EYPE AUTUMN ‘BOOK ‘N AUTHOR’ WEEKS LITERARY FESTIVAL
19 – 23 April 2010
The first of two annual Spring and Autumn intimate and informal Literary Festivals in a spectacular setting with a cornucopia of top national and local writers presenting their current titles with active audience participation, book sales and signing sessions. Mainly biographies and autobiographies but also historical novels, current affairs, travel and some light entertainment. April 2009 saw Irma Kurtz and Caroline Moorehead whilst the October 2009 event included Jonathan Stedall, Mary Lovell, Theodore Dalrymple, Virginia Ironside and Kate Adie amongst others.
Contact: Mark Culme-Seymour (Director)
Eype Centre for the Arts
Marco Polo House
West Bexington
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 9DE
Tel: 44 (0) 13089 898420
Mobile: 44 (0) 7785 793044
Email : mark@eypechurcharts.co.uk
Web: http://www.eypechurcharts.co.uk
THE SUNDAY TIMES OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL
Christ Church
29 March-5 April 2009
Over 350 writers descended on Christ Church to talk, debate, and discuss ideas at the 2008 festival. And 2009 promises many more, including Peru’s foremost and most distinguished writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, and eminent historian David Starkey.
Contact: Angela Prysor-Jones (Festival Director)
Oxford Literary Festival
301 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 7NY
Tel: +44 (0)1865 514149
Fax: +44 (0)1865 514804
E-Mail: info@sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk
Web links: http://www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk
BAY LIT FESTIVAL (BIENNIAL)
Biennial, bilingual, (Welsh and English) multicultural celebration of Welsh literature. Organised by the Welsh Academi. The 2005 programme featured Howard Marks amongst other writers.
Contact: Peter Finch (Prif Weithredwr / Chief Executive)
Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academi
Ty Mount Stuart / Mount Stuart House
Sgwâr Mount Stuart / Mount Stuart Square
Caerdydd / Cardiff
CF10 5FQ
Tel: +44 (0)29 2047 2266
Fax: +44 (0)29 2049 2930
E-Mail: post@academi.org
Web links: http://www.academi.org
BRIGHTON CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
April 2009
Aimed at young people and adults, the Brighton Children's Book Festival celebrates the way children's books leap from the page into film, theatre, radio, TV, digital media and much more.
Contact: Laura Atkins (Festival Director)
Email: laura@bcfc.org.uk
Web links :http://www.bcfc.org.uk
CAMBRIDGEWORDFEST
24 - 26 April 2009
An annual literature festival held in the spring in Cambridge and surrounding area. It aims to provide a richly packed weekend of some of the best in contemporary fiction, political debate, workshops and events for children. It is a festival for writers as well as readers.Authors who have attended in the past include: Carol Ann Duffy, Lionel Shriver, Andrew Cowan, Kathryn Hughes, Helen Dunmore, Geraldine McCaughrean, Sandi Toksvig and Marina Lewcka.
Contact: Cathy Moore (Festival Director)
cambridgewordfest
Cambridge Arts Theatre
6 St Edwards Passage
Cambridge CB2 3PJ
Tel: +44(0)1223 503333 (box office)
Fax: +44 (0)1223 579004
E-Mail: cam.wordfest@btinternet.com
Web links: http://www.cambridgewordfest.co.uk
KINGSTON READERS' FESTIVAL
April 2009 (tbc)
A range of events including philosophy, poetry, health and well-being, crime, history and politics, science, food, wine and gardening. Family Learning days, and a schools, museum and library programme.
Contact: Sandra Williams (Festival Director)
45 Canbury Avenue
Kingston
KT2 6JP
Tel: + 44 (0)20 8549 5790
E-Mail: canburyaven@btinternet.com
Web links: www.kingston.gov.uk/eticketing
LEIGH & WIGAN WORDS TOGETHER LITERARY FESTIVAL
Various Locations in Wigan
13 April - 1 May 2009
An annual literary festival consisting of a fortnight of literary and associated events, a rich mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose. This year’s guests include Mark Olly, Ben Haggarty, Andrew Martin, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Pat Winslow, Wendy Cope, Terry Caffrey, Tina Martin, Steve Waling, Jimmy McGovern, David Nobbs and more, plus there will be opportunities to participate in a cornucopia of activities.
Contact: Gillian Forrester (Festival Co-ordinator)
Elizabeth House
The Pier
Wigan
WN3 4BD
Tel: 01942 486921 / 07837 022619 (admin)
Email: g.forrester@wlct.org
Web links: http://www.geocities.com/wordstogether
SCARBOROUGH LITERATURE FESTIVAL
23 - 26 April 2009
A chance to meet your favourite authors at Scarborough Literature Festival: The Long Weekend, Thursday 23 April- Sunday 26 April 2009. There is something for everyone! Keep checking the website www.scarboroughliteraturefestival.co.uk for details of our exciting new 2009 programme. Authors booked so far include Jackie Kay, Terrance Dicks, Barrie Rutter, Graham Hurley, Piers Dudgeon and Alison Weir spilling the beans on Scarlet Women with a little help from her friends.
Scarborough Library and Information Centre
Vernon Road
Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
YO11 2NN
Tel: +44 (0)8450349516
Website: www.scarboroughliteraturefestival.co.uk
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON-POETRY-FESTIVAL
19 April - 14 May 2009
Sponsored by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. It comprises a mixture of established contemporary poets reading their own work, and well-known actors, mainly from the Royal Shakespeare Company, reading verse on different themes or concentrating on past poets. Nine events are held on Sunday evenings in a variety of venues in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Contact: Julia Howells (PA to the Festival Director)
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
Tel: +44 (0)1789 204016
Fax: +44 (0)1789 296083
E-Mail: info@shakespeare.org.uk
Web links: http://www.shakespeare.org.uk
TEXT FESTIVAL (BIENNIAL)
2009
An international festival of contemporary poetry and text art that will consist of exhibitions, public art commissions, performances and workshops. Artists and poets participating in the festival include Lawrence Weiner, Caroline Bergvall, cris cheek, Alan Halsey, Hester Reeve, Shaun Pickard, Phil Davenport, and Caroline Thompson. The festival continues for 12 weeks.
Contact: Tony Trehy (Arts and Museums Manager)
Bury Art Gallery and Museum
Moss St
Bury
BL9 ODR
Tel: +44 (0)161 253 5878
E-Mail: T.Trehy@bury.gov.uk
Web links: http://www.textfestival.com
TY NEWYDD FESTIVAL (BIENNIAL)
A biennial, trilingual festival in the North Wales countryside. Poets and authors that have taken part include Seamus Heaney, Cathal O Searcaigh, Colm Toibin, Jan Morris, Twm Morys, Gillian Clarke, Niall Griffiths, Tessa Hadley, Benjamin Zephaniah and Menna Elfyn.
Contact: Sian Northey
Ty Newydd Writers Centre
Llanystumdwy
Cricieth
Gwynedd
Wales
LL52 0LW
Tel: +44 (0)1766 522811
E-Mail: post@tynewydd.org
Web links: http://www.tynewydd.org
UEA INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Spring 2009
Past speakers include Michael Ondaatje, Nawal El Saadawi, Doris Lessing, P. D. James, Claire Tomalin, Michael Frayn, Roy Hattersley, Stephen Poliakoff and Michael Holroyd. This year's speakers include Junot Diaz, Linda Grant, Louis de Bernieres, Posy Simmonds and Isabel Allende.
The Arthur Miller Centre
Lecture Theatre 1
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Box Office: + 44 (0)1603508050
Web links: http://www.uea.ac.uk/hum/booksandwriters/litfest
WORDS LIVE: HARROW LITERATURE FESTIVAL
April 2009
A festival that includes performance, talks, workshops, book readings, exhibitions, music, poetry and storytelling. Further details of next year's festival are not yet available.
Contact: Dale Arndell
Arts Unit People First
PO Box 22
Civic Centre
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 2UW
Tel: +44 (0)20 8424 1076
Fax: +44 (0)20 8424 1817
E-Mail: dale.arndell@harrow.gov.uk
Web links: http://www.harrowarts.com
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