Marlborough LitFest held an exclusive film/book tie-in on Tuesday 2 May organised in partnership with The Parade Cinema in Marlborough. This was a chance for festival sponsors, including lead sponsor, Fermoie, as well as donors and Friends of LitFest, to enjoy a literary-themed evening film performance.
The film, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, starring Penelope Wilton and Jim Broadbent, is based on Rachel Joyce’s bestselling novel of the same name and was released in the UK on 28 April. LitFest was delighted to invite Rachel, who was also the screenwriter and executive producer on the film, to a Q&A session after a showing of the film.
Rachel originally appeared as Marlborough LitFest’s Big Town Read author in 2015 to talk about the book – which was an international bestseller at the time and was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
With many thanks to Marlborough News for their coverage of the event here