The Heffers Classics Festival 2013

The Festival is back again on 2nd November 2013, with another long list of top names in Classics and classical authorship. Get your tickets fast!

All the latest information is on the Heffers Classics website.

Speakers and their topics include…

Fact Festival

Mary Beard – Talk TBC

Paul Cartledge – The Oath of Plataea

David Mattingly – Imperialism, Power & Identity: Intentional & Unforseen Consequences of the Roman Empire

Charlotte Higgins – The Romans in Britain

William Fitzgerald – How to Read a Latin Poem

Jerry Toner – The Roman Gods Predict your Future

Peter Thonemann – ‘A Crown of Thorns’: Jesus on Trial

Jules Evans – Philosophy For Life

David Stuttard – Greek Tragedy

Natalie Haynes – Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Joanna Paul – Pompeii and Herculaneum

Balloon Debate – Who is the Greatest Character from Classical Mythology?

Featuring… Harry Sidebottom as Hector, Natalie Haynes as Oedipus, Ruth Downie as Dido, Caroline Lawrence as Andromache and Paul Cartledge as Argus

Fiction Festival

Hard Heads, Hard Helmets – for the First Time Ever, Lindsey Davis and Simon Scarrow in Conversation.

Harry Sidebottom – Historical Novels of the Classical World

M C Scott – Ciphers and Oracles. Spycraft in Ancient Rome

Caroline Lawrence – Myths, Movies and Storytelling

Robert Fabbri – Writing the Classical era into Fiction

Ruth Downie – Stories in Stones: Telling the Tales of Forgotten People

Henry Venmore-Rowland – The Undergraduate Author

Hugh Lupton – Talk TBC

In their own words…

Heffers Classics Festival 2013

Saturday 2nd November

Early Bird Tickets now on sale at £30 (£20 for concessions)

Call us on 01223 463220 or email: events@heffers.co.uk

Heffers Classics Festival will be returning on Saturday 2nd November.

We are pleased to announce the first release of tickets for this years Classics Festival. This year we have not just a great Classics Fact Festival, but also Classics Fiction running alongside.

Tickets are priced at £30 and £20 for concessions (students 16+, Senior citizens and Job Seekers Allowance). Children under 16 are free. The tickets are for the full day from 10.30am to 6pm.

We are delighted that we have confirmations for Mary Beard (who is making time in her increasingly busy schedule to appear) and Paul Cartledge who is a stalwart supporter. Headlining our Classics Fiction Festival we are extremely proud to announce the attendance of Lindsey Davis and Simon Scarrow. More details as speakers come on board will follow.

Tickets at the early bird price are limited and the first 20 tickets bought will receive a Loeb Reader.

So book now for the best Classics Festival in town!

Email us at events@heffers.co.uk or call us on 01223 463220 to book your tickets.