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Louis de Bernieres, Carol Drinkwater and Gervase Phinn headline Peak Festival 2008
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This year starts with laughter, music and poetry from Louis de Bernieres (Captain Corelli's Mandolin) and as
laughter is good for our health the Festival will finish with the long term Festival supporter, Gervase Phinn,
who is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
The first event is at 7.00pm Thursday 23rd October, with actress, Carol Drinkwater, best known for her role as
Helen Herriot in the BBC series 'All Creatures Great and Small' who has also achieved bestselling status with
her much-loved memoirs of life on an olive farm in Provence - she will be talking about her personal journey
through Mediterranean olive groves.
Friday 24th October at 7pm Louis de Bernieres returns after his very successful event at Country Bookshop last
year - if last year's event is anything to go by you are guaranteed to enjoy this one. Mandolin, of course, plus
guitars, flutes and all manner of percussion instruments - that the audience is invited to help with. Then there
is Louis de Bernieres' poetry and the friendly argumentative banter between Ilone and Louis.
On Saturday at 12 noon Louis will return to talk about his new book 'A Partisan's Daughter'.
3.00pm Saturday 25th October theatre and television actor Ben Crystal (son of David for those English language
fans of his) will be dishing up‘Shakespeare on Toast'.
7.00pm Saturday 25th October, Hardeep Singh will be talking about his book ‘Indian Takeaway’ - the hilarious
story of BAFTA-winning broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli's attempts to cook his way round India, dishing up very
British meals for the people he meets.
7.00pm Tuesday 28th October, Rachel Elnaugh (Ex "Dragons Den" judge', will uncover the moments when she and other
business personalities hit crisis point. Rachel will cover truthful account of the much-publicised crash of Red
Letter Days and darkest times in business of Jeffery Archer, Donald Trump, Stelios, Karan Billamoria, etc..
Country Bookshop is presenting this event jointly with Sheffield Hallam University and it will be held at the
University.
7.00pm Friday 31st October, A 'PORTUGUESE EVENING' this year. They've had the Spanish evening with Driving Over
Lemon's author, Chris Stewart and Peter Kerr (From Paella to Porridge) and Indian food demonstration with Pat
Chapman so this year taking us through the wine and food of Portugal will be Charles Metcalfe, a popular wine
critic, and a well-known face on British television, having been part of the ITV ‘This Morning’ team for 12 years
with Kathryn McWhirter from Bakewell who was drinks correspondent for the Independent on Sunday for nine years.
There will be refreshments as well as wine.
3.00pm Saturday, 1st November for serious 'Birders' and nature lovers alike Tim Birkhead takes his audience on
a journey that tells them about the extraordinary lives of birds - from conception and egg, through territory
and song, to migration and fully fledged breeder.
6.30pm Sunday 9th November Gervase Phinn, the Festival's regular and most popular raconteur will be at the
Country Bookshop to entertain again.
6.30pm Tuesday 20th November - Paul Rose, explorer, expedition leader and Royal Geographical Society 2007 Ness
Award winner 'For the popularisation of Geography and the wider understanding of our world' will be talking about
his new BBC programme 'Oceans' that will start showing on TV in November.
Thurs 23rd Oct 7pm - CAROL DRINKWATER - £8/4*
Fri 24th 7pm - LOUIS DE BERNIERES and the ANTONIUS PLAYERS - £12/10*
Sat 25th 12 noon - LOUIS DE BERNIERES - £6/3*
Sat 25th 3pm - BEN CRYSTAL - £6/4*
Sat 25th 7pm - HARDEEP SINGH - £7/4*
Tues 28th 7pm - RACHEL ELNAUGH - £8/4*
Fri 31st 7pm\- PORTUGUESE EVENING with CHARLES METCALFE and KATHRYN McWHIRTER - £9/6*
Sat 1st Nov 3pm - TIM BIRKHEAD - £6/4*
Sun 9th 6.30pm - GERVASE PHINN - £7/4*
Tues 20th 6.30pm - PAUL ROSE - £8/4*
Sat and Sun Nov 20th - Weekend with local authors and Publishers.
About Peak Festival
The Peak Festival is held annually in the Peak District National Park, the second most
visited national park in the world with over 22 million visitors per year. Events are
held at historic venues to include Countrybookshop at the 19th century Hassop Railway
Station, Chatsworth House and Hassop Hall. Various international and local writers
discuss their work at the festival and the events include a literary lunch and a
dinner. Authors who have appeared at the Peak Festival and Countrybookshop events
include Sir John Major, Sir Mark Tully and Dame Ellen MacArthur, Lionel Shriver and
Anne Fine.
The Peak Spring and Autumn literary festivals are held annually in the Peak District National Park, the second
most visited national park in the world with over 22 million visitors per year. The Spring Festival is held in
May/June and the Autumn Festival in October/ November. Events are held at historic venues to include
Countrybookshop at the 19th century Hassop Railway Station, Chatsworth House and Hassop Hall. Various international and local writers discuss their work at the festival and the events include a literary lunch and a dinner. The Peak District Book of the Year Award is also presented as part of the festival. Authors who have appeared at the Peak Festival and Countrybookshop events include Sir John Major, Sir Mark Tully and Dame Ellen MacArthur.
About the organisers - Countrybookshop
Countrybookshop and café is an independent bookseller and operates from an old railway
station in the heart of the Peak District. Its online operation countrybookshop.co.uk
was launched in 1997 and online book community Booksconnect was launched in 2007.
If you need further information please contact Geraldine Rose or Sridhar Gowda on 01629 816701.
http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/peakfestival/
Email: events@countrybookshop.co.uk
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