Brighton International Poetry Festival

December 1st - December 9th 2008

Supported by Latest Homes & the University of Brighton

Brighton Poetry Festival returns for its sixth year with a fantastic range of events and activities at venues around the city.

Tickets for all events will be available on the door or from THE SOUTH’s website in September. Friends of THE SOUTH receive a discount on all ticket prices.

The Arts and Books Festival at the Wordsworth Trust

January 23rd - January 25th 2009

The Wordsworth Trust is proud to present the programme for the 2009 Weekend Arts and Book Festival, a vibrant programme of lectures, readings and workshops illuminating aspects of literature and the visual arts. Visit the website for more information.

Jewish Book Week

February 21st - March 1st 2009

Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, London WC1

Jewish Book Week has contributors from around the globe. There are over 50 sessions in London and 30 nationwide on contemporary issues which radically affect our sense of ourselves as individuals and members of diverse communities.

Words by the Water

February 27th - March 8th 2009

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, Cumbria is the centre for this exciting literature festival organised by Ways With Words. For 10 days writers and readers get together to share the pleasure of books, words and ideas. Visit the website for more information.

Bath Literature Festival

February 28th - March 8th 2009

The Bath Literature Festival programmes over 100 different literary events from debates and lectures to readers’ groups, workshops and films in venues throughout the city. In addition there are a number of events for children and young people.

Kings Sutton Literary Festival

March 7th - March 8th 2009

King’s Sutton Memorial Hall

Meet old friends and make new ones, and to celebrate King’s Sutton’s Weekend World of Books.

E-mail for more details:tickets@kslitfest.co.uk

Oundle Festival of Literature

March 7th - March 21st 2009

Featuring a programme of author events, poetry, philosophy, politics, story telling, biography, illustrators and novelists for young and old.

King’s Lynn Fiction Festival

March 13th - March 15th 2009

King’s Lynn Town Hall - A fiction festival featuring readings and talks.

The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

March 29th - April 5th 2009

Christ Church

Peru’s foremost and most distinguished writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, will give the very first Chancellor’s Lecture introduced by the Chancellor of The University of Oxford, Lord Patten, in the Sheldonian Theatre - designed by the seventeenth century architect Sir Christopher Wren. Wedgwood, England’s finest china company, brings us The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu to talk about Englishness in celebration of their 250th anniversary. And the eminent historian David Starkey will talk about Henry VIII.

Cambridge Wordfest

April 22nd - April 26th 2009

An annual literature festival held in the spring in Cambridge and surrounding area. It aims to provide a richly packed weekend of some of the best in contemporary fiction, political debate, workshops and events for children. It is a festival for writers as well as readers. Authors who have attended in the past include: Carol Ann Duffy, Lionel Shriver, Andrew Cowan, Kathryn Hughes, Helen Dunmore, Geraldine McCaughrean, Sandi Toksvig and Marina Lewicka.