Wantage Literary Festival – Day 2

Christina Strang | Graphologist

Behavioural Analysis | Handwriting Analysis | Workshop
Adult | 11am to 1.00pm
The Beacon

Adult £22.50 In this interactive workshop, discover how handwriting reveals personality, behaviours, and decision-making. Learn practical techniques, analyse real samples, and explore handwriting’s role in memory and learning. Christina is an internationally known expert graphologist and has appeared on TV, radio, and major media platforms worldwide. Limited to 20 places.

Christina Strang | Graphologist | 10-minute session 1-2-1 Personal Analysis

Adult | from 1.30pm
The Beacon
Adult £15.00

Book a private 10-minute handwriting analysis with internationally recognised graphologist Christina Strang. Gain unique insights into your personality, strengths, and growth areas through the art of graphology. With only twelve sessions available, don’t miss this chance for personal discovery in a one-on-one setting.

Alexandra Loske | The Artist’s palette: The palettes behind the paintings of 50 great artists

Art History | Cultural Studies
13+ years | 1.00pm | The Beacon
Adult £13.50 | Student/child under 14 years £8

Alexandra Loske, art historian, writer and curator, talks about her beautiful book ‘The Artist’s Palette’ in which she explores how great artists used colour to create their masterpieces. Learn how over 50 great artists from Vincent Van Gogh to Kandinsky and Georgia O’Keefe used colour in their work, and the influence of colour on the wider cultures to which they belonged. Expect a stunningly colourful and fascinating talk.

Victoria Hislop | The Wine-Dark Sea

Historical Fiction | Family Drama
Adult | 2pm | The Beacon
Adult £15.00 | Student £8

Wantage is delighted to welcome back bestselling author, Victoria Hislop. She is known for her deeply personal and informative insight into Greek history and culture. In ‘The Wine-Dark Sea’ she explores the social upheavals in Greece following the Second World War. The novel follows a mother searching for her children during those tumultuous times and highlights the heartbreaking scattering of families during Greece’s internal turmoil. Victoria will be talking to Sammy Ashby.

Rob Stepney and Kathy Clugston | Good Occasionally Rhyming. A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast in Poetry and Prose

Poetry | Prose anthology

Adult | 4pm | The Beacon

Adult £13.50 | Student £8

And now, the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office: Before presenting BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, Kathy Clugston read the Shipping Forecast hundreds of times. In its centenary year, she joins writer and broadcaster Rob Stepney to celebrate one of the nation’s treasures. Although today’s listeners, including many mariners, no longer rely on the forecast, they still cherish its gentle rhythm and richly poetic language.

Mike White | Ghost Walk | Wantage Town

History | Haunted Sites | Family Friendly
14 years+ | 8pm
Adult / Student / Child £10

Step into the shadows of Wantage on a ghost walk where history and hauntings collide. Explore eerie sites around the town, rich with chilling tales and local legends. Led by Mike White, this unforgettable tour reveals tales of the town’s haunted past. Places are limited – book early to secure your spot on this spine-tingling journey.