BLF 2026: John Osborne: Sandy Arse

Salvation Army Hall | Thursday 8 October 2026, 5pm

To celebrate the publication of his new seaside anthology Sandy Arse, John Osborne is travelling the country spreading the joy of the seaside. Join him in a world of seaside postcards, beach cricket and cliffside walks as he looks at all that is good, and bad, with life at the seaside.

"John's story left me and my children spellbound and in tears."

Stewart Lee

"Don't Need the Sunshine."

BBC Radio 4

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