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CHIPLITFEST 2019 — PHOEBE’S REPORT #1 Fri 26 April
Our junior reporter, Pheebs, reports back from the Festival frontline.
CHIPLITFEST 2019 — PHOEBE’S REPORT #2 Sat 27 April
Our junior reporter, Pheebs, reports back from the Festival frontline.
CHIPLITFEST 2019 — PHOEBE’S REPORT #3 Sun 28 April
Our junior reporter, Pheebs, reports back from the Festival frontline.
Overnight sensations
New Voices 2019 features three writers new celebrating their first novels. They are also celebrating runaway success. Laura Parker charts their rise.
Lost and Found
Laura Parker gets hooked on Kate Spicer's compelling account of a lost dog. And so much more. 8pm Thurs 25 April, The Theatre
The line of beauty and the age of the chair
Laura Parker reviews Primate Change by Vybarr Cregan-Reid ahead of our Modern Life event (2pm Sat 27 April) exploring the toll the 21st century is taking on our bodies.
Science champion takes on fiction and charms ChipLitFest audience
Prof Jim Al-Khalili introduced his debut sci-fi novel, Sunfall, to a ChipLitFest audience on 16 April. Laura Parker was there.
A graveyard smash – two hauntingly good works.
Laura Parker reviews the gripping and haunting novels from Jess Kidd and Michelle Paver ahead of their Modern Gothic event on Fri 26 April.
Write now
Writing to make you happy, distil your sadness or plot your journey in life.
Laura Parker outlines the Festival workshops to make you laugh, think and get writing
Once Upon This Time
Sixth former Pheebs reviews Nikita Gill's Fierce Fairytales, coming to ChipLitFest on 26 April.
Varjak Paw
Sixth former Pheebs revisits one of the great classics of children's modern literature, SF Said's Varjak Paw.
