LATITUDE FESTIVAL
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July
HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD,
SUNRISE COAST, SUFFOLK
Jim Cartwright
Literary Arena
Friday 17th July, 2009Jim Cartwright’s plays are consistently performed around the world and have won numerous awards.
They have been translated into over 27 languages. They include Road, Bed, Two, Eight Miles High, The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, Deodorant, Hard Fruit, and Baths. His television work includes Vroom (Channel 4, 1988, selected as centrepiece at The London Film Festival) Wedded (BBC, 1990) and June (BBC, 1990).
Jim has been made an Honorary Fellow of the University Of Bolton, a visiting Professor at Salford University and his old school, Harper Green, have named a building in his honour. Jim’s plays are published in England by Methuen and have been constantly in print since 1986. Many of his works are set texts for A level and University courses.
He will be reading from his novel Supermarket Supermodel, published by Doubleday
'Sitting among the rows of tills in Supersafe Supermarket in the North of England, the fortunes of a young checkout girl are on the brink of change'
