Events Programme
City Reads Big Weekend (6 - 9 October)
City Reads Book Quiz
Thu 6 Oct, 6.15–8pm, Jubilee Library
Island Appetiser with Dave Broom
Fri 7 Oct, 7pm, The Old Market
Who Do You Think You Are?
Sat 8 Oct, 11am–1pm, The Old Market
Film: Fire in Babylon
Sat 8 Oct, 1.30pm, Duke of Yorks Picture House
I & I: The Natural Mystics with Colin Grant
Sat 8 Oct, 4pm, The Old Market
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Sat 8 Oct, 8pm, The Old Market
Different Skins:
Writing Workshop with Kei Miller
Sun 9 Oct, 10am, The Old Market
The Book Doctor with Laura Lockington
Sun 9 Oct, 11–2pm, The Old Market
Andrea Levy in Conversation
Sun 9 Oct, 3pm, The Old Market
Free Events (17 September - 2 October)
Free City Readings
Live readings and discussion of The Long Song with actors Peta Taylor and Lucy Joy.
Sat 17 Sep, 11am, Free, Patcham Library. Info (01273) 296912
Sat 24 Sep, 11am, Free, Hangleton Library. Info (01273) 296904
Sat 1 Oct, 11am, Free, Rottingdean Library. Info (01273) 296918
Small Island: Big Screen
A full two-part screening of the BBC’s award-winning adaptation of Andrea Levy’s 2004 novel Small Island.
Sun 18 Sep, 12pm & 2pm, Free, Jubilee Library
Contact (01273) 294071 for info.
Film: The Harder They Come (15)
Perry Henzell’s 1972 cult Jamaican classic starring Jimmy Cliff as aspiring young singer
Ivan Martin caught in the crossfire of Kingston’s violent underworld soon after independence.
Sun 25 Sep, 1pm, Free, Jubilee Library
Contact (01273) 294071 for info.
Film: Amazing Grace (PG)
Michael Apted’s powerful film looks at the key political figures and movements that helped
bring about the end of the British transatlantic slave trade.
Sun 2 Oct, 1pm, Free, Jubilee Library
Contact (01273) 294071 for info.
Please note that places are limited for these free screenings. Please arrive early to avoid
disappointment as seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.