Bill Wyman to Give Missed Ealing Book Festival Talk
Preparations begin for next year's event with dates announced
Bill Wyman with the cover of his book on his childhood wartime experiences
July 18, 2024
There is good news for fans of Bill Wyman who were disappointed when he was unable to make his scheduled talk at the Ealing Book Festival earlier this year.
He is to return to Ealing where he played during the formative months of the Rolling Stones when the band were regulars at the Ealing Club.
Bass guitarist Wyman joined the Stones in December 1962 and played at a regular Saturday night slot at the basement venue performing their second ever live gig there.
He was due to give a talk at the festival on 13 April but now he will be at Pitzhanger Manor on Thursday 29 August to discuss the early days of the band as well as his book in which he recounts his experiences growing up in London during World War II. The event runs from 6pm to 7pm and tickets can be bought online for £15.
The news comes as the Ealing Book Festival organisers announced the dates for the second ever festival next year. The 2025 Ealing Book Festival will take place across four days from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April, and promises to pick up where the 2024 festival left off by delivering another celebration of literature, culture, and community. The full programme will be announced in early 2025 when tickets will also go on sale.
Over 1,300 people attended 20 events in the 2024 festival with featured authors including Sathnam Sanghera and John Boyne; Booker Prize-winner Eleanor Catton; former children’s laureates Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Lauren Child; former BBC journalist and director of the Soane Museum Will Gompertz; and Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music who played out the Festival on his electric guitar.
Catherine Jaquiss, Chair, Ealing Book Festival, said, "Having put Ealing on the literary map with the first Ealing Book Festival earlier this year, we have extremely high hopes for the 2025 Festival. We are anticipating an equally dynamic and diverse celebration of the written word in all its forms. The response to this year’s Festival exceeded our expectations and we’re looking forward to again bringing together a wide range of prominent authors, readers and cultural enthusiasts from across West London and beyond to celebrate the power of stories in bringing people together.”
The 2024 festival took place at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery.
For more information and updates about Ealing Book Festival, visit www.ealingbookfestival.com.
Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery is open from Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm , including Bank Holidays (First Thursday of the Month: 10am–8pm).
Like Reading Articles Like This? Help Us Produce More This site remains committed to providing local community news and public interest journalism. Articles such as the one above are integral to what we do. We aim to feature as much as possible on local societies, charities based in the area, fundraising efforts by residents, community-based initiatives and even helping people find missing pets. We’ve always done that and won’t be changing, in fact we’d like to do more. However, the readership that these stories generates is often below that needed to cover the cost of producing them. Our financial resources are limited and the local media environment is intensely competitive July 18, 2024 We are therefore asking our readers to consider offering financial support to these efforts. Any money given will help support community and public interest news and the expansion of our coverage in this area. A suggested monthly payment is £8 but we would be grateful for any amount for instance if you think this site offers the equivalent value of a subscription to a daily printed newspaper you may wish to consider £20 per month. If neither of these amounts is suitable for you then contact info@neighbournet.com and we can set up an alternative. All payments are made through a secure web site. One-off donations are also appreciated. Choose The Amount You Wish To Contribute. If you do support us in this way we’d be interested to hear what kind of articles you would like to see more of on the site – send your suggestions to the editor. For businesses we offer the chance to be a corporate sponsor of community content on the site. For £30 plus VAT per month you will be the designated sponsor of at least one article a month with your logo appearing if supplied. If there is a specific community group or initiative you’d like to support we can make sure your sponsorship is featured on related content for a one off payment of £50 plus VAT. All payments are made through a secure web site. |