We are searching for a new artistic director!
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a freelance Artistic Director to join Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival.
The selected candidate will build on the success of the Festival to date and create a vision for the future, for both the Festival and its outreach programme with schools and young people.
Watch the 2023 Festival Film
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 2023. We’re excited to share our 2023 festival film, full of highlights from another fantastic event.
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Special Festival event with Michael Morpurgo
We are partnering with the Budleigh Music Festival for a special event on 7th July with Sir Michael Morpurgo presenting his Carnival of the AnimalsWe are recruiting for a new artistic director
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a freelance Artistic Director to join Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival.Poet Laureate delivers special event for schools
Simon Armitage talks about and reads poems A-Level students are studyingAbout our Literary Festival
Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on East Devon’s World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast, Budleigh Salterton hosts the most outstanding literary festival in South West England.
As a registered charity, our mission is to celebrate books and their authors and promote the art of writing and the enjoyment of reading in our East Devon community and in our local schools.
Wholeheartedly supported by the local community, who embrace the variety of events and workshops, this is a literary festival which offers delights few other festivals can match.
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