Help Our Local Schools
We have set up new ways for local folk and businesses to support the Festival and fund its expanding year-round…
Tyranny in Weimar
Historian Katja Hoyer delivers a gripping story of life during the rise and reign of Hitler in her newbook Weimar…
Pick of the month
A speaker at this year’s Festival is one of seven authors included in Waterstones’ Books of the Month of May….
Life in the past Lane
Historian and social media sensation Dr Jess Venner, who is a speaker at this year’s Festival, was delighted to be…
Event for Friends
Festival Friends are in for a thrilling night with cosy crime writer Jayne Chard who is to be guest speaker…
Writers at the ready
Entries for this year’s international competitions are now open, and there is hot competition for the £5,000 pot of prizes…
Lyse in line for award
Lyse Doucet – a sellout speaker at last year’s Festival – is on a shortlist of six authors for the…
Writers under wraps
No names can be revealed just yet, but behind the scenes the Festival booking team is sending out invitations and…
Sponsor the Festival
We are hugely grateful to our principal sponsor Chubb Bulleid, along with our other regular sponsors, for their continued support…
Top marks
The Festival’s Education Team brings quite a buzz to book learning with its year-round projects in local schools. These include…