Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE
Our Festival Patron discusses his life’s work. As a British human rights activist and author we are thrilled that Sir Terry is also one of [...]
Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE
Katie da Cunha Lewin The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books We Love
Katie da Cunha Lewin The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books We Love
The Brontës’ study in the parsonage; Virginia Woolf’s garden room; Maya Angelou writing in hotel rooms and Ernest Hemingway in Parisian cafés- What is it [...]
Sarah Vaughan Based On A True Story
Sarah Vaughan Based On A True Story
The gripping new suspense novel from the bestselling author of 'Anatomy of a Scandal', A compelling novel about power, money and lies - A lavish [...]
Harriet Tyce Witch Trial
Harriet Tyce Witch Trial
A dark, original and compulsive legal thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange which revolves around the death of a teenager in an Edinburgh [...]
Richard Negus Words From The Hedge – A Hedgelayer’s View of the Countryside
Richard Negus Words From The Hedge - A Hedgelayer’s View of the Countryside
A passionate evocation of the history, beauty and importance of our hedgerows, their usage and value for wildlife habitat, nature recovery and biodiversity. Hedges are [...]
Patrick Galbraith Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside
Patrick Galbraith Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside
Patrick Galbraith takes us on an extraordinary tour of rural Britain, from the Hebrides to Devon, and from Anglo-Saxon England to the present day. To [...]
Susan Owens Constable’s Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons
Susan Owens Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons
Shaped by the cycle of the natural world, a fresh look at the life and work of John Constable as we celebrate the 250th anniversary [...]
Robin Ince Let the Quiet Ones Rise – poems about standing up and standing out
Robin Ince Let the Quiet Ones Rise - poems about standing up and standing out
An hour of stories and poems from our Festival Patron, looking at how to be a better ally, how to fit in the world and [...]
Blake Morrison On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing
Blake Morrison On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing
An exploration of narrative non-fiction, its challenges, ethics and charms, and its power to move and change us. From AI to ethics to politics to [...]
Mandy Morton Tea at 3 – ‘The Tabby in Black’
Mandy Morton Tea at 3 - 'The Tabby in Black'
Join festival favourite Mandy Morton for an afternoon tea as she reads from the latest book in her No2. Feline Detective Agency series. 'The Tabby [...]