Corfu Literary Festival, 17 to 21 May 2018, An Island Celebration of the Arts

Corfu Literary Festival, programme highlights here:

Thursday 17th May at the Corfu Reading Society:

5.30pm to 7pm: Cricket, Writing and Englishness – with Antony McGowan, Richard Beard, Matt Thacker, Jon Hotten

7.15 to 8.30pm: My Animals and Other Family: Nature Writing - with Tom Holland, Will Burns and Alex Preston

Friday 18th May at the Corfu Reading Society:

5pm to 6.30pm: The Path to Publication: A Writing Workshop with Anthony McGowan, Richard Beard and Nicholas Hogg

7pm to 8pm: Writing and Interpreting History - Sebastian Faulks, Peter Frankopan and Tom Holland

Saturday 19th May

11am – 12.30: "This Place is Wonderfully Lovely" – Alekos Damaskinos – includes a walk in the Bosketto or ‘Durrell Gardens’, Corfu Town

2pm: Gouvia Marina: Cricket Match

Sunday 20th May

11.30am to 2.30pm Tour through Corfu Town of places of interest and history led by Nikos Louvros

3pm - Cricket Match in Main Square/Platea, Corfu Town

7.00 – 8.30pm: Cricket Festival Party hosted and sponsored by MarBella Hotel, to meet guest authors and participants

Monday 21st May

11am Parade and celebrations to commemorate Unification of the Ionian with Greece, Corfu Town