AYE WRITE! GLASGOW'S BOOK FESTIVAL
Mitchell Library and Theatre
7 - 15 March 2008

Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival celebrates the rich variety of Glaswegian writing and also brings the best of Scottish and international writers to the city. The programme includes a mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, screenwriting and graphic novels along with sessions on illustration and storytelling.
There are over 60 sessions in the main programme with past speakers including Louise Welsh, William McIlvanney, Billy McNeill, Ian McEwan, Roy Hattersley, Maggie O'Farrell, Iain Banks, Andrew Marr and Stuart Murdoch. In addition to over 70 weekday events for schools, there are weekend sessions for children.

Contact: Wilma Moore
Glasgow City Council
Libraries, information and learning
Mitchell Library
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Tel: +44 (0)141 287 2806
Fax: +44 (0)141 287 2871
Web links: http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Visitors/AyeWriteGlasgowsBookFestival/

CAMBRIDGEWORDFEST
28 - 30 March 2008

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

ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL
March 2008
A month long festival bringing readers and writers together throughout the county, with many events in libraries. The festival showcases new writers as well as bringing a range of established writers to Essex. Germaine Greer, Mike Ripley and Francis Wheen are patrons of the festival

Contact: June Turner (Reader Development Manager)
Essex Library Headquarters
Goldlay Gardens
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0EW
Tel: +44 (0)1245 244953\par Box Office +44 (0)1206 573948 \par
Fax: +44 (0)1245 492780
E-Mail: june.turner@essexcc.gov.uk, malcolm.burgess@essexcc.gov.uk
Web links: http://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk

HALLAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL (BIENNIAL)
March 2008

A biennial festival with a number of readings, events and discussions.

Contact: Archie Markham
Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus
Howard Street
Sheffield
S1 1WB
Tel: +44 (0)114 253 2228
E-Mail: e.a.markham@shu.ac.uk

HUDDERSFIELD LITERATURE FESTIVAL
7 - 16 March 2008
Various venus around Huddersfield

This year's authors include Joanne Harris, (festival patron), who'll
be discussing her life and work, including her new book The Lollipop
Shoes; zany poet Nick Toczek who'll show you how to twist a rhyme and
turn rhythm into poems, with a few magic tricks up his sleeve;
novelist and broadcaster Stuart Maconie, who'll be reading from and
discussing his new book Pies and Prejudice; plus sharp, silver-tongued
performance poetry and lyrics fromGeneration TxT.

Contact: Rommi Smith, Creative Writing Projects Officer and Festival Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 1484 471 895
E-mail: brochure@litfest.org.uk

KING'S LYNN FICTION FESTIVAL
King's Lynn Town Hall
14 - 16 March 2008

A fiction festival featuring readings and talks. The 2008 lineup features Beryl Bainbridge, Aminatta Forna, Liz Jensen, Tom Phelan and Louis de Bernieres.

Contact: Anthony Ellis (Chairman)
19 Tuesday Market Place
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1JW
Tel: +44 (0)1553 691661 (day)/+44 (0)1553 761919 (evening)
Fax: +44 (0)1553 691779
Web links: http://www.lynnlitfests.com

KINGS SUTTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
King's Sutton Memorial Hall
8 - 9 March 2008

Speakers for 2008 are John Mortimer, Steven Berkoff, Bishop Richard Harries, Mark Billingham, Anne Perry, Tim Butcher, Lawrence Potter, Martin Gurdon, Catherine Bailey and Clare Clark. A young writer's workshop on Saturday is free, as is a talk about Hens, both by Martin Gurdon. Second-hand and new books will be for sale, and there is an all day cafe. A warm welcome is guaranteed.

Contact: Jackie Bradley
4 Church Avenue
Kings Sutton
Banbury
Oxon
OX17 3RJ
E-mail:tickets@kslitfest.co.uk

OUNDLE FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE
17 - 31 March 2008

Featuring a programme of author events, poetry, philosophy, politics, story telling, biography, illustrators and novelists for young and old.

Contact: Liz Dillarstone (Publicity)
2 Herne Road
Oundle
PE8 4BS
Northamptonshire
Tel: +44 (0)1832 274960
Fax: +44 (0)1832 277173
E-Mail: Liz@oundlelitfest.org.uk
Web links: http://www.oundlelitfest.org.uk

SPIT-LIT: THE SPITALFIELDS LITERARY FESTIVAL
March 2008

Celebrating women's writing and including events for International Women's Day. Links with the Women's Library (formerly known as the Fawcett Library) and Tower Hamlets libraries. This year's festival will feature Sheila Cohen, Lynne Segal, Marilyn Heward Mills, Lesley Lokko, Marian Kilpatrick and many more.

Contact: Maggie Pinhorn (Director)
Alternative Arts - Top Studio
Bethnal Green Training Centre
Deal Street
London
E1 5HZ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7375 0441
Fax: +44 (0)20 7375 0484
E-Mail: info@alternativearts.co.uk
Web links: http://www.alternativearts.co.uk

STANZA: SCOTLAND'S POETRY FESTIVAL
St Andrews
12 - 16 March 2008

The only regular festival dedicated to poetry in Scotland, StAnza takes place each March in the ancient university town of St Andrews. StAnza is consistently international in outlook and engages with all forms of poetry: read and spoken verse; poetry in exhibition; performance poetry; cross-media collaboration; schools work; book launches; and poetry workshops.

Contact: Brian Johnstone (Festival Director)
Registered Office:
57 Lade Braes
St Andrews
Fife
Scotland
KY16 9DA
Tel: +44 (0)1333 360 491 (Administration) +44 (0)1334 475 000 (Box Office) +44 (0)1592 414 714 (Programmes)
E-Mail: admin@stanzapoetry.org
Web links: http://www.stanzapoetry.org

WORDS BY THE WATER
Theatre by the Lake
29 February - 9 March 2008

Literature festival organised by Ways With Words. For ten days writers and readers get together to share the pleasure of books, words and ideas.

Contact: Kay Dunbar
Ways with Words
Droridge Farm
Dartington
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 6JG
Tel: +44 (0)1803 867373 (Administration)/+44 (0)1803 867311 (Box office)
Fax: +44 (0)1803 863688
E-Mail: admin@wayswithwords.co.uk
Web links: http://www.wayswithwords.co.uk

WORDS LIVE: HARROW LITERATURE FESTIVAL
March 2008

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

YORK LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2008
1 - 15 March 2008

Two weeks celebrating the written and spoken word in one of England's most beautiful cities. For 2008, the festival features :  John Baker, Fiona Shaw, Jean Saunders, Poets In Diaspora, Writing For Your Life, The Art of self-publishing with G. P. Taylor,  Where Are The Poets of World War II ?, Women and Words,  Pennine Poets and much more.

Contact: Miles Salter
Read-Write York Co-Ordinator
Tel: +44 (0)1904 554316
E-Mail: miles.salter@york.gov.uk