A Few Reviews and Testimonials
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"Thank you SO MUCH Wrexham Carnival of Words, Wrexham Library, Ged from Wrexham Waterstones and the lovely audience for such a warm welcome and a great event this afternoon."
Author Cally Taylor
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"I could have listened to Phil Rickman for another 2 hours! A gentle nut interesting man – excellent! Wish I’d come years ago."
Phil Rickman Attendee
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"A lovely evening, thank you. Very good actors and singing. A very enjoyable evening."
Shakespeare Attendee
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"Great production, fab night. I’m proud to be a part of the Carnival of Words."
Shakespeare Attendee
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"An excellent, interesting window on India, not too much about writing procedures."
Vaseem Khan Attendee
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"Brilliant – so enjoyable. One of the best talks I’ve been to – so interesting"
Vaseem Khan Attendee
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"Diolch am gyflwyniad dwyieithog. Mae’n gyfle i ddangos bod y Gymraeg yn fyw. (Thank you for a bilingual introduction; it proves the Welsh language is still alive)"
Murder Mystery Attendee
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"Brilliant effort by the library team to make this so effective."
Murder Mystery Attendee
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"Very good to see teen fiction represented. Lively and so engaging speaker – well-researched novels and novella."
Emma Carroll Attendee
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"An amazing talk that makes me want to go off and write – just need to learn how first! How about some creative writing workshops?"
Emma Carroll Attendee
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"Really interesting evening. Even my husband enjoyed it!"
Historical Fiction Attendee
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"Thank you for a fantastic Carnival, can’t wait for next year"
C.L. Taylor Attendee
The 2018 List of Guest Authors
Phil Rickman
Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins mysteries, exploring what contemporary exorcists really do.
Nicci French
The two halves of the number one crime-writing team known as Nicci French (Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) have been hugely successful for more than twenty years.
C.L. Taylor
The Sunday Times bestselling author of five psychological thrillers, will be discussing how she began her career.
Vaseem Khan
Vaseem Khan is the author of the Times-bestselling Baby Ganesh Detective Agency crime series featuring Indian detective Ashwin Chopra and his baby elephant sidekick.
Aled Lewis Evans
Following the success of last year’s Retrospective, here is a brand new selection of readings from Aled Lewis Evans.
Emma Carroll
Gripping young adults author, Emma Carroll, sweeps you back in time with her evocative Second World War novel, 'Letters from the Lighthouse'.
Alastair Reynolds
Cancelled - Alastair will take you on a journey to Mars, telling yarns about the way the Red Planet has been imagined by scientists and authors alike.
Mark Davies
Mark shares his insights into the extraordinary life of the adventurer James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly.
Viva Voce
Open mic for poets and writers who wish to read or perform their work. The evening is a celebration of the spoken word in English and in Welsh.
Historical Fiction Night
A panel of fabulous historical fiction authors (Matthew Harffy, Carol McGrath, Michael Jecks and Tony Riches) will fight their corners in My Era is Better Than Yours.
Wrexham Workers' Poem
This year more local workplaces will be involved in a collective effort to write the 2018 Wrexham Workers’ Poem.
Murder Mystery night
The Wenlock Mummy by Elly Griffiths (a Dr Ruth Galloway investigation). Welcome to Wenlock Hall, which has one of the most important privately owned collections of Egyptian artefacts in the country.
Shakespeare Hot Under the collar
The 'Company of Voices' present four favourite excerpts from Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
Green Fingers and Great Reads
A panel of celebrated local gardeners talk about their favourite garden-related books, and about Wrexham’s great gardening heritage and projects.
Wrexham on my mind
Wrexham On My Mind will be the theme of this fabulous opening event, celebrating the town’s past and present.
