Hello booklovers, A very happy Father’s Day to you all! We hope you enjoyed our roundup of events likely to appeal to Dad – if you missed it, take a look here. Today we thought we’d take a look at some of the events that the whole family can enjoy, young and old alike. Things […]
5 Questions with Henry Hemming
Henry Hemming will be joining us at the Festival to give us an insight into the enigmatic spymaster Maxwell Knight, and the two amazing female agents whom he recruited and trained. Today he joins us on the blog to answer our 5, 5-themed questions… 1. What can we expect from your event? A gripping tale of […]
Fave events for fathers!
Hello booklovers, So Father’s Day is fast approaching, and if you’re truly floundering for present inspiration you need look no further – your trusty Festival team is here to help! This year we’ve got a fantastic selection of events to keep Dad entertained, so read on for a taster… Does your Dad fancy himself […]
Let’s get local!
Hello Booklovers! Throughout this year’s festival, we have a multitude of inspiring, thought provoking and fascinating events from local people and organisations. For a special preview event, we are welcoming a much loved local artist Maggi Hambling this weekend, as she chats with Nicola Upson about her artwork and her recently published new book. And to […]
Where the fun happens…
Hello Booklovers young and…erm… not so young! This week we have had the spotlight on our young people’s programme and haven’t we got some treats in store for you all this year. I say all because lots of these events have such broad appeal – after all, age is just a number! The Book Trail […]
5 Questions with Top That Publishing
Top That Publishing are joining us for two fabulous events this festival. Come along to their free, drop-in arts and crafts session on Saturday morning and then learn about writing and publishing picture books on Sunday morning. Dan Graham from Top That kindly answered our five, five-themed questions… 1. What can we expect from your […]
5 Questions with Piers Torday and A.F. Harrold
Did you know the Festival is five years old this year? We can’t believe how quickly it’s gone either! To celebrate we’ve been asking our authors five, five-themed questions. As we’re focussing on our young people’s events this week, it’s a perfect opportunity to share answers from junior fiction authors Piers Torday and A.F. Harrold… […]
Perfect Poetry
Hello Booklovers, As the temperature outside rises, so does our excitement here at festival HQ! This week we are looking ahead to some of our fabulous poetry events! We hope you enjoy! Get your festival weekend off to a great start by joining the Café Poets for breakfast! They will be sharing their poetry over […]
Competition updates!
We know many of you will be on tenterhooks waiting to find out the results of our adult and children’s short story competitions, so here’s a little update… Yesterday Ruth Dugdall and Jeanette Hewitt met to judge the first round of the Short Story competition. They had both read all entries independently, then met at […]
Compelling crime and fabulous fiction
Hello booklovers, Things are hotting up at festival HQ, and we are full of excitement about the fantastic programme of events we’ll be sharing with you in six weeks’ time! So to whet your appetite, here’s a whistle-stop tour of what you can expect from the fiction and crime writers that we have in attendance […]