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PORT ELIOT LIT FEST -

Featuring an eclectic mix of writers, poets, filmmakers and musicians. this is one of GBs most original, magical, bohemian, bookish, colourful, musical and comic festivals.Who in 2010 ? Rachael Rose Reid, Toby Young, Tim Smit , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall,When? 23 - 25 July, 2010 . More

Buxton Festival Literature Series

The Peak District hills host a friendly crowd of opera, music and literature lovers from all over the country during July’s Buxton Festival.

A morning literary series, afternoon concerts and rarely-performed opera in the evening offer a rich and unique cultural experience, attracting big names and a faithful audience to an historic and beautiful setting. Where? Buxton , Derbyshire. When? 7 - 25 July 2010. Who? Patrick Gale, Cherie Blair, Prue Leith, Melvyn Bragg, Vince Cable, Willian Fiennes. More

Theakston Old Peculier Harrogate Crime Writing Festival

It’s the best celebration of crime writing in Europe. Theakstons Old Peculier crime writing festival, with competitions, panel discussions. Presentation of The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. All set-in the quintessentially English town of Harrogate, famous for it’s tearooms, spa waters, gardens.- oh and don't forget the beer.Who? Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre, Jeffery Deaver, Joanne Harris, Jeff Lindsay, Karin SlaughterWhen? July 22-25 July, 2010 Where? The Crown Hotel, Harrogate, North Yorkshire , England. More

Bestsellers

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

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Legacy by Katherine Webb

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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

Appledore Book Festival

What? Set up in 2006 to save the Appledore Library, the festival has become an important part of the literary calendar, with all profits going to charity. Held in a quaint little fishing village, it has workshops and talks by authors hoping to promote a love of reading in people of all ages

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

Edinburgh International Book Festival

What? A festival of open horizons and energising ideas, at the heart of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature. 17 extraordinary days, 750 events, 800 authors, over 40 different countries represented.

Who? In 2010 Joyce Carol Oates, Lionel Shriver,AL Kennedy (above) Amy Bloom, controversial cultural theorist David Shields and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz., James Robertson, Nicholas Parsons, Candia McWilliam, Fay Weldon, Lydia Davis and Jo Shapcott, DBC Pierre and Roy Hattersley & more When? Sat 14 - Mon 30 August 2010 Details

Wigtown Book Festival

What's it all about? Set in glorious rolling countryside in the shadow of the Galloway hills and a stone's throw from the Solway Firth, the royal burgh of Wigtown is Scotland's National Book Town. It ha ian_rankin s often been described as a sort Hay-on-Wye with a kilt: the ancient market town has more than 15 bookshops. It's also home to the Wigtown Book Festival (24 September to 3 October 2010), the largest annual literary gathering in Scotland outside Edinburgh.

Who? Some (early) 2010 confirmed name/events for this year include: - 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

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The Big Brothers

Too big for some, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Oxford and Hay are the giants of the Litfest scene.

They offer a dazzling array of literary talent for consumption by the masses. Book early for the big name authors and make sure there is space on your credit card. Worth every penny.......

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

Featured Book

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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