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Pam Ayres – Doggedly Onward

  • Thursday 8 May, 2.30pm
  • Tickets From £10
  • Main Theatre
Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres has been making the nation laugh for half a century. After Ted Hughes, she is the UK’s best-selling poet since records began and has been heard and loved by generations across the country.

In a special matinee event, Hexham Book Festival welcomes Pam to talk about her new book,
Doggedly Onward: A Life In Poems, which brings together some of her most-loved and best-known poems from the 1970s through to the 2020s. Included are the cavalcade of much-loved dogs, her lifelong fascination with wildlife, the travel, mistakes, regrets, the heartbreak of leaving the family home, and the sober business of ageing. 

Sponsored by The Boatside Inn  

Concession prices: available to Friends of the Festival, those on benefits and students.

Carers qualify for free ‘essential companion’ tickets. Wheelchair spaces are limited. Please book for both directly at the Queen’s Hall Box Office.

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Book a table and receive 10% off dining at The Beaumont Hotel on presentation of your ticket.

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