Festival

Margate Bookie 2024

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The Margate Bookie literary festival returns to Turner Contemporary for another year.

Saturday 5

Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 October 2024

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Turner Contemporary Rendezvous, Margate, Kent CT9 1HG
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We’re thrilled to host this year’s Margate Bookie!

Join Helen Lederer, Jeremy Deller, Lisa Jewell, Robin Ince, Pauline Black and Daisy Buchanan on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October. Plus a two-day Children’s Festival, a literary walk and many bookish surprises.

Margate Bookie Events

Poetry Reading

Harry Baker - Wonderful!

Saturday 5 October 2024, 11.00am - 12.00pm

£8 + booking fee

After a sellout Edinburgh Fringe Run and subsequent 40-date UK Tour, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back with a brand new show celebrating the wonder that is being alive.

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Conversation

Lisa Jewell - None of This is True

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Saturday 5 October 2024, 12.30pm - 1.30pm

£8 + booking fee

In conversation with the Queen of UK Crime!

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Conversation

Two Too Much Pressure! The Two Tone Story with Pauline Black, Daniel Rachel and Cheri Amour

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Saturday 5 October 2024, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

£12 + booking fee

Lead singer and songwriter in The Selecter, Pauline Black, and musician-turned-author Daniel Rachel, talk about their pivotal roles within the two-tone movement.

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Conversation

Crime and Consequence – David Whitehouse and Dorothy Koomsom in conversation with Ayo Onatade

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Saturday 5 October 2024, 3.30pm - 4.30pm

£8 + booking fee

Three writers with very different real life experience discuss the blurring boundaries between true crime and fiction.

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Poetry Reading

14 Anthology Launch

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Sunday 6 October 2024, 11.00am - 12.00pm

£8 + booking fee

14 magazine is an annual poetry magazine devoted to poems of fourteen lines only and is published by Vanguard Editions.

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Conversation

You’re Booked Live podcast recording with special guest star Helen Lederer and host Daisy Buchanan

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Sunday 6 October 2024, 12.30pm - 1.30pm

£8 + booking fee

Join us for a live recording of the You’re Booked podcast with the comedy suprema Helen Lederer.

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Talk

Jeremy Deller - Art is Magic!

Foyle Rooms

Sunday 6 October 2024, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

£12 + booking fee

Art is Magic is artist Jeremy Deller's attempt to tie up the key works of his career alongside the art, pop music, film, politics and history that have inspired his work.

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Performance

Robin Ince - Bibliomaniac

Foyle Rooms

Sunday 6 October 2024, 3.30pm - 4.30pm

£8 + booking fee

Please welcome comedian Robin Ince to Margate!

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Outdoor Event

Farewell Walk with Will MacLachlan

From Turner Contemporary to The Shakespeare

Sunday 6 October 2024, From 5.00pm

Free to Attend

Join The Margate Bookie group as they take a guided walk from the gallery to The Shakespeare pub by Margate station, to conclude the week’s activities.

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Outdoor Event

Farewell Walk with Will MacLachlan

From Turner Contemporary to The Shakespeare

Sunday 6 October 2024, From 5.00pm

Free to Attend

Join The Margate Bookie group as they take a guided walk from the gallery to The Shakespeare pub by Margate station, to conclude the week’s activities.

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About Margate Bookie

The Margate Bookie is a registered charity (number 1174819) which works to encourage a love of literature. They have held a literary festival in Margate every year since 2015. Lovingly looked after by Andreas Loizou.

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Plan an exciting day of art and creativity, browse unique products in our shop or drop in for something to eat in our cafe.

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