Author: Tim Prater
Folkestone Book Festival 2019 – The Shape of Things to Come: Think Folkestone, Think Future
Inspired by the H G Wells quote: Adapt or perish, now as ever, in nature’s inexorable imperative, The Shape of Things to Come: Think Folkestone, Think Future introduces a theme of programming entitled climate change and the environment – futures. Physicist and oceanographer, Helen Czerski join us on Saturday 23 November to discuss the urgency…
Time Flies…
It’s now seven days since the deadline for submission of stories for the 2019 short story competition and the judges are hard at work reading your stories. We look forward to sharing the results with you on 21 September when our shortlists will be announced. Watch this space! Thank you to all the hundreds of…
Writing with the Senses
On Saturday 1st June 2019, H G Wells Short Story Competition held a writing workshop entitled “Writing with the Senses”, run by Karen Ince. It was a highly experiential event, exploring the use of three senses – smell, hearing and touch – and the ways they can be used to enrich descriptions in text.
Norah Perkins to Present 2019 HG Wells Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Norah Perkins will again be our special guest to present prizes and short-list certificates at our annual awards ceremony on the 24th November at the Grand Hotel in Folkestone. Norah is an agent at Curtis Brown and represents clients across modern classics, British crime and true-life adventures, including a small…
H G Wells: Nostalgia for the Future?
Friends of Folkestone Museum present H G Wells: Nostalgia for the Future? A talk by Paul Allen Sat 15thJune,2pm till 3.45pm Paul Allen of the H G Wells Society will explore the tension between the thoughts in Wells’ futuristic work and his nostalgia and love for rural England expressed in his autobiography, social novels and…
