Library event Southwold Literary Festival: Author Talk with James Aldred & Alistair Carr
Join us for a talk with nature writer James Aldred and travel author and explorer Alistair Carr.
- Date
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Sat 14 Nov 2026
- Time
- 15:30 – 16:30
- Place
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Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold, IP18 6JP
About this event
Join us for an author talk with nature writer James Aldred and travel author and explorer Alistair Carr at Southwold Arts Centre as part of Southwold Literary Festival! James will be talking to us about his memoir A Wagon in the Woods.
Tickets are £7.55 each. Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or online on TicketSource.
About James Aldred:
James Aldred grew up on the edge of the New Forest and spent his teenage years exploring it. By 15 he was building forest shelters, sleeping rough in the woods and spending much of his time up in the branches of trees. These days, he works in the treetops as an Emmy award-winning wildlife cameraman working regularly with National Geographic and the BBC, collaborating on many landmark natural history programmes with David Attenborough. He is also the author of The Man Who Climbs Trees and Goshawk Summer, for which he won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2022.
In his evocative memoir, A Wagon in the Woods Aldred chronicles his return to a cherished childhood landscape, rich with the history of the Romani families who once roamed freely there. As he painstakingly restores the wagon, Aldred delves into both the New Forest's natural history and storied past, tracing its roots back to the 16th century and even further to the time of William the Conqueror. Camera traps reveal otters hunting in the brook, while the nearby goshawk nest and fox earth speak to the area's thriving wildlife.
About Alistair Carr:
Alistair is a travel author, artist and explorer. He has lived and travelled with Inner Asian and Sahelian nomads, and has lectured about these journeys on both sides of the Atlantic. His art is in international and private collections, and he exhibits at solo and group shows.
Southwold Literary Festival is a partnership between Southwold Library, Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Books. All events take place at Southwold Arts Centre in St Edmund’s Hall.
Dates and times
- Time
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15:30 – 16:30
- Sat 14 Nov 2026
Booking information
Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or by visiting the Southwold Library TicketSource page.
Tickets can also be booked at Southwold Arts Centre, either in person or by phoning 01502 722572.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
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