When? November 1-3, 2013
Where? Lennoxlove House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Where? The entrance gates to Lennoxlove House can be found on the B6368. Enter and follow the driveway to the visitor parking area.
Who? In 2013 Sir Chris Bonington, Britain’s most eminent mountaineer, is to open this year’s festival, when he delivers the inaugural John Muir Lennoxlove Lecture to mark the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. The new lecture is in honour of one of East Lothian’s most famous sons, the conservationist and explorer John Muir, ahead of his centenary year in 2014, and has the theme of ‘Scotland’s wild places’.
Richard Dawkins, Patsy Kensit, Peter Snow, Kate Mosse, Maggie O’Farrell,Tony Singh and Gavin Francis will be joined by politicians Douglas Hurd and Alan Johnson, as well as master broadcasters Kirsty Wark talking about her life in books;Jeremy Paxman, on the history of the Great War and Jim Naughtie, talking about the presidency of Barack Obama. Crime fiction features prominently this year, including BBC Radio 4’s Mark Lawson talking about his new satirical crime novel; the ever popular Chris Brookmyre and Scotland’s godfather of crime William McIlvanney. John Lloyd, Jon Canter, John Sessions and Rory Bremner will lighten the mood
How much? Various prices ranging £3 - £15
Box Office? http://www.lbfboxoffice.co.uk/ Telephone for Enquiries? 0844 357 7611
Festival Website? www.lennoxlovebookfestival.comg
Previous festivals (authors): Alistair Darling, Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Brown, Mark Beaumont, Claire Tomalin, Allan Little, James Naughtie, Barbara Dickson, Isla Blair, Chris Bryant MP, Michael Frayn, Julia Donaldson, Andrew Murray, Barry Hutchison, Alexander McCall Smith, Kate Adie, Rory Bremner, Gervaise Phinn, Simon King, Michael Morpurgo, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Peter Snow, Fergal Keane, Ian Rankin, Iain M Banks, Alastair Campbell, James Naughtie, Sarah Dunant, Nicholas Parsons, Conn Iggulden, Anna Pavord, Tom Conti, Maggie O'sFarrell, William Fiennes, Simon King, Simon Hoggart, Simon King, Rory Bremner, Alexander McCall Smith, Kate Adie and Michael Morpurgo
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