Carshalton ponds: two of the literary festival’s venues, Honeywood House and the ecology centre, are nearby

2024 Sutton Literary Festival
Programme of events

Saturday 12 October

Wallington Library

12.15pm – 1pm: Raymond Antrobus (Terrible Horses: A Story of Sibling Conflict and Companionship, 2024) – Interactive children’s event.
2pm – 2.45pm: Anna Orenstein (The Tree of Hope) – Interactive children’s event with arts activity and giveaways.
3pm – 3.45pm: Beverley, Elizabeth, Emerald, and Luna – Panel discussion on women, wellbeing, and writing, hosted by Lucy Furlong

Honeywood House – Garden Room

12pm – 12.15pm: Sheba Montserrat – Mini stand-up on women and ageing.
12.15pm – 1pm: Xiaolu Guo in conversation with Shani Akilah.
1.15pm – 2pm: Karen McCarthy Woolf in conversation with Shani Akilah.
2.15pm – 3pm: Louise Minchin (Fearless, 2023; Isolation Island, 2024) and Vaseem Khan in conversation with Richard Skinner.
3.15pm – 4pm: Noreen Masud and Jacqueline Crooks in conversation with Aditi Jaganathan.

Sunday 13 October

Wallington Library

12pm – 12.15pm: Sheba Montserrat – Mini stand-up on women, ageing, and technology.
1.30pm – 2.15pm: Amy Twigg in conversation with Jacqueline Crooks.
2.45pm – 3.30pm: Richard Skinner – Ideas to Page, 5 Questions.

Honeywood House – Garden Room

12.15pm – 1pm: Pascale Petite and Sam Mills in conversation with Kate Wakeling.
1.30pm – 2.15pm: Raymond Antrobus in conversation with Pascale Petite.
2.45pm – 3.30pm: Viktoria Lloyd Barlow in conversation with Aditi Jaganathan

Ecological Centre – Cicely Room (EcoLocal)

12pm – 1.30pm: Wellbeing Writing Workshop hosted by Lucy Furlong.
1.45pm – 2.30pm: Lev Parikan (Light Rains Sometimes Fall) – Talk on discovering urban nature.
2.45pm – 3.30pm: Ecological Workshop on environment and wellbeing led by Sarah Foss, with mini indoor plants giveaway (it is not clear from the information provided by the organisers whether it is the plants which are “mini”, or the giveaway. Guess you have to show up to find out).

• All events are free, but tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis.
• To find out more about the Sutton Literary Festival, and book tickets, please visit: https://www.placeatmytable.co.uk

Read more: Louise Minchin heads author line-up for this year’s Sutton Literary Festival

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