Wimbledon Bookfest 2010
Polka Theatre are pleased to be managing the booking for tickets for Wimbledon Bookfest 2010.
All tickets will go on general sale on Tuesday 20 July to everyone
Please click here to visit the official website
Schedule of Events
Saturday 2 October
- 10am Michael Morpurgo & Virginia McKenna - Butterflies and Lions, St Mark's Church £5 (Children) £8 (Adults) Book Now
- 11am Toby Buckland: Practical Gardening, St Mark's Chuch Hall £6 Book Now
- 12.30pm Stage Write, St Mark's Church £5 Book Now
- 2.30pm Script Writing Masterclass, Wimbledon Library Gallery £25 Book Now
- 2pm Adam O'Riordan: In the Flesh, Southside House £10 Book Now
- 6pm Philip Ball: The Music Instinct, Marryat Road £7.50 Book Now
- 7pm Lynda La Plante & Lynda Bellingham: Lynda on Lynda, King's College School £10 Book Now
- 7.30pm Susan Tomes: A Piantist's Yearbook, Marryat Road £10 Book Now
Sunday 3 October
- 2pm Alex Maitland: Wildred Theisger, Southside House £10 Book Now
- 7pm Dorothy Rowe: Why We Lie, St Mark's Church £7 Book Now
Monday 4 October
- 4pm Tony Matthews: Cannizaro: Beyond the Gates, Cannizaro House Hotel £7.50 (inc tea & biscuits) Book Now
- 7.30pm Penny Vincenzi's Girls' Night Out, Cannizaro House Hotel £15 Book Now
- 7pm Antony Gormley: One and Other £15 Book Now
- 7pm International Fiction: Nadia Mohamed, Jill McGivering & Marilyn Heward Mills, Wimbledon Library £6 Book Now
- 7.30pm Katie Fforde: Love Letters, Ursuline High School £7 Book Now
- 8pm The Jigsaw Players: Music and Literature, Christ Church £10 Book Now
Tuesday 5 October
- 12noon Virginia Monologues, Lighthouse Restaurant £25 Book Now
- 2.30pm Bamboo Hirst: Blue China: Journey to the West, Wimbledon Library £5 Book Now
- 6pm Getting into Tennis, AELTC Museum £5 (Children) £7.50 (Adults) Book Now
- 7pm Richard Nathanson: The Story of Albert Houthuesen, Wimbledon Library £6 Book Now
- 7pm Tony Parsons: Men & Boys, Waterstone's £6 Book Now
- 7.30pm Tracy Chevalier: Remarkable Creatures, Wimbledon High School £8 Book Now
Wednesday 6 October
- 12noon Literary Lunch with Virgina Ironside, The Lighthouse Restaurant £25 (inc lunch & a glass of wine) Book Now
- 7.30pm Will Hutton: Them & Us: Politics, Greed & Inequality Polka Theatre £10 Book Now
- 7.30pm Maggie O'Farrell: The Hand that First Held Mine, The Study School £8 Book Now
- 8.30pm Literary Pub Quiz, The Swan Pub £10 Book Now
Thursday 7 October
- 7pm Liz Jensen: The Rapture, Waterstone's £6 Book Now
- 7.30pm Roma Tearne: The Swimmer, Wimbledon Library £6 Book Now
- 8pm Onegin, Wimbledon Odeon £10 / £7 Book Now
- 8pm Peter Snow: At War with Wellington, King's College School £10 Book Now
Friday 8 October
- 4pm Michelle Magorian: Goodnight Mister Tom, Big Tent £5 (children) £7.50 (adults) Book Now
- 8pm Olly Smith & Jay Rayner: Eat & Drink Wine Tasting, Big Tent £20 Book Now
Saturday 9 October
- 10am Wombles Launch Party, Big Tent £3 Book Now
- 12noon The Archers: Joanna Toye, Big Tent £5 Book Now
- 2pm Rosie Alison & Clare Clark: New Writing, Southside House £10 Book Now
- 3.30pm Daisy Goodwin: The Last Duchess, Southside House £10 Book Now
- 6pm Carsten Jensen & Joseph O'Connor: The Sea, Big Tent £8 Book Now
Sunday 10 October
- 9.30am The Big Draw: Walk with Nature, Big Tent FREE. Book online at www.totart.co.uk
- 12noon Local History: Today Through Yesterday, Big Tent £5 Book Now
- 1.30pm Clive Whichelow: Pubs of Wimbledon, Big Tent £5 Book Now
- 2pm Robert McCrum, Southside House £10 Book Now
- 5pm Salman Rushdie in conversation with James Naughtie, Big Tent £15 Book Now
- 7.30pm Humphrey Burton, £10, St Mark's Church Book Now
Click here to book tickets for Wimbledon Bookfest events.
