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Oliver Lewis – The Orwell Tour

Tickets £10.50/£8.50

 

 

 

Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell. Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both how Orwell experienced the place, and how the place now remembers him as a literary icon. Beginning in Northern India, where Orwell was born in 1903, and ending in the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where he was laid to rest in 1950, The Orwell Tour offers an accessible and informative new biography of Orwell through the lens of place.

Chaired by Sheilagh Matheson

 

 

 

‘If you enjoy Orwell and if you enjoy travelogues, you’ll find a lot here to like.’ – The Orwell Society

 

Booking Information

  • Priority Booking for Festival Friends opens at 08.00 on Friday 1st of March. Tickets go on general sale from Monday 4th March.
  • Hearing loops are available for Theatre and Library events. Carers qualify for free ‘essential companion’ tickets. Wheelchair spaces are limited. In all cases, please call the Box Office on 01434 652477 to book or email: boxoffice@queenshall.co.uk.
  • Tickets cannot be refunded but can be exchanged for other Book Festival events.

Location

Hexham Library

Location 2

Queen's Hall Art Centre

Date

04 May 2024
Expired!

Time

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

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