What's it all about? Ilkley Literature Festival - the North's liveliest and most prestigious Literature Festival 190 events over seventeen days. Authors' events, Discussions, Readings, Performances, Workshops, Reader's Events, Literary Walks, Poetry, Festival Fringe, Children's and Young People's Weekend.....
Who? Simon Armitage, Shelia Rowbotham, Melvyn Bragg, Meg Rosoff,Tim Binding, Patricia Duncker, Janice Galoway + more
When? 30 September October- 16 October, 2011
Where? Ilkley Playhouse, Ilkley, Bradford - AA Route Planner | multimap
How much? £3-£10, some free
Festival Website:www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Tel: 01943 816 714
Previous festivals : A L Kennedy, Alan Titchmarsh, Alan Bennett, David Peace , Paddy Ashdown , Kate Adie, Michael Morpurgo, Louis de Bernieres, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Justine Picardie, Cherie Blair, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Chris Patten, Jenni Murray, Rick Wakeman, Will Self, Steve Jones, Susan Greenfield, Sheila Hancock, Simon Hoggart, Jenny Eclair and Judith Holder, Gerald Scarfe, Katharine Whitehorn, Ian McMillan, Misha Glenny, Jeremy Isaacs, Corin Redgrave,Kika Markham,Kate Atkinson, Lionel Shriver, Gillian Slovo, David Guterson, Howard Jacobson, Mavis Cheek and Adam Mars-Jones... In 2010 - Shappi Khorsandi, Brian Patten, Peter Snow, Will Self, Marcus du Sauto,y Niall Ferguson, Louise Rennison, Gervase Phinn, Simon Hoggart
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