Anne de Courcy on ‘The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj’ The Fishing Fleet was the name given to the countless young ladies that travelled to India during the Raj in search of excitement and adventure. A hectic social life greeted them on De Courcy was women’s editor on the London Evening News in the 1970’s, and has written Jason Lewis on ‘Dark Waters’ Jason Lewis is an award-winning adventurer, author, and sustainability activist specializing in human-powered expeditions. In 2007, he became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails: walking, cycling, and inline skating five continents, and kayaking, swimming, rowing, and pedalling a boat across the Jason will be talking about his new book which is called ‘Dark Waters’ and is the first part of a trilogy entitled ‘The Expedition’. During his journey he survived a terrifying crocodile attack off Australia’s Queensland coast, blood poisoning in the middle of the Pacific, malaria in Indonesia and China and acute mountain sickness in the Himalayas. He Rosie Thomas on ‘The Kashmir Shawl’ Rosie Thomas will be talking about her latest book ‘The Kashmir Shawl’ and how her love of travel and adventure has inspired much of her writing.While researching ‘The Kashmir Shawl’ she travelled the same routes as the ancient pashmina trade, crossing the Himalayas from Ladakh to the Vale of Srinagar in Kashmir. She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellers ‘Sun at Midnight’, ‘Iris’ and ‘Ruby and Constance’. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered alove of travelling and mountaineering. Tickets to any of the above events are £7 (£5) from Oundle Box Office, 4 New Street, |