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SUMMARY:Rory Cellan-Jones – Sophie From Romania
DESCRIPTION:How do you welcome someone new into your home and heart? A week before Christmas 2022\, former BBC journalist and award-nominated podcaster Rory Cellan-Jones received a special delivery that changed the course of his life. This is the story of #SophieFromRomania\, told in full for the first time.In January 2022\, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie Cross\, Cabbage. Newly retired\, Rory had become inseparable from her during daily pandemic walks which alleviated his Parkinson’s Disease symptoms. After a grief-stricken year\, Rory and his wife Diane contemplated opening up their hearts again and came across a dog listing for ‘a kind girl who loves everybody and is just looking for her forever home’.Bright-eyed\, big-eared and trembling\, Sophie arrives in London in a van from Central Europe on 17th December. Rory holds the Romanian rescue in his arms\, excited for their first walk together – unaware it is more than a year ahead. Sophie from Romania follows the journey of her adoption – from her battles with anxiety\, to the joys of play and her first foray outside – as Rory and Diane work with expert dog trainer Si to win Sophie’s trust\, and navigate Rory’s Parkinson’s diagnosis.This is a moving story of growing together through love\, kindness and a lot of patience\, revealing how adopting pets can be challenging but also full of rewarding moments. It’s also a celebration of rescue dogs\, and community as Rory uplifts fellow Romanian dog owners and his new friends from the #SophieFromRomania hashtag. \n\n\n\nRory Cellan-Jones is a journalist and former BBC News technology correspondent and has appeared on  many programmes including Breakfast Time\, Money Programme\, Newsnight\, and BBC News. He is the author of Dot Bomb\, The Secret History of Social Networking and Ruskin Park: Syliva\, Me and the BBC. He is also a member of Movers and Shakers a podcast discussion about life with Parkinson’s. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/rory-cellan-jones-sophie-from-romania/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:John Suchet – In Search of Beethoven: A Personal Journey
DESCRIPTION:John Suchet\, previously well-known TV news reporter and newscaster and now regular presenter on Classic FM\, is an acknowledged authority on Ludwig van Beethoven. He has written seven books on the subject and sold over 23\,000 copies of Beethoven: The Man Revealed. His latest release\, In Search of Beethoven\, stands apart as a deeply personal account of Suchet’s relationship with the great composer. Suchet charts a journey from Beethoven’s early years in Bonn to his life in Vienna\, following in the composer’s footsteps and interweaving his story with Suchet’s own. Suchet’s witty and insightful narrative offers a candid portrayal of Beethoven. “It’s not always easy to reconcile the genius with the deeply flawed individual\,” Suchet reflects. “Beethoven’s music has been my companion through the best and worst of times\, yet I find it difficult to forgive him for the pain he caused those around him. This book includes some truly surprising\, and not altogether welcome\, discoveries.”The book also sheds light on groundbreaking information about Beethoven’s health and ancestry. Drawing on the latest research from Cambridge University and the Max Planck Institute\, Suchet offers fresh insights into Beethoven’s heritage\, health struggles\, and pivotal life events\, such as his interactions with Mozart. “Beethoven scholarship does not stand still\,” remarks Suchet\, “and each new finding brings us closer to understanding the man behind the music.” \n\n\n\nJohn Suchet OBE is a bestselling author\, journalist\, radio and TV presenter. He was the voice of morning radio on Classic FM for almost a decade and before that\, he was one of the UK’s best-known television journalists and newscasters\, regularly presenting ITN’s flagship News at Ten for nearly 20 years. A recognised authority on Beethoven\, he is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Beethoven: The Man Revealed (2020)\, as well as biographies of Mozart\, Strauss\, Verdi and Tchaikovsky. To date John has written seven books on Beethoven. In Search of Beethoven will be his eighth. \n\n\n\nKindly sponsored by Battens Solicitors \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/john-suchet-in-search-of-beethoven-a-personal-journey/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Saul David – Sky Warriors
DESCRIPTION:The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. \n\n\n\nCreated at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940\, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10\,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st\, 6th and 44th Indian\, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. \n\n\n\nWearing their distinctive maroon berets\, steel helmets and Dennison smocks\, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict – including North Africa\, Sicily\, mainland Europe and the Far East. They played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history: the Bruneval Raid of February 1942; the capture of the Primasole\, Pegasus and Arnhem Bridges in July 1943\, June 1944 and September 1944 respectively; and Operation Varsity\, the biggest parachute drop in history\, near Wesel in Germany in March 1945. \n\n\n\nThis is a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAUL DAVID is a historian\, broadcaster and the author of several critically acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction\, including most recently Silent Warriors and Devil Dogs. His history books have been shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature and variously named a Waterstones Military History Book of the Year and an Amazon History Book of the Year. He is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Dorchester Town Council \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/saul-david-sky-warriors/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Kate Mosse – The Map of Bones
DESCRIPTION:A sweeping and epic story of adventure and courage\, injustice and triumph\, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is the sequel to the number one bestselling The Ghost Ship.Olifantshoek\, Southern Africa\, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from the south-east\, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through the deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert\, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France\, is here to walk in her cousin’s footsteps. Louise Reydon-Joubert\, the notorious she-captain and pirate commander\, landed at the Cape of Good Hope more than sixty years ago\, then disappeared from the record as if she had never existed. Suzanne has come to find her — to lay the stories to rest. But all is not as it seems… \n\n\n\nFranschhoek\, Southern Africa\, 1862. Nearly one hundred and eighty years after Suzanne’s perilous journey\, another intrepid and courageous woman of the Joubert family — Isabelle Lepard — has journeyed to the small frontier town once known as Oliftantshoek in search of her long-lost relations. A journalist and travel writer\, intent on putting the women of her family back into the history books\, she quickly discovers that the tragedies and crimes of the past are far from over. Isabelle faces a race against time if she is not only going to discover the truth but escape with her life… \n\n\n\nPainstakingly researched and beautifully told\, The Map of Bones is the fourth — and final — novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles\, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers\, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship. \n\n\n\nKate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist\, playwright\, performer\, campaigner\, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections\, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy (Labyrinth\, Sepulchre\, Citadel)\, The Joubert Family Chronicles (The Burning Chambers\, The City of Tears\, The Ghost Ship\, The Map of Bones) and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Taxidermist’s Daughter and The Winter Ghosts. Her highly-acclaimed non-fiction includes An Extra Pair of Hands: A Story of Caring & Everyday Acts of Love and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World\, which inspired her one-woman theatre touring show. \n\n\n\nA regular guest on radio and television for literature\, Kate hosts the pre-show interview series at Chichester Festival Theatre and is a regular interviewer for literary and arts festivals including Letters Live\, the Hay Festival\, the Edinburgh International Book Festival\, the British Library and the Royal National Theatre. Her new podcast\, The Matilda Effect\, will be launched in summer 2024. \n\n\n\nThe Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – the world’s largest annual literary awards celebrating writing by woman – she is the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign and has her own monthly YouTube book show\, Mosse on a Monday. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, Kate is also an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Authors\, a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester and President of the Festival of Chichester. In the broader arts\, Kate is President of the Festival of Chichester\, Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2024\, Vice-Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Platinum Music Trust and Patron of the Chichester Festival of Music\, Dance and Speech. She is also an Ambassador for Parkinsons UK. \n\n\n\nKindly sponsored by the Thomas Hardy Society \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/kate-mosse-the-map-of-bones/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Ben Macintyre – The Siege
DESCRIPTION:Britain’s best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 \n\n\n\nOn April 30\, 1980\, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate\, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages\, including embassy staff\, visitors\, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege ensued as millions gathered around screens across the country to witness the longest news flash in British television history\, in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff\, while the SAS – hitherto an organisation shrouded in secrecy – laid plans for a daring rescue mission: Operation Nimrod. \n\n\n\nDrawing on unpublished source material\, exclusive interviews with the SAS\, and testimony from witnesses including hostages\, negotiators\, intelligence officers and the on-site psychiatrist\, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes readers in his inimitably cinematic style from the years and weeks of build-up on both sides\, to the gripping minute-by-minute account of the siege and rescue. \n\n\n\nFeaturing individuals from Margaret Thatcher to Abu Nidal\, The Siege recreates the dramatic conversations between negotiators and hostages\, the cutting-edge intelligence work happening behind-the-scenes\, and the media frenzy around this moment of international significance. This is the fast-paced story of what really happened on those fateful six days\, and the first full account of a moment that forever changed the way the nation thought about the SAS – and itself. \n\n\n\nBen Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz\, Agent Sonya\, SAS: Rogue Heroes\, The Spy and the Traitor\, Agent Zigzag\, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times\, and has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York\, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series\, including Operation Mincemeat\, A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/ben-macintyre-the-siege/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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