Country Bookshop Peak Festival

Not sure if still a happening thing????

The Peak Spring and Autumn literary festivals was held annually in the Peak District National Park, the second most visited national park in the world with over 22 million visitors per year. The Spring Festival was held in May/June and the Autumn Festival in October/ November.

When? Autumn

2012 TBA

Where? Peak District National Park. Various Venues

Who? 2012 TBA

Festival Website? Seems to have evaporated as far as we can tell

Programme? Event Details on Facebook

Past Festivals? Broadcasters and Columnists : Alan Titchmarsh, Diarmuid Gavin, Kate Adie, Ben Fogle, Germaine Greer, Joan Bakewell, Late Richard Whiteley and Francesco da Mosto.

Politicians and Campaigners : Clare Short MP, Anne Widdecombe MP, George Galloway MP, Tony Benn, David Blunkett MP, Roy Hattersley, Matthew Parris, Edwina Currie, Tariq Ali, Guardian New York Correspondent Gary Younge, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazamm Begg and Rwandan Genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza.

Sports and Adventure : Ellen MacArthur, James Cracknell, Dickie Bird, Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, George Band, Guy Grieve, Benedict Allen, Rob and Jo Gambi.

Social Entreprenuers : Mark Waddington (Warchild), Nick Temple (Global Ideas Bank), Susanne Garnett (Village Aid), Michael Norton (UnLtd).

Children's writers : Anne Fine, G P Taylor, Berlie Doherty, Dugald Steer, Peter Murray.

Natural History and Country Matters : Fred Pearce, Colin Tudge, David Rothenberg, Mark Cocker, Johnny Kingdom, Craig Taylor, Jackie Moffat, John Beatty.

Film Directors: Michael Winner, Ken Annakin.

Historians and Travel Writers: William Dalrymple, Clive Aslet, Mark Tully, Judith Flanders, Gervase Phinn, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Jane Fearnley Whittingstall, David Crystal and Stuart McLean (Canada), Brian Turner, Roger Protz, James Geary, Charles Allen, Michael Wood.