 | | There will be no Literary Festival in Fowey in 2020
2nd July 2020: The 2020 Fowey Festival, which was initially postponed from May until September because of the Covid-19 pandemic has been cancelled. The Fowey Festival Board of Trustees have been monitoring the situation throughout the past months, but have now, with heavy hearts, announced that the Fowey Festival will not take place this year....
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| | Happy Birthday Daphne
13th May 2020: Daphne du Maurier was born on May 13th 1907 and died on April 19th 1989. Each May for the last twenty-four years there has been a literary festival in Fowey which, in part, celebrates the life and work of Daphne du Maurier, the town’s most influential writer. Traditionally the festival has taken place during the week of Daphne’s birthday...
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| | FUNDRAISING TO SAVE FOWEY FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE: A plea from Ann and David at Bookends of Fowey
5th April 2020: Thank you very, very much to the 30 lovely people who have been kind enough to donate to the fund during the first five days of this appeal, which aims to save the Festival, for everyone, the visitors who enjoy coming to Fowey and the people who live and work in Fowey and need the Festival as an essential part of their yearly income....
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| | Fowey Festival September 2020 – tickets now on sale
4th April 2020: Tickets are now on sale for the postponed 2020 Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature. Following the postponement of this year’s festival, to the autumn, the board of trustees are delighted to be able to announce that many of the speakers who had been booked for May are rescheduling to the autumn, and tickets for those events are now available. ...
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| | Dear Fowey Festival supporters we need your help
31st March 2020: As you know the Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature due to take place in May has been postponed until late September. The good, indeed excellent, news is that our wonderful Festival Director, Brenda Daly supported by the Board of Trustees has managed to re-book nearly everyone, so the structure of the September Festival looks almost the same. The not so good news is that......
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| | Fowey Festival to be postponed until September
17th March 2020: A statement from the Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature trustees has confirmed that the Fowey Festival has been postponed to September 25th – October 3rd, 2020. For full information, please go to the Fowey Festival page on our website or to the Fowey Festival website www.foweyfestival.com ...
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| | Fowey Festival – Main Booking Begins on Friday 13th March
11th March 2020: The programme for the Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature 2020 is live on the Fowey Festival website. Copies of programmes are popping through peoples letterboxes as I write and if you are local to Fowey, and need a programme, they are available in many shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants and hotels in the area. It is time for everyone to choose the events that they would like to go to ...
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| | Fowey Festival featured in Woman & Home article
9th March 2020: With the warmer months bursting with literary talent, workshops and talks, book lovers are spoilt for choice when it comes to the UK's literary festivals. So opens Woman & Homes article Book and Literary festivals we're really excited about in 2020, written by Emma Shacklock. In the article...
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| | Fowey Festival Announces the Programme for May 2020
6th March 2020: The Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature has announced the programme for May 2020. It is available on their website and copies will be winging their way through the post to people whose names are on the mailing list. Brenda Daly, the festival director, has put together a fabulous programme of events with something of interest for everyone....
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| | Friends of Fowey Festival – Programmes Arrive
5th March 2020: Friends of Fowey Festival will have received their programmes, for the Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature 2020, through the post today. Friends will be able to start booking tickets tomorrow - Friday 6th March 2020. ...
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| | Books for the reading groups at Fowey Festival 2020
25th February 2020: As usual, Dr Laura Varnam has chosen two books for Fowey Festival’s ‘Du Maurier Reading Groups’, and we are delighted to be able to tell you that they are the third book that Daphne du Maurier wrote, Julius (1933), and Mary Anne (1954), the novelised tale of Daphne’s great, great grandmother Mary Anne Clarke. These are two very different novels, but both are fine examples of Daphne’s extraordinary story-telling skill. ...
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| | The Rook with a Book to have a new home in Fowey
22nd February 2020: In March 2018, the Rook with a Book became a significant piece of public art in Fowey. Sculpted by father and son team Gary and Thomas Thrussell and installed at Berrills Yard. Initially, the Rook was loaned to the Town by Thrussells for a period of two years. However, we are very happy to be able to announce that she is to stay in Fowey ...
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| | Fowey Festival 2020 – the time is drawing nearer!
17th February 2020: We are more than halfway through February, which means that before we know it the programme for the Fowey Festival 2020 will be available and we will be choosing our events and booking our tickets. The Fowey Festival team have been busy preparing an amazing line-up for this year’s festival, so you need to be ready for when the programme arrives. Friends of the Festival will be able to book tickets from 6th March, and everyone else will be able to start booking shortly afterwards.
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| | Fowey Festival launches its Children's Programme 2020 today
13th January 2020: Fowey Festival launches its 2020 Children's Competitions at 4pm today at Fowey River Gallery. This year’s theme is The Spirit of Cornwall. Children between the ages of 4 and 16 can enter the competition ...
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| | A reminder about the Fowey Festival Writing Competitions for 2020
1st January 2020: Fowey Festival is holding competitions for adults and children again in 2020. There will be the du Maurier Festival Society Adult Short Story Prize 2020, for everyone over the age of 16, and the Fowey Festival Young Writer or Young Artist of the year 2020, for children aged 4 to 16...
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