Starting at Pitzhanger Manor we will discover the world’s bestselling detective author, Agatha Christie’s links with Ealing, visit a building connected with two songwriting icons of British rock music, and hear about the eighteenth-century writer who created Tom Jones, and the author of A Town Like Alice. We will see where one of the famous co-founders of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company was educated, visit the HQ of the famous Ealing Studios where scriptwriters and books abound, and finally conclude our walk in the Ealing Broadway Centre where the author of the Billy Bunter books once lived.
Led by Alan Fortune
Meeting point: Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
The aim of Ealing Book Festival is to celebrate the joy of reading and to advance engagement and education around literature and reading. Through our events we hope to bring people and communities together; grow audiences for literature; inspire writers and readers of all ages; showcase well-known authors and promote local writers.
Saturday 26 April
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Sunday 27 April
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
£15.00
Please contact info@ealingbookfestival.com for more information.
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PITZHANGER MANOR & GALLERY
Ealing Green, London
W5 5EQ
Reception: 020 3985 8888
Venue Hire: 020 3994 0966
Office: 020 3994 0967
pitzhanger@pitzhanger.org.uk
Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00
First Thursday of the month: 10:00 - 20:00
Monday - Tuesday: Closed
Bank Holidays: 10:00 - 17:00
Last admissions one hour before closing