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Featured Authors
Festival Highlights:
Roy Hattersley
talking about Borrowed Time - The Story of Britain between The Wars
Diana Quick
on her autobiography Tug Upon The Thread

Melvyn Bragg

on his new novel Remember Me

Libby Purves
on her new novel Shadow Child
Philip Reeve,
the Carnegie Medal winning author
Julian Clary
in conversation about his latest novel
Pam Ayres,
inimitable and ever-popular
Felix Dennis
with sharp observations and free wine
Gyles Brandreth
on Oscar Wilde in his unique style
We're already busy programming the Festival

The fun is over for another year!

The 2nd Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival took place between Tuesday, 28th April and Monday, 4th May 2009 and was a triumphant success.

Highlights of the 2009 Festival included:

Pam Ayres

Melvyn Bragg

Gyles Brandreth

Julian Clary

Gloria Hunniford

Roy Hattersley

Felix Dennis
Libby Purves OBE

Jasvinder Sanghera

David Nicholls
Deborah Moggach

Stuart Maconie

Professor Jonathan Bate

Ben Crystal
Zoe Lewis

Ginny Davis

Jill Fraser

Philip Reeve

Philip Ardagh

MG Harris

Dan Freedman

Christopher Rush

Julia Golding

Angela Woolfe

John Fardell and many others

We had hundreds of entries to the short story competition, writers joined our workshops and children came to have their faces painted, to make books and to listen to enchanting story telling.

Join us next year for another great programme!

If you are interested in event sponsorship at the Stratford Literary Festival please call us on 01789 470185. If you'd like to become a Friend of the Festival, you can find out more by clicking here.

We are extremely grateful to Stratford Town Trust who have once again given us a grant towards the success of the Children's Festival.