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The Autumn Peak Festival 2008 will be held from 23rd October to 3rd November


 





The Autumn Peak Festival October 2007

Date Time Event Description Venue Category Ticket
Friday 7th September 2007 12.30 pm Germaine Greer 'Shakespeare's Wife', features the biography of Ann Hathaway and a social history of Shakespeare's timeCountry Bookshop - -
Tuesday 2nd October 2007 6.30 pm Yann Martel
and Illustrator
Tomislav Torjanac
Celebrating 5th anniversary of 'Life of Pi'Country Bookshop - -
Thursday 18th October 2007 6.30 pm Tony Benn Former Minister and MP on 'More Time for Politics: Diaries 2001-2007'Country Bookshop - Sold Out
Friday 19th October 2007 6.30 pm Michael Wood BBC Television presenter on 'A Story of India'.Country Bookshop - -
Saturday 20th October 2007 2 pm Stephen Venables First Briton to climb Everest without oxygen reveals a series of never-recorded adventures on several continents.Country Bookshop Great Outdoors -
Sunday 21st October 2007 6.30 pm Jay Griffiths Griffiths travels in an epic trek to the Peruvian Amazon, the Canadian Arctic, the Indonesian Ocean, the Australian bush and the mountains of West Papua. 'Wild' is a profound and extraordinary piece of work - Guardian.Country Bookshop Great Outdoors -
Tuesday 23rd October 2007 6.30 pm Gervase Phinn Talking about and signing copies of his new book, out in time for ChristmasCountry Bookshop - -
Thursday 25th October 2007 6.30 pm Pat Chapman Cookery Demonstration with the Curry Club founder and 'Ambassador of Indian Food' Country Bookshop - -
Friday 26th October 2007 6.30 pm Charlotte Mosley Illustrated talk on the Mitford Sisters and book signing accompanied by the Dowager Duchess of DevonshireCountry Bookshop - -
Sunday 28th October 2007 2 pm Charles Allen Charles Allen 'one of the great chroniclers of India' on 'Rudyard Kipling's India' and Allen's family connections with India and Rudyard Kipling.Country Bookshop - -
Sunday 28th October 2007 6.30 pm Laura Thompson Author of the first authorised biography of Agatha Christie for 25 years.Country Bookshop - -
Tuesday 13th November 2007 6.30 pm Diarmuid Gavin Garden designerCountry Bookshop - -
Tuesday 20th November 2007 6.30 pm Clarissa Dickson Wright The no-holds-barred autobiography of one of the nation's best-loved cooks whose life has led her from wealth and privilege to alcoholism, bankruptcy, and eventually fame in 'Two Fat Ladies'.Country Bookshop - Sold Out
Saturday 1st December 2007 2 pm An Afternoon with Local Authors With book signing, including the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire and Peak District Book of the Year short-listed authorsCountry Bookshop - -
Thursday 20th December 2007 6.30 pm Announcement of the Peak District Book of the Year Announcement by Gervase Phinn of the Peak District Book of the Year, with mince pies and sherryCountry Bookshop - -