THE BIG READ, CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2012

Jane will be chairing THE BIG READ (Ian Fleming's 'Dr No') for THE CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL on:

Tues 18th September -  7pm Chipping Campden Library 

Thurs 20th September - 7pm Cheltenham Library

Date to be confirmed - The Brewery Arts Centre, Cheltenham

Date to be confirmed - Bournside School

Also at The Big Read Book Groups ('Dr No') at the Literature Festival itself on:

Monday 8th October - 2-3pm, Imperial Gardens

Tuesday 9th October - 2-3pm, imperial Gardens

Thursday 11th October - 4-5pm, imperial Gardens

Friday 12th October -2-3pm, Imperial Gardens

THE TIMES CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTVAL 2012

Jane will be hosting THE POETRY CAFE every weekday at the festival:

Monday 8th October - 5:30 - 6:15, Ruth Padel and Anna Saunders

Tuesday 9th October - 5:30 - 6:15, Yu Jian and Pascale Petit

Wednesday 10th October - 5:30 - 6:15, Jackie Kay and Alison Brackenbury

Thursday 11th October -5:15 - 6:00, Julia Copus and Christopher Reid

Friday 12th October - 5:15 - 6:00, Sean O'Brien and Don Paterson

These are FREE events, so come and support the poets!

JULY 2nd - 7th 2012

THE ARVON FOUNDATION (The Hurst, Shropshire)

Jane is co-tutoring a creative writing course with Joe treasure

June 21st

Duntisbourne Abbotts WI, talk at 7:30

March 27th

Ashcroft Ladies Circle, Cirencester - talk at 7:30

March 14th

Bishops Cleeve British Legion - talk at 7:30

February 10th

St. Luke's, Cheltenham WI - talk 7:30

January 11th

Benhall, Cheltenham WI - talk at 7:30

November - April 2012

Jane chairs THE VINTAGE BIG READ BOOK GROUP which meets the first Tuesday of every month at The Montpellier Chapter Hotel. FREE, but need to book through Cheltenham Festivals.

Tues 1st November 2011

THE PATE'S LECTURE: Jane returns to her old school, Pate's Grammar School, to give the annual lecture.

THE BIG READ, CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2011

Prior to The Literature Festival, Jane will be chairing BIG READ book groups around Gloucestershire:

Tues 6th September - Chipping Campden Library, 7pm

Wed 21st September - Denmark road School, 2:30pm

Wed 21st September - Stroud Library, 7pm

Wed 28th September - Bournside School, 3:30pm

Thursday 29th September - Cheltenham Library 7pm

THE TIMES CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL October 2011

Sat 9th October -  PAST MASTERS, 8pm The Playhouse - Jane Bailey, Andrew Taylor and Fiona Mountain discuss setting novels in the past.

Mon 10th - Friday 14th October: Jane chairs THE BIG READ BOOK GROUP (Joseph Heller's Catch 22) every weekday at THE CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2-3pm

Monday 10th - Friday 14th October, 5:30 - 6:15, Jane hosts the POETRY CAFE for The Cheltenham Literature Festival. (Poets are: Victor Nunez, Sara-Jane Arbury, Marcus Moore, Fiona Sampson, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Esther Morgan and Lawrence Sail) This is a FREE event: just come along!

September 1st

Blockley WI - talk at 7:30pm

18th - 23rd JULY

THE ARVON FOUNDATION (Moniack Mhor, Inverness)

Jane co-tutors a creative writing course with Beatrice Colin.

23rd June

Newent WI - talk at 7:30pm

14th June

Southfield WI - talk at 7:30pm

4th June

Tetbury Yellow-Lighted Book Festival 1pm

1st June

The Cranham Players kindly and delightfully perform Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven, Jane's adapted novel for radio, with the expert assistance of screenwriter, Maurice Gran. Cranham Village Hall, 7:30pm.

FREE EVENT!

Jane will also be chairing THE POETRY CAFE every weekday at THe CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL:

Monday 8th October - 5:30 - 6:15, Ruth Padel and Anna Saunders

Tuesday 9th October -5:30 - 6:15, Yu Jian and Pascale Petit

Wednesday 10th October - 5:30 - 6:15, Jackie Kay and Alison Brackenbury

Thursday 11th October - 5:15 - 6:00, Julia Copus and Christopher reid

Friday 12th October - 5:15 - 6:00, Sean O'Brien and Don Paterson

These are FREE events, so please come and support the poets!

October 2010

Jane will be reading from her own work at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in the Highland Whisky Tent at 3:15 and 6:15.

These readings are FREE events, with complementary whiskey, so please come and support her!

THE BIG READ - CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2010

Setup your own book group!

See Jane's step-by-step guide on how to setup your own book group.

July 2010

Jane will be doing a book signing at the Moreton-in-the-Marsh Cotswold bookstore on Saturday 10 July. View the Jane Bailey window display at the Cotswold Book Store.

June 2010

Jane has been named in the Top 10 Best Books about or set in the Cotswolds. Buy the Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven directly from Amazon.

Aug/Sept 2009

Jane will be co-ordinating The Big Read for Cheltenham Literature Festival in venues around Gloucestershire.