brought<br />
to life using a variety of voices, movements and instruments.<br />
Did you know that Brian’s poem ‘Walking with my Iguana’ is one of the most<br />
often performed poems in schools?<br />
www.brianmoses.co.uk @moses_brian<br />
Monday 10 th February 2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil.<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEAR<br />
5 PUPILS<br />
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Elizabeth Laird<br />
Award-winning author, Elizabeth Laird, will provide a powerful afternoon of words<br />
as she shares extracts from her novels based on her travels around the world.<br />
Elizabeth Laird is a multi-award-winning author of much-loved children’s books,<br />
including The Garbage King and The Prince Who Walked with Lions. Elizabeth’s<br />
stories are often inspired by people she meets on her travels. Following the success<br />
of her novel Welcome to Nowhere, Elizabeth Laird returns with a A House Without<br />
Walls, a powerful story set amidst the Syrian refugee crisis. She will discuss the<br />
themes of family, hope and redemption.<br />
www.elizabethlaird.co.uk @EMRLaird<br />
Tuesday 11 th February 2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
Sita Brahmachari<br />
Explore the very real issues of climate change through the power of words<br />
and storytelling with Sita Brahmachari.<br />
Battling and addressing the campaign on climate change is at the heart of Sita’s<br />
multi-award winning novels, plays, novellas and short stories. Her first novel,<br />
Artichoke Hearts, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Award and was voted one<br />
of the Guardian’s top 50 books celebrating diversity since the 1950’s. An Amnesty<br />
International Ambassador and regular school and festival speaker, Sita will discuss<br />
her latest novel, Where The River Runs Gold.<br />
www.sitabrahmachari.com @SitaBrahmachari<br />
Tuesday 11 th February 4.00pm - 5.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
Thursday 13 th February 2.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEARS<br />
7 & 8<br />
Petr Horácek and Vivian French<br />
Team up with storyteller, Vivian French, and author and illustrator, Petr<br />
Horácek, as they ask you to help them create a new story, live on stage.<br />
Sublime storyteller Vivian French is the author of many children’s favourites<br />
including Oliver’s Vegetables and The Most Wonderful Thing in the World. Petr<br />
Horácek brings stories vividly to life with his beautiful illustrations. Hear them<br />
discuss their much-loved works before you help them to create a new story live<br />
on stage. Give Vivian ideas for the storyline and guide Petr’s illustrations in this<br />
lively improvisation event.<br />
www.petrhoracek.co.uk<br />
www. vivianfrench.co.uk<br />
@PHoracek<br />
@fivekingdoms<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEAR<br />
6 PUPILS<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEAR<br />
4 PUPILS<br />
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Schools Events<br />
Steven Camden<br />
Poetry superstar, Steven Camden, will provide an afternoon of fun and<br />
entertainment as he shares his writing secrets and performs some of his<br />
spectacular poems.<br />
Steven Camden, aka Polarbear, is an author, playwright, screenwriter and<br />
performer from Birmingham who has travelled the world sharing his works and<br />
helping others create their own. From stages at Glastonbury to California, via<br />
Melbourne and Kuala Lumpar, he is one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary<br />
storytellers and spoken word artists. Steven will share poems from his latest<br />
collection, Everything All at Once, as well as giving an insight into what he<br />
describes as his “messy writing process.”<br />
www.bearstories.org @homeofpolar<br />
Friday 13 th February 3.45pm - 4.45pm<br />
Tickets: £3.50 per pupil<br />
AN EVENT<br />
FOR YEARS<br />
7 & 8<br />
Pre-Prep Sat 25 th April 9.30am-12.00 noon<br />
SatNav for parking CM23 4BT<br />
Do you want your<br />
child to realise their<br />
true potential?<br />
Come to our Pre-Prep Open Morning<br />
For Reception/4+ entry.<br />
Come to the Pre-Prep Open Morning and<br />
view our facilities for both inside and outside<br />
learning. Meet the Head, staff and current<br />
parents to gain a feel for the environment and<br />
the breadth of opportunities we can offer.<br />
Building Confidence for Life.<br />
01279 838626<br />
ppadmissions@BishopsStortfordCollege.org<br />
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Local relationship banking<br />
At Handelsbanken relationship banking still lives up to its name. You deal<br />
with people you know by name and decisions are made locally by us<br />
at the branch. Our simple aim is to provide the best possible service to<br />
our customers.<br />
Andy Felstead - Individual Banking Manager<br />
Tel: 01279 466145, Email: anfe07@handelsbanken.co.uk<br />
Adam Taylor - Corporate Banking Manager<br />
Tel: 01279 466142, Email: adta01@handelsbanken.co.uk<br />
Stephen Hills - Branch Manager<br />
Tel: 01279 466141, Email: sthi05@handelsbanken.co.uk<br />
Sworders Court, North Street<br />
Bishop’s Stortford<br />
Herts, CM23 2LD<br />
Tel: 01279 466116<br />
handelsbanken.co.uk/bishopsstortford<br />
Handelsbanken is the trading name of Handelsbanken plc, which is incorporated in England and Wales with company<br />
number 11305395. Registered office: 3 Thomas More Square, London, E1W 1WY, UK. Handelsbanken plc is authorised by<br />
the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation<br />
Authority. Financial Services Register number 806852. Handelsbanken plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Svenska<br />
Handelsbanken AB (publ).
Bookings<br />
To book your tickets, visit the Calendar and News pages of the College website where you<br />
will also find further information:<br />
www.bishopsstortfordcollege.org/14481/festival-of-literature-<strong>2020</strong><br />
Follow the links in each event write-up to book your seats.<br />
Due to the volume of calls currently received by College Reception, we ask that any enquiries<br />
relating to the Festival of Literature are made via email:<br />
general.enquiry@bishopsstortfordcollege.org.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Payment<br />
All payments must be made by debit/credit card through the Trybooking website. Following payment,<br />
a confirmation email will be sent to your preferred email address. Simply follow the link in the email<br />
to retrieve your tickets which you will need to print and present at the door.<br />
All tickets must be booked in advance and tickets cannot be reserved.<br />
Refunds<br />
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide refunds if you have booked tickets but cannot attend the event.<br />
Lost Tickets<br />
Do not despair – your tickets will always remain on your original Trybooking email. If you lose the printed<br />
copy of your tickets you are able to print them again.<br />
Data Protection<br />
As a customer of Trybooking.com, you may be<br />
required to provide certain personal information to<br />
complete a booking which may include your name,<br />
address, telephone number and email address. If<br />
you make a payment for an event, Trybooking.com<br />
may also collect financial information from you<br />
including your credit card number and expiration<br />
date. Trybooking.com will only store partial credit<br />
card numbers.<br />
Please be assured that Trybooking.com will not<br />
share your personal information with third parties<br />
without your consent other than as set out in<br />
their privacy policy. Bishop’s Stortford College will<br />
also not pass any of your details onto any other<br />
organisation and will ensure that your privacy is<br />
protected at all times.<br />
For more information on Trybooking’s<br />
privacy policy, please visit their website<br />
www.trybooking.com/uk/info/privacy<br />
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Information<br />
Bishop’s Stortford College is one of the UK’s leading independent co-educational,<br />
day and boarding schools for 4 to 18 year olds.<br />
N<br />
A120<br />
A120<br />
FROM HERTFORD<br />
& STEVENAGE<br />
A120<br />
BY PASS<br />
Bishop’s Park Way<br />
BY PASS<br />
TESCO<br />
FIRE STATION<br />
Pre-Prep<br />
Entrance<br />
Dane Park<br />
Maze Green Rd.<br />
Great Hadham Road<br />
main<br />
entrance<br />
P<br />
NISSAN<br />
GARAGE<br />
CASTLE GARDENS<br />
R. Stort<br />
Trains from Cambridge<br />
Dunmow Rd.<br />
LAND<br />
ROVER<br />
GARAGE<br />
Dunmow Rd. (A150)<br />
BY PASS<br />
BIRCHANGER<br />
GREEN SERVICES<br />
Junction 8<br />
M11<br />
M11<br />
FROM STANSTED<br />
AIRPORT<br />
A120<br />
FROM DUNMOW<br />
& BRAINTREE<br />
WAITROSE TRAIN<br />
STATION<br />
FROM MUCH<br />
HADHAM<br />
South Rd.<br />
ST. MICHAEL’S<br />
MEAD<br />
BY PASS<br />
St. James Way<br />
FROM HARLOW<br />
FROM HARLOW<br />
London Rd. (B1383)<br />
Trains from London<br />
Liverpool St.<br />
R. Stort<br />
How to find us<br />
Bishop’s Stortford College is situated just off the A1250/Hadham Road on the western side of the<br />
town centre. Directions are available on the College website.<br />
Parking<br />
There is parking by the Memorial Hall, accessed from the Hadham Road entrance. There is also<br />
some roadside parking along Maze Green Road.<br />
Venues<br />
The Ferguson Lecture Theatre is situated between Maze Green Road (by the zebra crossing) and<br />
the Memorial Hall. Both are wheelchair accessible from Maze Green Road.<br />
Fingerposts are in place to direct visitors to events held in the Prep School Hall.<br />
Late arrivals<br />
If you arrive late, please use the entrance on Maze Green Road to minimise disruption.<br />
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6 TH - 14 TH FEBRUARY <strong>2020</strong><br />
Brian<br />
Moses<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Laird<br />
Paul<br />
Jackson<br />
Sita<br />
Brahmachari<br />
Petr<br />
Horácek<br />
Steven<br />
Camden<br />
Vivian<br />
French<br />
Steve<br />
Cole<br />
Bishop’s Stortford College<br />
10 Maze Green Road,<br />
Bishop’s Stortford,<br />
Hertfordshire CM23 2PJ<br />
www.bishopsstortfordcollege.org
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