2010 Events
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 2010 Programme
Friday 24 September 2010 - Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
Ian Mortimer | 10.30amIan Mortimer is well known for challenging conservative views about history. |
Caroline Taggart | 10.30amCaroline Taggart will be running a workshop: ‘How To Get Published’. |
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Richard Willis | 11.30amRichard Willis – workshop: ‘What Publishers Want’. |
Jeremy Musson | 11.30amJeremy Musson ‘Travels Around Curious Houses’. |
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Nicolas Ridley | 12 noonNicolas Ridley paints an affectionate picture of a remarkable man …. ‘Godfrey’s Ghost’. |
Mal Peet | 1pmMal Peet’s success can be measured not just by the critical acclaim his books receive… |
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Christopher Lloyd | Sir Timothy Ackroyd Sue Lawley | 2.30pm‘Art and Poetry’ |
Jeremy Musson | 4pmJeremy Musson is a writer, broadcaster, architectural historian. |
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Carol Ann Duffy | 7.30pmPoetry reading with Carol Ann Duffy – Poet Laureate. Music by John Sampson. |
Saturday 25 September 2010 – Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
The Plinth – All Day Event
An exciting and innovative Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival event. National and Local Authors will be reading their work by the Sea. Location: Budleigh Salterton seafront. Details to be confirmed
The Fringe | Writing Workshop | 9.45amCreative Writing Workshop – Organised by East Devon Writing Workshop. |
Sir Christopher Meyer | 10amSir Christopher Meyer The History Boys – Part 1. |
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Kathy Lette | 11.30amSusan Hill has had to withdraw; her place has been taken by Kathy Lette. |
Hilary Mantel | 2pmHilary Mantel is one of our most important living writers. She is the author of eleven books. |
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Hugh Williams | 4pmHugh Williams The History Boys – Part 2. |
Simon Brett | 7.30pmSimon Brett Lines of Enquiry. Simon Brett is the much-loved author of the Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter. |
Sunday 26 September 2010 – Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
Book Fair| Opens 9.30amBook Fair All day. |
Anna Beer | 10amAnna Beer is the author of Bess: The Life of Lady Ralegh, Wife to Sir Walter. |
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Alex Wade | 11.30amA Colourful Life. Alex Wade is a writer, freelance journalist and occasional media lawyer. |
Ian Frost & Bill Studdiford | 2.30pmIan Frost & Bill Studdiford will be ‘Bringing Byron to Budleigh’. |
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Terence Frisby | 2.30pmTerence Frisby’s book Kisses on a Postcard recounts his experiences as an evacuee in the West Country during the Second World War. |
Film: The Last Station | 7pmThe Last Station (2009) Directed by Michael Hoffman. With James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren. Leo Tolstoy’s domestic life and epic marriage is the story. |
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