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Henley Literary Festival

What? Chi-chi literature festival attracting prominent writers and journalists. Big events in an intimate setting.

The fourth Henley Literary Festival, will take place from September 29 to October 3, 2010 and the organisers tell us it is is "bigger and better than ever'.

Appearances from the likes of Melvyn Bragg, Alexei Sayle (rig alexi_sayle ht) , Antonia Fraser and Craig Brown are among the 100 events held throughout the town at a range of venues including the Kenton Theatre and the River and Rowing Museum. More

Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival

What? A 3-day festival celebrating the area’s rich literary heritage. Most of the authors come from North London , including many big names .Who? Martin Amis (above), Joanna Trollope, Gavin Esler, Tracy Chevalier, Maggie O'Farrell, Howard Jacobson, Lionel Shriver, Lord Archer, Rachel Billington When? 19 – 21 September, 2010 Details

Independent Woodstock Literary Festival

Sponsored by The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, Woodstock claims to have become " the UK's ultimate boutique literary festival" - as opposed to non-boutique festivals we suppose? You know who you are non-boutique ones.

The Festival has a mix of national and international speakers, controversial debates, lectures, discussions and book launches, together with a pub quiz, literary lunches and teas, gin- and wine-tastings at The Feathers, the festival hotel. Lovely, lovely.

There is also a schools festival strand - without the gin tasting probably.

When? 15th -19th September, 2010 Who? In 2010 Richard Dawkins, Ann Leslie, Philip Pullman, Bettany Hughes, Colin Dexter, Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, more Where? Blenheim Palace and various venues in Woodstock.

Appledore Book Festival

What? Set up in 2006 to save the Appledore Library, the festival is held in a quaint little fishing village. Who? 2010 Kate Adie, Shirley Williams, PD stella_rimmington James, Stella Rimington (reflecting on life as a spy master above) , Paddy Ashdown, more When? September 25 - 3 October, 2010. Details

Wigtown Book Festival

What? Set in glorious rolling countryside in the shadow of the Galloway hills Wigtown ha ian_rankin s been described as a sort 'Hay-on-Wye with a kilt. Tthe ancient market town has more than 15 bookshops -Stop salivating Deidre! Who? : - Peter Hain on Nelson Mandela - Ian Rankin (above) - Richard Holloway - Margo MacDonald - Val McDermid & more Where? Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland When? September 24-October 3 , 2010 Details

Writing by the Sea- Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

What? One might associate Budleigh Salterton with Noel Coward, with Giles Wemmbley-Hogg but not with literature.

The festival is called Writing by the Sea” because the sea has always attracted people who want to write — and, for that matter, those who want to sit quietly and read as well.

Who? 2010 Hilary Mantel, Caroline Taggart, Terence Frisby, Carol Ann Duffy, Sir Christopher Meyer, Simon Brett, Susan Hill, Mal Peet When? 24-26 September, 2010. More

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The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour by Peter Mandelson

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Featured Author - Martin Amis

Martin Amis was born in Oxford in 1949, the son of the writer Kingsley Amis. He was educated in schools in Britain, Spain and the USA, and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, with First Class Honours in English. He wrote and published his first novel, The Rachel Papers (1973), while working as an editorial assistant at the Times Literary Supplement. The novel won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1974 and was followed by Dead Babies in 1975. He was Literary Editor of the New Statesman between 1977 and 1979, publishing his third novel, Success, in 1978. Continues

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The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour by Peter Mandelson

The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects.

Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government. More

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