{"id":2116,"date":"2022-03-16T15:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familygrapevine.ben\/west-kent\/2022\/03\/16\/the-chiddingstone-castle-literary-festival-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T08:14:50","slug":"the-chiddingstone-castle-literary-festival-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/2022\/03\/16\/the-chiddingstone-castle-literary-festival-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prize-winning, Kent-based book publicity agency Literally PR (<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.literallypr.com&amp;c=E,1,KOqz-tXjfGZZsdptccTMWRri2M37aXo6awr8maC2du3EGXe5fSdgd8ObVJ4_-oYNVISRUNqBis6Uo1HtckISLtPklAAdRgFBges73rnYB_k6qvhiP2UceM8m&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.literallypr.com<\/a>) is proud to support the promotion of the Chiddingstone Castle Literary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk%2fliterary_festival%2f&amp;c=E,1,VefnChvSMqNnzBzHBLvOOymdZlANHjPrUusJ3kIDtol9kAAgsf707UG1Xm4XX2zDy-_3V3YQhpq7Vhq4EsNeay4Yhy8O9GkSCtPFP0t2yzX21w,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival<\/a>\u00a0(Edenbridge, Kent) during the first May Bank Holiday Weekend. From Saturday 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April to Tuesday 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0May, internationally acclaimed as well as local authors and illustrators will be joined by hundreds of happy guests at the historic and stunning setting of Chiddingstone Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off with a Festival Drinks Party at Stonewall Park, Chiddingstone Hoath by kind invitation of Rupert and Catherine Fleming on the Saturday evening, offering a unique opportunity to meet some of the authors over a glass of wine and canap\u00e9s, followed by an unrivalled two-day programme of authors including two very special family events on the Sunday. Guests are encouraged to tour the Castle\u2019s collections, explore the grounds, visit the tea room and picnic in the garden between events at no extra cost, making this the perfect bank holiday plan for families and bibliophiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/07\/Pericles-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12206 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/07\/Pericles-1-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0May, the festival organisers have curated a wonderful programme of children\u2019s authors and performers specifically for local schools (Reception to Year 7) with tickets already on sale:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk%2fliterary-festival-schools%2f&amp;c=E,1,v_skl29QfTgBpVTN8MVDjIkZJFeSM7im6G10ZcOt6STQpxzBkcCFxYUi0-YWlcgYT1U9CJwUGPb1qL70xf1rpqEVBT6QROoDDGQYwLfceMzTg2qXOcl4fH4,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk\/literary-festival-schools\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Dates For Your Diary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The full programme will be announced on 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk%2fliterary_festival%2f&amp;c=E,1,xSGPZlSFs1LcUlXuXbyWBiOLzJxS2TxggTB16UKTov7pSd55vnppPm2KBEekBD8iLfCKf8ygAArnbt_6QNZH8qBXeuCXA8lnIKAnQfYwkhQ5WV8hU8mimA,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk\/literary_festival\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribers to the Chiddingstone Castle newsletter will get access to priority booking on 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March. Those who join our Friends of the Festival scheme will have priority booking from 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0March\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk%2ffriends-of-the-festival&amp;c=E,1,aE59fZ1EfXwu6n_H2-DTxtq-mzwTjESIagDL11NcKCtxPBLm9qCiLgyrsnuHtFVcIt5b_8f2_kpYUn0a3J5XH7cXEtJgegoCBOcYv5YkxMrEtBKOvCt665o,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk\/friends-of-the-festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on general release on 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival will take place between 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April and 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0May 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To receive updates follow the Festival on Twitter and Instagram @chiddlitfest and their Facebook page Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more visit\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk\/literary_festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk\/literary_festival\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prize-winning, Kent-based book publicity agency Literally PR (www.literallypr.com) is proud to support the promotion of the Chiddingstone Castle Literary\u00a0Festival\u00a0(Edenbridge, Kent) during the first May Bank Holiday Weekend. From Saturday 30th\u00a0April to Tuesday 3rd\u00a0May, internationally acclaimed as well as local authors and illustrators will be joined by hundreds of happy guests at the historic and stunning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":47972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"directory-category":[],"event_categories":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 07:47:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"directory-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-category?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}