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Folkestone Literary Festival 2008

Sep19

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Where is the lineup? www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk has nothing yet. I really should have already joined up as a friend and be running their site for them shouldn't I...

Names I've heard so far include Will Self, John Hegley and a return for local lad David Starkey, but no idea of venues or dates yet, except that it runs from the 1st to the 9th of November.

UPDATE: Aha, Folkestone Herald says Maureen Lipman, Kate Adie, John Bird, Joanna Trollope, Ffion Hague, Mary Berry, and most excitingly (if it's her off Countdown) Susie Dent.

British Arts Council has this, but it's all about last year's really:

Now in its 8th year, the Folkestone Literary Festival will play host over 50 speakers, entertainers, poets and creatives in a packed schedule promising 9 days of entertaining live performances. Authors in 2007 included Terry Jones, David Frost, Roy Hattersley, Nicholas Parsons, Tony Benn, David Starkey, James Naughtie, Sandra Howard and John Humphrys. The 2007 Festival programme also included a special Children’s event including performances from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, family reading sessions, a new event for young people featuring Colin Foreman, film screenings (including Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"), a Cabaret evening, book swap, exhibitions, tours of the town and more. This year will see even more events to celebrate all that is literary at the festival which has fast become one of the region's most important cultural events.

Contact: Roberta Spicer (Festival Organiser)
The Creative Foundation, The Block, 65-69 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent
CT20 1JR
Tel: +44 (0)1303 842192
Fax: +44 (0)1303 245799
E-Mail: Roberta@creativefoundation.org.uk
Web links: www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk

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Mysterious young entrepreneur secures local support

Oct7

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Hmm got emailed this today and thought "I recognise that chap", he used to work at our place. Read the whole press release though, have you any idea what the business is? The accompanying pictures show our Dan stood next to a painted lady (literally, a lady with paint on her) but I still can't work it out.

IF YOU PASS GO COLLECT £200

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR SECURES LOCAL SUPPORT
DEATAILS: Young Folkestone businessman, Dan Catt, has found his way around the Monopoly Board of becoming a successful entrepreneur with his promotions business "Pure Body Promotions".

Although he has only just started Dan, aged 20, has gained the support of a number of local organisation that support his type of initiative.

Dan visited the young people's information centre, C@fe IT on Grace Hill in Folkestone, to find out how he could go about starting his own business. There he met Kent County Council Youth Worker, Steve Chambers, who advised Dan to contact The Kent Foundation.

Dan is now undertaking a Test Trading scheme with The Kent Foundation. Dan gets financial support for twelve weeks during which time he will be testing and promoting his service throughout Kent.

The Kent Foundation Director, Paul Barron, said:

"We aim to support young people with the potential to become successful entrepreneurs. We cannot do this alone though, Dan is also obtaining advice and support from Enterprise Gateway, part of Business Link in Kent, and I hope he will get involved with other organisations such as the Kent Association of Young Entrepreneurs (KAYE) with whom we have a great link. This network of support ensures young people get the best chance they can to succeed."

For further information about The Kent Foundation visit www.kentfoundation.org

Can I secure some local support from these people? I'm only 36!