DEEPINGS LITERARY FESTIVAL

from Active Magazine // Stamford & Rutland // April 2022

THE CLOCK ON THE WALL

Deeping’s Delight

Deeping literary festival is back in person. Here they give us a taster of what to expect over the long weekend from 28 April - 1 May

WHEN ELLY GRIFFITHS, esteemed crime novelist of the Dr Ruth Galloway series amongst others, agreed to be our Patron, we knew folks at Deepings Literary Festival were doing something right. orget pollution filled cities, picture intimate local venues such as the tranquillity of Molecey Mill, by the river Welland. Here you’ll find beautiful paintings and sculptures displayed at the Gallery in the Garden.

Imagine freshly brewed co ee or a sparkling glass of prosecco at Molecey Mill and other venues around the Deepings from Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May. Our talented team of festival organisers have been longing for this event to return, and we’re sure you will be too.

One of the organisers is Deepingite Linda Hill, award winning book blogger at Linda’s Book Bag and host to several of the authors. Linda reviews for My Weekly magazine online and has a regular column in David Nieper’s customer magazine. ‘It’s a thrill to welcome big name authors to the Deepings. Usually, it’s London venues hosting such talent,’ she says.

That talent includes famous author Kit de Waal whose international best seller My ame is Leon’ is soon to be filmed by the BBC as a one o drama. A brother chosen. A brother left behind. And a family where you’d least expect to find one.’ Evoking Britain in the early 1980s this book is a story of love, identity and learning to

'That talent includes famous author Kit de Waal whose international best seller ‘My Name is Leon’ is soon to be filmed by the BBC as a one-off drama.'

overcome loss. Kit has worked in family law; she was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. Her writing has received numerous awards.

We’ll also settle down to hear the woman everyone knows was told ‘You have no authority here.’ Jackie Weaver from Handforth Parish council takes to the stage! Her book 'You do have Authority' is full of un appable no nonsense advice with a dash of humour. How she managed to keep calm we can find out at the Deepings Literary Festival. We know a few parish and town clerks not a million miles from Deeping have already bought tickets. We think we’ll all enjoy this one.

Louisa Candlish is an author consistently in the best sellers list. Our House is a major ITV series starring Martin Compston and

Tuppence Middleton. On a bright morning in the London suburbs a family moves into the house they’ve just bought on Trinity Avenue. othing strange about that. Except it’s your house. And you didn’t sell it.’ Winner of the Crime and Thriller Book at the British Book Awards, Louise is going to be a popular speaker.

Many authors are appearing at venues in the lovely town of Market Deeping. Here, you can indulge in a spot of shopping with a range of independent shops and enjoy award winning fish and chips, a gin in a riverside pub or even both.

A short walk from the centre of Market Deeping following the Welland on your right brings you to the creative corner,’ our fantastic community library, one of the busiest and most vibrant in Lincolnshire. Any Lincolnshire library card holder can borrow from here and all are welcome to browse its excellent second hand book stall. And nearby you can explore a huge anti ue shop, an ama ing and oft televised crafts, beads and findings shop, superb co ee shop and yet another award winning fish and chip shop.

It’s uite possible for you to enjoy hearing an author talk about their book, buy a copy for signing from Bookmark book shop, our lovely on site partners and then a bookcase from the Anti ue centre to house it perfect!

Other authors include ohn Marrs from orthamptonshire. He is known for his uni ue contemporary fiction with an element of science fiction speculation. His novel The One’ has been adapted into a mini series by et ix and was a adio 2 book club choice. It follows five people’s stories after scientists discussed that everyone has a gene matched with one other person who they are destined to be with irrespective of sexuality, race, age or location. Amongst his other novels, The assengers’ is a thriller with a futuristic twist set in driverless cars. Bestseller What Lies Between Us’ then followed to huge acclaim.

We are also delighted to welcome William Shaw to our festival. William writes the DS Alexandra Cupidi thrillers, a police series set in Dungeness. His fourth book in the series is The Trawlerman. acy, intense and riddled with surprising twists, The Trawlerman shows that deceit can be found in the most unlikely places. The brooding waters of the ent coastline o er an ominous backdrop for this lively page turner. If stellar crime writer Val McDermid thinks If you’re not a fan yet, why not ’ then we at the Deepings are delighted to find out more.

Vaseem han is the author of two popular crime series set in India. Let him whisk us away us from Deeping to modern Mumbai through the Baby Ganesh series, and to 1 0s Bombay with the Malabar House historical crime novels. Vaseem has won many awards for his writing, notably the CWA Historical Dagger in 2021 for his first book Midnight at Malabar House’. He was born in London and worked in India for a decade. Elephants are third on his list of passions, the first and second being great literature and cricket. He works in Security and Crime science. He also advises and lectures on Writing Cultural diversity in iction.

See the full programme and buy tickets online at www.