YORK LITERATURE FESTIVAL 
What's it all about? York Literature Festival 2010. A festival in one of the UK's most beautiful cities. A celebration of nationally respected writers, as well as writers with York-connections. The festival offers workshops and open-mics for local people as well as the chance to see famous writers talk about their work. Over 50 events across the city.
When? 18th - 28th March 2010
When established ? First event was 2007. Has run each year since.
Where? Various locations around York, including York Theatre Royal, York St John University, Waterstone's, local pubs and cafes.
Who's appearing in 2010 ? Sunday Times bestseller Kate Atkinson, Jon McGregor (If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things etc), Jim Crace (Quarantine etc), Andrew Martin. Book launches by Rebecca Jenkins, Miles Cain and Adrienne Odasso. Plus Oz Hardwick, Pennine Poets and local storyteller Adrian Spendlow. Local writing groups will also be in action, including York Spoken Word, Speaker's Corner, Pen to Paper Women and Words and York Poetry Society. Keen writers can hear from literary agent Judith Murray what agents are looking for, and there's a storytelling event for children and families. You can also take a guided walk around York's many sites of literary interest.
Where? AA Route Planner | multimap
Festival Website: York Liter
ature Festival
Previous festivals: Lindsey Davies, Kate Lock, Helen Burke, Nigel Walker, Diane Setterfield, Anneliese Emmans Dean, Michael Boulter
Literary York
York is one of the most distinguished and historic cities in the world and has a rich literary and cultural inheritance. W. H. Auden, Andrew Martin and Kate Atkinson were born here. The Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins were regular visitors to the city, as was Daniel Defoe, whose character Robinson Crusoe was from York. The first two volumes of Sterne’s Tristram Shandy were printed in Stonegate. Margaret Drabble and A. S. Byatt went to The Mount School, as did Judi Dench, another native. Authors who have made York their home include John Baker, Fiona Shaw and Kate Lock.
