We'll let Sir Lenny have the final wordpublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
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Summary
Big Book Weekend welcomes 30 authors for a fascinating series of free-to-watch events.
The festival continues on Sunday, with five fantastic live sessions starting at midday.
Read the Line-up article and plan your Big Book Weekend.
We'll let Sir Lenny have the final wordpublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
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Thank you for joining us for a fantastic two days.
Don't forget that you can enjoy literary conversation all year round, with Front Row, Open Book and the Radio 2 Book Club, and keep an eye out for a new series of Between the Covers later in the spring.
Image caption, Sara Cox hosts the irreverent, entertaining show where books spark the banter.
A thank you from Big Book Weekend co-founder Molly Flattpublished at 18:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
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End of X postA quick reminder of what we talked about this weekendpublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Image caption, Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain
Image caption, Alexandra Wilson on the legal profession
Image caption, Ella Berthoud on bibliotherapy
We'll keep those highlights comingpublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
There are plenty of highlights from the weekend already live - check out the carousel above - and we'll be posting more as soon as we can.
Thanks to Kit, Molly and all our panellistspublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
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End of X postHear more from Kitpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Kit de Waal was in conversation at the Being Human festival last year, speaking about her own writing processes, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s The Novels That Shaped Our World project, and what makes a novel literary.
Quote MessageThe relationships and the power struggles... the stuff that goes on within four walls... is at least as exciting and interesting as climbing a mountain.
Kit de Waal
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Image source, Being Human festivalImage caption, Kit de Waal speaking at the 2020 Being Human festival
Hear more from Sir Lennypublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageWe reframe and re-edit our pasts.
Sir Lenny Henry
Last year, after releasing the first volume of his autobiography, Sir Lenny Henry spoke to Alan Yentob. He told him why he'd chosen to focus on recounting his days on the comedy circuit in the early seventies.
Our final session is coming to a closepublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageWhat a way to end the Big Book Weekend, with passion, eclecticism, and a real message
Molly Flatt
Sir Lenny's Aunty Pearl inspires a lifelong passionpublished at 17:37 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageShe'd brought The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Tales to Astonish, Weird Tales... and she gave us these comics, and from that moment on I was in love with graphic storytelling
Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny on writing his autobiographypublished at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageI've a sneaking regard for the well-turned phrase. And so I was trying to think 'how do I tell you that story as me, but how do I also incorporate the well-turned phrase'.
Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny talks about his Open University degreepublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageHow do you write like this? How do you write like this? How do you write like this? Dickens blew my mind.
Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny's childhood reading habitspublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageI so wanted there to be a black friend in the Famous Five or the Secret Seven. I always thought 'why haven't they got a cool mate called Tyrone who they bring along on the adventures too?'
Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny describes his childhoodpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Quote MessageWe signed up to the library, and it was like manna from heaven. Getting a library card for me, as a five year old boy, was just the best thing in the world.
Sir Lenny Henry
Starting now - A Big Book Chat with... Sir Lenny Henrypublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
You can watch the session live by clicking on the play button at the top of the page
Sir Lenny Henry has been a comedian since the age of 16. He has risen from being a cult star on children's television to one of Britain's best-known and most celebrated comedians, as well as a writer, radio DJ, TV presenter, co-founder of Comic Relief, and award-winning actor. Henry has a PhD in Media Arts, and in 2015 was awarded a knighthood for services to charity and drama. In 2018, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One aired The Lenny Henry Birthday Show to celebrate his career so far.
Sir Lenny will be in conversation with author and Big Book Weekend co-founder Kit de Waal.
Image caption, A Big Book Chat with... Sir Lenny Henry, Sunday 5pm
Back for a second series: Between the Coverspublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
While we're waiting for Sir Lenny, there's just time to tell you about a new series of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two's book club for the nation:
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End of X postSir Lenny's lockdown reading recommendationpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arts have been asking our Big Book Weekend guests about the books that have helped them survive lockdown. Here's what Sir Lenny Henry chose:
Image caption, Sir Lenny recommends Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory
You can see more recommendations here.
Starting soon - A Big Book Chat with... Sir Lenny Henrypublished at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Our final session of the weekend begins at 5pm
To round our weekend off, legendary comedian and author Sir Lenny Henry discusses the books that have made him, the stories that he still wants to tell, and why we all have to get angry – and active – in improving the diversity in TV, films, books and beyond.
Image caption, Sir Lenny Henry is in conversation at 5pm
Catch up on what you've missed...published at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
Yesterday's session on heroism is now live - you can find it in the carousel at the top of the page. Keep an eye out for more clips coming soon.
Image caption, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, if I'd seen someone like her when I was a teen, I'd have wanted to be a space scientist too.
Reaction to our bibliotherapy sessionpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2021
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