Warwick literary festival a must for October
Warwick’s popular literary festival will be taking over the town at the beginning of October.
Amongst the household names at the festival will be romantic novelist Katie Fforde , Joan Bakewell, Sarah Waters, who will be in conversation with Andrew Davies, former children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo, and Fiona Millar, journalist, educational campaigner and partner of Alastair Campbell the former press secretary to Tony Blair.
Controversial Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will also be appearing along with Horrible Histories author Terry Deary and Professor Steve Jones.
The festival takes place over four days, from Thursday October 1 to Sunday October 4, and also includes a host of workshops and events for children.
The itinerary can be seen here, www.warwickwords.co.uk.
Posted: August 30th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Michael Morpurgo
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