The Lincoln Book Festival has attracted local, national and international writers and artists who celebrate both historical and contemporary works of art spanning from Lincolnshire's past with the Magna Carta and Tennyson, to new writing. This richness has ensured the public have access to a wide range of authors and experiences and helps them to engage with reading and writing in many non-traditional ways.
When? - September 28 to October 3, 2015
Where? Various venues around Lincoln -
Who? 2015 TBA
Festival Website: www.lincolnbookfestival.org
Twitter? @lincolnbookfest
Facebook? Yes
Box Office? For the box office call (01522) 873894 or www.lincolndrillhall.com.
Previous Festivals? Michael Connelly, Alison Weir, Paddy Ashdown, Marcel Theroux, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Boyne, Peter Kerr, RJ Ellory, , Gill Hart, Christopher Winn, Frank Gardner, Simon Cawte, Andrew Martin, Karen Maitland, Rachel Johnson, Marina Fiorato, Jim Cartwright, Daniel Blythe, Anthony Briggs, David Hewson, Simon Clark, Bill Hussey, Claire Harman , Joseph D'Lacey.
Earl Spencer, MP Chris Bryant and national newspaper columnist Simon Heffer are all among the names to grace the 2014 Lincoln Book Festival.
The festival, which takes place at The Collection between September 29th and October 4th, will once again take visitors on a fascinating journey through history – from the civil war right up to the swinging sixties.
Each day evening will have a different theme and feature two authors.
Monday will be devoted to the famous Lincolnshire sons – George Boole and Isaac Newton – who changed the world and were fathers of the computer age.
Tuesday will be an evening ideal for enthusiastic gardeners as our two speakers discuss the power of plants and gardens taking us through the history of gardens as well as the story of the seven flowers that shaped the planet.
The festival has once again created an evening for art lovers and this year we will be exploring the life of influential artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler and the influence of Americans on our great 20th century houses.
The King and Parliament will be theme of Thursday night – with Charles Spencer talking about the death of Charles I and Chris Bryant MP taking the audience through the history of Parliament in conversation with Labour peer Baron Radice.
Friday will bring visitors back into the 21st century with an evening devoted to the Swinging Sixties while on Saturday Dr Hannah Grieg and Simon Heffer will take us through the high and lows of Georgian and Victorian Britain.
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2011 -Terry Waite CBE, The Rt Hon Norman Lord Lamont and Patrick the Lord Cormack, Val McDermid (right), Stephen Booth, Sophie Hannah, Dr Nick Barratt and performances from Ian McMillan and Tony Husband, Brian Patten and Paul Cookson. Local authors will be at the centre of the Festival once again with Sue Allan, Margaret Dickinson, Kate Walker and Stephen Wade making appearances.
If you are involved in this festival you can update or change details via the organisers page . Authors can list here.