welcome

Dates for our 2012 Festival: 22nd to 28th April 

Tickets on sale Monday, 13th February at 10am

Speakers confirmed so far:

Sunday, 22nd April:
Channel 4 News' Lindsey Hilsum 
Maziar Bahair
Chinese writers Mo Yan and Lu Jiande

Monday, 23rd April
Workshop with Julia Crouch
The Very Grimm Brothers
Jenni Murray

Tuesday, 24th April
Workshop with Mavis Cheek
Sarah Bradford
SJ Watson and Rachel Joyce - great debuts

Wednesday, 25th April
Ben Anderson
Oddsocks Theatre Company
Iain Banks

Thursday, 26th April
Shakespeare in Kabul
Simon Armitage
Carol Ann Duffy
Andrew Motion

Friday, 27th April
Jude Morgan
Patrick Gale
Jeremy Paxman

Saturday, 28th April
Prue Leith
Mark Easton
Charles Moore, PD James, Prue Leith, Simon Thurley and The Rectory Society

Monday, 7th May Family Fun Day
MacKenzie Crook
Playbox Theatre
Nikki Smedley
Paul Cookson
Robert Crowther
Mei Matsuoka
Sarah McIntyre

Schools events:
Anne Fine
Taffy Thomas
Karen McCombie
Victoria Campbell
Steve Cole
Andrew Weale
Lauren St John
Sam Osman
Julie Fulton
Sally Gardner
Alexander Gordon Smith

 

Like a peek at what we did in 2011?

Catch up here on the events you didn't make:

Dame Shirley Williams

Compton Verney Fun Day

Mark Radcliffe

John Humphrys

Colin Dexter

Larry Lamb

Barbara Trapido

Arthur Smith

Katie Ffforde, Mavis Cheek and Dame Harriet Walter

 

We are extremely grateful to  Stratford Town Trust who have once again given us a grant towards the success of the Festival. Thank you too to all the volunteers who worked with us to make 2011 such a success including Rupert Barnes (photography), KT Bruce (Photography), Stratford College Film Students (Film footage), our team of Stewards, Mike Flowers and Set Square Design, Wendy Freeman, and Amanda Dale.

‘Thank you so much for having me at your Festival. I enjoyed it so much.’
Barbara Trapido

Please note: Literary Festival events are usually an hour long, unless otherwise stated.