FBF: Petroc Trelawny in Conversation

Part memoir, part history, an exploration of Cornwall, past present and future. 

It would be hard to think of a more Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. combining, as it does, one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints with the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the Radio 3 presenter on his ancestry, he is inspired to return to the place where he grew up, and attempt to confirm if he still belongs there.

Petroc returns to his childhood home on the Lizard, visits old mine workings, ancient churches, and places where poets, musicians, architects and filmmakers have worked to shape Cornwall's identity. He explores the Tamar and holds a finger up to winds of change, exploring the collapse of Methodism, the decline of the Cornish language, and the complex, sometimes lucrative, sometimes destructive, relationship with tourism.

As he travels by road, rail and foot, he conjures marvellously vivid figures and scenes from memory, telling the stories of a loving family full of mysteries and a landscape still redolent of 'Cornish otherness'.

I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES

This event is part of Falmouth Book Festival running from 14-20 October. For more info visit the website www.falmouthbookfestival.com

Tickets: £8/£6

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold