Festival 2024
The Words by the Water Festival of Words and Ideas returned to Theatre by the Lake on Wednesday June 5th and events were held for five days in a festival led by Leah Varnell (ex Ways with Words) in partnership with Lucy and Gwenda Matthews, owners and directors of Bookends Keswick.
We extend our thanks and gratitude for all support for this year's festival events - our audiences, authors, writers and performers, chairpeople, volunteer drivers, Bookends staff, Catherine at Appletrees, Ian at Crow Park Hotel, Pete at Ravenstone Lodge, the Merienda team and above all the magnificent efforts of all the team at Theatre by the Lake. Special thanks go to the co-President of Words by the Water, Marie-Elsa Bragg for her ongoing practical support.
Thursday, 6th June 2024
Main House
Sally Coulthard
A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects
Alex Niven
Will The North Rise Again?
Garrett M. Graff
Commemorating D Day
Kathleen Jones
Dorothy Wordsworth's Rural Hours
Daisy Dunn
The Missing Thread - A New History of the Ancient World through Women
Robin Ince
A Lifelong Love of Books and Bookshops
