Corney Reach Area Guide

Are you ready to ROCK? At this interactive story time event, award-winning author and star of the West End Robert Tregoningwill introduce you to The Rock Family Band! The familys youngest member, flute-playing Sam, is different from the rest of his glam-rock family. Can the Rocks find a way to bring harmony into their music and into their lives? Find out as Robert reads this picture book about embracing each other for being who we are, whatever the tune that we sing and no matter how glam-rock we roll! Then dust off your air guitars and get ready to make your own music as we put on an all-singing, all-dancing, ROCK-tastic performance of our own! Ages 4+

Did you know your handwriting reveals more than words? Graphology is a powerful tool for understanding human behaviour and personality traits. The way we write tells the story of our development - from early childhood scribbles to the mature writing style we develop as adults. Join Christina Strang for an immersive, hands-on workshop where youll learn the fascinating art of graphology. Your handwriting tells a unique story - isn't it time you learned how to read it?

Author and poetDean Atta will present the prizes for the Chiswick Book Festival Young Poets Competition. Now in its 15th year, the competition attracts entries from many local schools and is supported by ChiswickW4.com. Free to attend, but booking essential.

Create beautiful botanical bookmarks using sage leaves and ink pads in this hands-on workshop with author Michael Holland. Discover the art, science & history behind plant printing while exploring your creativity and celebrating the natural world. Ages 7+ Supported by Abundance London.

Immersive, informative and interesting historic talk (with games) on Infamous Highhwaymen of London. The talk covers the time when London was an interconnection of villages, when roads were in their infancy - of course, Dick Turpin is discussed, but so are others worthy of note. Learn about how these guys manipulated the press of the day and behaved at the time of their executions. Part of a series of Talks being conducted in pubs across London about the cultural history of the city. Costume obligatory, but strongly advised. Enough material for a hundred dinner party anecdotes. Interesting Talks for Thinkers and Drinkers.

250 years after the birth of Jane Austen, there is plenty we dont know about the private life of one of our best-loved novelists. Why after her death did her sister Cassandra burn a precious cache of family letters? Gill Hornby, president of the Jane Austen Society, explores the mystery in her bestselling novel Miss Austen , now a hit BBC drama. With its director, Aisling Walsh, and Chiswick actors Phyllis Logan and Kevin McNally, who played Janes parents, Hornby will discuss Austen in fact and fiction. Chaired by Festival Director, Torin Douglas. Supported by Chiswick House & Gardens Trust and Savills Chiswick Bar open and books on sale from 6pm