Like to know a little more about the programme for our “Mysterious Ways” Festival event on Saturday 26th September? Here’s a handy guide.

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11am Welcome & Introductions – Debbie Young

11:10 am The Woman In White – A reading from Wilkie Collins’ seminal mystery novel – Gerard Boyce

11:25am The Extraordinary Marriage of Charles Dickens – a performance – Annie Elliot

11:45am Flannen Isle – Wilfrid Wilson Gibson’s poem about a lighthouse mystery – read by Gerard Boyce

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12noon Comfort Break

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12:15pm A Miraculous Coincidence – A Reading from The MichMash Miracle – by its author Nigel Messenger

12:25pm Suffragettes, Spiritualists & The Occult – an interview – with historian Lucienne Boyce

12:40pm Revelations: A Secret Book Revealed – insights from a retired vicar – Trevor Stubbs

12:55pm “An August Midnight” – a reading of Thomas Hardy’s poem – Gerard Boyce

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1pm Lunch Break

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1.30pm Gifts – a saga about genetics – an interview with its author – Lesley Bootiman

1.45pm One Foot in Front of the Other – an interview about the last taboo with its author- Judy Heminsley

2pm This is Not My Land – a travel writer talks about her Cotswold farm – Caroline Mills

2.15pm A Kind of Alchemy – a Gloucestershire poet reads from her latest collection – Josephine Lay

2.25pm “Fabulous Fungus” – a local poet reveals a mystery of nature – Hugh O’Connell

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2.35pm Comfort Break

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2.50pm Why do crimewriters write about crime writers? – a panel discussion – with Jayne Chard, Nicola Kelsall, Fiona Walker & Debbie Young

3.20pm How to tell a story with photos – a photographer shares the mystery of his art – Peter Salenieks

3.40pm A short story written especially for this event – perfomed by a HULF favourite – Mark Rutterford

3.55 pm Thanks and Closing Remarks – Debbie Young

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To book your tickets now, please visit our online Box Office page hosted at Eventbrite. Tickets are £10 per head (pluss £1.55 booking charge), to include tea, coffee and cake, and a £2 book voucher valid on the day.

A full list of speakers will be shared in our next blog post.

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