The University of Lincoln has tickets for this month’s Lincoln Book Festival to give away to staff and student competition winners.
The tickets are for one of the week-long literary festival’s headline author events, in which county-born historian Tracy Borman will discuss her debut novel, ‘The King’s Witch’, at Lincoln’s Drill Hall theatre on the evening of Saturday 29th September.
Tracy is Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, the charity that manages heritage sites including Hampton Court Palace, Kew Palace and the Tower of London. Her non-fiction books include ‘The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty’, ‘Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant’, and ‘Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction’.
Described as “a compelling tale of corruption, danger and coruscating suspicion”, ‘The King’s Witch’ is her debut novel and is set around the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
To enter the Lincoln Book Festival 2018 ticket competition, answer the following question:
The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to assassinate which English monarch?
Winners will be chosen at random from entrants submitting the correct answer and will receive a pair of tickets to the event, which takes place on Saturday 29th September, starting 6.15pm at Lincoln Drill Hall.
Send your answer to competitions@lincoln.ac.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 26th September with your contact information (email and phone number) for a chance to win. Winners will be notified the day after the closing date and will need to collect their prize from the Communications, Development and Marketing Department, 2nd Floor Minerva Building, Brayford Campus, by close of business on Friday 28th September. Terms and conditions apply (see below).
Lincoln Book Festival runs 22nd – 29th September and brings acclaimed novelists, historians, journalists and broadcasters to the city for a celebration of the finest history writing and historical fiction. This year’s festival has the theme revolution as tribute to the centenary of The Representation of The People Act which first gave some British women the right to vote. Guest authors include Michael Morpurgo, Marcus Chown, Sally Nicholls, Rebecca Fraser, Jane Robinson, Maggie Andrews, Jan Lomas, John Robb, Marc Mulholland, and Tracy Borman. There are also writers workshops, fringe theatre events and an open mic poetry evening. See: www.lincolnbookfestival.org
For Competition Terms and Conditions click here: Lincoln Book Festival 2018 Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions