This year’s Festival will take place from
Thursday 19th Sept to Sunday 22nd Sept 2013.

The exciting 4-day programme will shortly be announced – keep watching this space.

Featured authors include…

• Melvyn Bragg • Edna O’Brien • Toby Buckland
• Sarah Churchwell • Rachel Cooke • Miriam Darlington
• James Fleet • Lavinia Greenlaw • Christopher Hill
• Ed Hogan • PD James • Jackie Kay • Rachel Joyce
• Hilary Mantel • Jan Morris • Sarah Moss
• Ferdinand Mount • Martin Rees • Peter Snow
• Martin Sorrell • Sir Peter Stothard • Lynne Truss
• Alex Wade • Katie Ward • Dr Sam Willis

 

Authors appearing at last year’s Festival were …

• Lucy Adlington • Joan Bakewell • Jeremy Black •
 John Carey
• Babette Cole • Wendy Cope •
 Michael Frayn • Peter Hennessy
• Michael Holroyd •
 Meredith Hooper • Douglas Hurd • Kathy Lette
• 
Alison Light • Penelope Lively • Hilary Mantel • 
John O’Farrell
• Lawrence Sail • Lemn Sissay •
 Claire Tomalin • Ginette Vincendeau

Click HERE to view our 2012 Festival PHOTO GALLERY …

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Part of the Literary Festival’s ethos is to entertain the whole community, and to this end, the programme includes pre-school storybook reading, a poetry workshop, poetry recitals involving local schools, book sales, an art talk about a celebrated book illustrator, and even a walking tour with a literary flavour around Budleigh Salterton.

Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival is supported by:

•
• Everys Solicitors • Palmers Whitton and Laing • The Tolkien Trust •
• Norman Family Charitable Trust • Creative Engine Web & Marketing •
• The Farm Marketing Communications • Devon County Council •
• Arts & Culture at the University of Exeter • Simcoe House •
• Blackwell Publishers • Budleigh Salterton Library •
• Budleigh Salterton Tourist Information Centre •
• Budleigh Salterton Town Council •
• Councillor Christine Channon • Michael Jackaman • P.J. White •

…and other Literary Festival Friends and supporters who have kindly sponsored or contributed to the Festival.

Other large UK Literary Festivals & Literature Festivals in South West England include:
The Telegraph Ways With Words Literary Festival at Dartington Hall
The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
Port Eliot Festival
Bath Literary Festival

We also recommend Wordquest Devon – an opportunity for people to immerse themselves in Devon’s literature while exploring the county’s dramatic landscapes.

Looking forward to welcoming you to the 2013 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival.

Literary Festival UK

Literary Festival Devon