Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival

What? The third Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival is a partnership between the Ham&High newspaper and the London Jewish Cultural Centre. It i s a 3-day festival celebrating the area’s rich literary heritage. Most of the authors come from North London , including many big names.

When? 11 – 13 September, 2011

Who? 2011 Raymond Blanc, Esther Freud, Peter Snow, Edna O'Brien, Diana Athill, Peter Sissons, Nicholas Parsons, Andrew Morton, Daisy Waugh, Barbara Taylor Bradford (above), Alan Hollinghurst, Mark Malloch Brown, Gavin Esler and Sarah Brown

Where? Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11 7SX

Travel by bus or underground to Golders Green Station (Northern Line), from which it is a 10 minute walk up North End Road, or a short ride on either the 268 or 210 bus.

How much? from £5 to £15 . Bookings open 1st July

Festival Website: www.hamhighlitfest.com

email: litfest@ljcc.org.ukd

Previous Festivals? 2009 & 2010 - Justin Somper, Joe Craig, Sally-Ann Lever, Jenny Valentine, Adele Geras, SophieHerxheimer and Andy Stanton. Sebastian Faulks, Geraldine D’Amico. Gerald Ronson and Martin Bell, Michael Frayn, Dan Cruickshank, Claudia Roden, Kathy Lette, Professor Richard Overy, Arabella Weir, Justine Picardie, Tom Bower, Howard Jacobson, Andrew Sanger, Mark Billingham, Linda Grant, Martin Amis (interviewer Erica Wagner), Joanna Trollope, Gavin Esler, Tracy Chevalier, Maggie O'Farrell, Howard Jacobson, Lionel Shriver, Lord Archer, Rachel Billington, Giles Coren, Lynda Bellingham, Marika Cobbold (interviewer Amanda Craig), John Harvey, Kate Figes, Mark Billingham, David Morrisey, Daisy Hay, Yotam Ottolenghi, Jay Rayner, Steven Berkoff, Maggie O Farrell, Andrew Graham Dixon, Fiona Kirk, Ion Trewin, Pen Farthing and Linda Kelsey (interviewer Olivia Lichtenstein) .