SPECIAL EVENT - Join us for PARADISE UNDONE on Friday 17 November
We're delighted to be back doing what we love best - bringing the best new books to you. Along with Inkspot Publishing, we invite you to join us on 17 November to celebrate the launch of Paradise Undone by Annie Dawid.
Annie Dawid’s compelling novel commemorates the lives of those who died in the Guyanese jungle in November 1978. Timed for release on the 45th anniversary of the mass suicide/murder, the book draws on extensive research and interviews, blending fact and fiction, and uses real and composite characters to tell a story about the greatest single loss of US civilian lives in the 20th century.
The book will be available to purchase on the day of the event
Entrance is FREE but a ticket is required, click here for details
6 - 7pm Friday 17 November, Chipping Norton Town Hall
Annie Dawid’s compelling novel commemorates the lives of those who died in the Guyanese jungle in November 1978. Timed for release on the 45th anniversary of the mass suicide/murder, the book draws on extensive research and interviews, blending fact and fiction, and uses real and composite characters to tell a story about the greatest single loss of US civilian lives in the 20th century.
The book will be available to purchase on the day of the event
Entrance is FREE but a ticket is required, click here for details
6 - 7pm Friday 17 November, Chipping Norton Town Hall
ANNIE DAWID
Annie Dawid has published five books, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and essays. She teaches at the University of Denver, University College master’s program in creative writing online from her home in very rural Colorado. Her fifth book, Put Off My Sackcloth, was published last year by The Humble Essayist Press. It was a runner up in the Los Angeles Book Festival 2021 autobiography category and a finalist in the 2022 Memoir category from Book Excellence and in non-fiction, Rubery International Book Award 2022. Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown won the 2022 Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest.
Short Story Competition 2024
The ChipLitFest Short Story Competition is back for 2024!
Watch this space for the latest news about deadlines and judges. We already know that the wonderful HW Fisher is returning once again as competition sponsors.
Annie Dawid, author of Paradise Undone, was the winner of the 2022 Short Story Competition and now we have the privilege of launching her new book - proof that entering the competition can really take you places!
Silver Apples
CHIPLITFEST 2023 - we did it!
Still smiling - here are the Festival committee members on the steps of the Town Hall at the close of the ChipLitFest 2023.
This year's festival built on the 2022 festival, reminding audiences to trust that live literary events will go ahead and that they can book tickets in advance! We still had to hold our nerve as audiences have changed their buying habits but we were delighted by the high number of sold out events.
The festival week began with visits to 16 schools - nursery, primary, secondary and special - from a team of eight authors delivering brilliant fun workshops.
From Thurs 27 to Sun 30 April, we then hosted 54 events involving 69 authors and 13 interviewers. Approx 3,000 tickets were sold, audiences from age 3 upwards were entertained all weekend by amazing authors. People laughed, cried, learned, met their literary heroes, discovered new ones and bought 100s and 100s of books.
The festival is community-run, the organising committee are all volunteers and give their time and energy to bringing this amazing festival to Chipping Norton. Many thanks to all the Chippy residents and businesses for their support and see you in 2024.
