ASHBOURNE FESTIVAL
17 June - 3 July 2011
This multi-arts festival has some literary content. Featuring creative writing workshops, poetry, Peak District Writers' Forum, and the songs, stories and music of Derbyshire and the East Midlands.
Contact: Ann Rosser
Ashbourne Festival
St John’s Community Hall
King Street
Ashbourne
DE6 1EA
Email: info@ashbournefestival.org
Website: www.ashbournefestival.org
AYOT LITERARY FESTIVAL
24 June - 26 June 2011
The 2011 programme comprises events for adults and children, with the theme for adult events being intelligent, entertaining discussion, with writers covering a broad range of subjects and of course, their latest book. Children’s events will be fun and inspiring, and audience participation will be encouraged.
Confirmed authors include Barbara Erskine, Will Hutton, Conn Iggulden, Jane Johnson, Prue Leith, Alexander McCall Smith, Adele Parks, Tony Parsons, Simon Scarrow and Darren Shan.
Contact: Fiona McIntosh, Festival Director
Tel: +44 (0)1707 326865
Email: info@greenfestivals.co.uk
Website: www.ayotliteraryfestival.co.uk
BROADSTAIRS DICKENS FESTIVAL
19 - 25 June 2011
A mixed arts family festival inspired by the works of Charles Dickens. Literature events include the Festival Play Hard Times, readings and talks. Other events include Victorian parades, cricket match, bathing parties, music hall entertainment, duels, melodramas and guided walks.
Contact: Philip Shaw (Festival Organiser)
10 Lanthorne Road
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 3NH
Tel: +44 (0)1843 861827
Fax: +44 (0)1843 861827
E-Mail: broadstairsdickens@hotmail.com / cramptontower@hotmail.co.uk
Web links: http://www.broadstairsdickensfestival.co.uk/
BORDERS BOOK FESTIVAL
16-19 June 2011
1 The Wynd
Bucclauch Street
Melrose TD6 9LD
Tel: +44 (0)870 6080404
Website: www.bordersbookfestival.org
CHICHESTER FESTIVITIES
25 June - 11 July 2011
A mixed arts festival of international orchestras, jazz, contemporary sculpture, including an expanding talks and literature programme.
Contact: Amanda Sharp (Festival Director)
Canon Gate House
South Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1PU
Tel: +44 (0)1243 785718/+44 (0)1243 780192 (box office from June)
Fax: +44 (0)1243 528356
E-Mail: info@chifest.org.uk
Web links: http://www.chifest.org.uk
CORSHAM FESTIVAL
19 - 26 June 2011
A mainly music festival focusing on contemporary music and arts with a small literary content. There will be a range of lunchtime, evening and workshop events.
Contact: Ian Martin (General Manager)
The Pound Arts Centre
Pound Pill
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9HX
Tel: +44 (0)845 458 0797
E-Mail: info@corshamfestival.org.uk
Web links: http://www.corshamfestival.org.uk
DERBYSHIRE LITERATURE FESTIVAL (BIENNIAL)
1 - 14 June 2011
The Derbyshire Literature Festival is a county-wide literature festival celebrating reading, writing and literature in all its forms.
Contact: Alison Betteridge (Literature Development Officer)
Derbyshire County Council
Cultural & Community Services Department
Alfreton Library
Severn Square
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 7BQ
Tel: +44 (0)1773 831359
Fax: +44 (0)1773 831359
E-Mail: call.centre@derbyshire.gov.uk
Web links: http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/arts_entertainment/literature_development/literature_festival/
GRASSINGTON FESTIVAL
11 - 26 June 2011
A general arts and music festival that includes some literary events. The main acts are housed in a festival marquee, but there are shows held in a series of venues including pubs and churches around the village.
Contact: Joan Haspel (Publicity Officer)
Lythe Cottage
Grassington
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 5AU
Tel: +44 (0)1756 752691
Fax: +44 (0)870 161 7344
E-Mail: info@grassington-festival.org.uk
Web links: http://www.grassington-festival.org.uk
HUMBER MOUTH: HULL LITERATURE FESTIVAL
26 June - 11 July 2011
The Humber Mouth literature festival focuses on local contemporary literary talent as well as visits from well-known poets, authors and performers. The event incorporates the Hull Festival and includes a range of day-time and evening events for all ages.
Contact: Maggie Hannan
Hull City Arts Unit
4th Floor
Kingston House
Bond Street
Hull
HU1 3ER
Tel: +44 (0)1482 612484
Fax: +44 (0)1482 612530
E-Mail: humbermouth@gmail.com / Maggie.Hannan@hullcc.gov.uk
Web links: http://www.humbermouth.org.uk
LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL
4 - 13 June 2011
The 'all arts' Leominster Festival was inaugurated in 1980 around a performance by the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, who have been an essential part of the Festival and the Leominster scene ever since.
Contact: Mrs Jean Dickson
101 Etnam Street
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 8AF
Email: info@leominster-festival.co.uk
Website: www.leominster-festival.co.uk/
LOWDHAM BOOK FESTIVAL
18 - 25 June 2011
A festival including nationally-known fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, plays and music. In addition to the public events there is an associated schools programme and a year-round programme of literary events in the village. Further details for 2008 are not yet available.
Nottinghamshire County Council
4th Floor, Arts
West Bridgeford
Nottingham
Notts
NG2 7QP
E-Mail: info@fiveleaves.co.uk
Web links: http://www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk
LUDLOW FESTIVAL
26 June - 11 July 2011
A multi-arts festival.
Festival Office
Castle Square
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1AY
Tel: +44 (0)1584 875070
Fax: +44 (0)1584 877673
E-Mail: admin@ludlowfestival.co.uk
Web links: http://www.ludlowfestival.co.uk
ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL
18 - 23 June 2011
A midsummer celebration of the arts with a mixed programme of music, drama, dance, visual arts and literature. Further details are not yet available.
Contact: Angela Henderson (Festival Administrator)
60 Victoria Street
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
KW15 1DN
Tel: +44 (0)1856 871445
Fax: +44 (0)1856 871170
E-Mail: info@stmagnusfestival.com
Web links: http://www.stmagnusfestival.com
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON-POETRY-FESTIVAL
11 June - 10 July 2011
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: Coreen Turner (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
WORLDS LITERARY FESTIVAL
21 - 27 June 2011
Writers’ Centre Norwich invite you to come along and meet writers from countries including India, China, the USA and the UK at five days of events, readings and workshops. The week features writers such as Geoff Dyer, Robin Hemley and Naomi Alderman.
Contact: Katy Carr (Communications and PR)
Writers’ Centre Norwich
14 Princes Street
Norwich
NR3 1AE
Tel: +44 (0)1603 877177
E-Mail: info@writerscentrenorwich.org.uk
Web links: http://www.writerscentrenorwich.org.uk
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