What's On

19th November, 6:30pm

Launching Autumn Reads we are delighted to present the world premiere of Folkestone Reads: Modern Nature. Starring performers gathered from...

20th November, 6:30pm

Allan Jenkins is editor of The Observer Food Monthly. He was previously editor of The Observer Magazine, food and drink editor on the Independent...

20th November, 8pm

If you are a lover of podcasts you will probably already know about Melissa Harrison’s top-rated nature series The Stubborn Light of Things....

21st November, 11am

Award-winning writer and academic, Suzanne Joinson hosts a workshop on the theme of landscape. Suzanne has had two novels published with...

21st November, 6pm

Is Shakespeare’s work really as prescient as it seems? And can it help us in these turbulent times? For Autumn Reads Robert McCrum explores...

21st November, 7:30pm

We are delighted to present this Strange Concord Time Machine Event 1989 & 1990: Modern Nature. This beautiful and visceral film combines...

22nd November, 11am

Cathy Rentzenbrink explores issues around autobiographical writing in this workshop. Cathy is the author of the Sunday Times-bestselling...

22nd November, 11am

Join horticulturalist and gardener Frances Tophill, Urban Room Folkestone and some keen local gardeners for an informal conversation about...

22nd November, 1:30pm

Before going to medical school, Dr Rachel Clarke was a television journalist and documentary maker. She now specialises in palliative medicine,...

22nd November, 3pm

Hisham Matar was nineteen years old when his father, an opponent of the Gaddafi regime, was kidnapped in Cairo, where he was living in exile,...

22nd November, 4:30pm

For Autumn Reads, Gary will be hosting a bespoke online quiz for the book lovers of Folkestone. You can take part in your household bubble,...