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9th - 12th July 2026

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Cancer Works - Alex Kinnear-Mellor, Newark Book Festival

Cancer Works – Alex Kinnear-Mellor

Gannets Bistro Gannets Bistro, 35 Castle Gate, Newark

Join author and cancer survivor Alex Kinnear-Mellor in a refreshingly real and relaxed talk and reading of her book Cancer Works.

A photograph of author and cellist Kenneth Wilson, who is playing his cello in a cathedral. On the right, his book cover "Pilgrim Cello" which has a photograph of Kenneth cycling with his cello inside the nave of a cathedral in England. The background is light blue with the "N" logo for Newark Book Festival and a pink banner at the bottom of the photograph says their name.

Pilgrim Cello

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre National Civil War Centre, 14 Appleton Gate, Newark

Enjoy the powerful live cello performance by Kenneth Wilson as he retells the journey cycling 1,900 miles to all forty-two English cathedrals, filling these sacred spaces with the music of Bach.Â