2017 Events
In 2017, highlights of the Penzance Literary Festival included Jane Corry, Tim Pears, Stella Duffy, Louis Young and Charlotte Hobson.
This archive page shows all the events that took place in 2017, many of them with photos. Click on the event titles to view more information.
All 2017 events
Faeries, Demons, Witches And Magicians In Shakespeares Plays, with Jane Sand
Redwing Gallery
Short, cutting, poignant: drawings based on haiku
Short, cutting, poignant: drawings based on haiku
Deeper than Indigo: voyages in search of forgotten explorer Thomas Machell, with Jenny Balfour Paul
Acorn Theatre
Writing workshop with Tim Pears: character – helping the reader write the book
The Morrab Library
Art of the Islands: Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking visual culture, with Michelle Brown
Acorn Theatre
A Star to Steer Her By: a 19th-century mariner’s manuscript, with Steph Haxton
Penlee Coach House
Writing workshop with Jenny Kane: life writing – turn your experiences into fiction
The Morrab Library
Star shine: A magical musical fantasy, with the John Daniel Players
Starshine, with the John Daniel Players
Reinventing Victorian Cornwall with Dan Daddow’s Cornish Comicalities, with Alan M Kent
Penlee Coach House
Seeing Myself: the new science of out-of-body experiences, with Susan J Blackmore
Acorn Theatre
Family life on a sailing lugger: handling the unexpected with no brakes, with Judy Brickhill
Penlee Coach House
Guided Literary Tour of Penzance, with Anna McClary
Guided Literary Tour of Penzance, with Anna McClary
Guided Literary Tour of Penzance, with Anna McClary
Guided Literary Tour of Penzance, with Anna McClary