Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

Michael Frayn

English playwright and novelist, Michael Frayn will be joining our 2012 Literary Festival in Budleigh Salterton. Michael Frayn is one of this country’s most gifted and celebrated writers. For over 40 years he has dazzled us with his novels, plays, memoirs and essays. Playwright, journalist, novelist and translator, Michael Frayn was born in England in [...]

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Lord Douglas Hurd

Lord Douglas Hurd will be joining our 2012 Literary Festival in Budleigh Salterton. A former diplomat, private secretary to Edward Heath, Lord Hurd served Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as Home Secretary and as Foreign Secretary. As a writer, he is the (co-)author of many thrillers, his memoirs and other non-fiction [...]

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Joan Bakewell

Joan Bakewell will be joining our 2012 Literary Festival in Budleigh Salterton Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE is one of the most respected presenters and commentators on British radio and television. At the start of her career, in the 1960s, she was admired as one of the first women to establish a reputation in what had [...]

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A message from Hilary Mantel,
our Honorary President

Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival is now in its fourth flourishing year. Our inspired artistic director, Susan Ward, backed by an enthusiastic committee, has once again persuaded the literati that Budleigh is the place to be, and plans to lay before you a banquet of varied delights. I’m not sure if I should describe myself as [...]

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Where to Stay

Tourist Information Budleigh Salterton Tourist Information Visitors can find a good choice of high quality, comfortable and convenient accommodation in and around Budleigh Salterton at Budleigh’s Tourist Information Centre. Visit website: Budleigh Salterton Tourist Information Centre Accommodation in and around Budleigh Salterton Simcoe House Jane and John welcome you to Simcoe House which is only [...]

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