Previous years:
Author of the comic legal series of which 'Boozers, Ballcocks & Bail' is the first title.
Your chance to reveal and read from the book you would choose to take to a desert island.
Local author, Hilary Townsend, gives a delightful and moving account of growing up in the Vale between the two wars.
Behind-the-scenes anecdotes and enlightening and humorous stories told by Peter Horsfall, ex Coldstream Guards & former Staff Superintendent at the House of Lords.
Afternoon talks and activities which celebrate the life of the great novelist whose work has never been out of print followed by a showing of the film 'Becoming Jane' starring Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith.
The launch of a book of poems written by children from the Mere and Whitesheet (Zeals) Schools, who have been working with poet Paddy Hughes.
A reading of the poems short-listed in this year’s competition and you get to choose your favourite in the audience vote.
All the thrills of the circus as Gerry Cottle reveals the 'Confessions of a Showman - My Life in the Circus'.
Circus stories and Fun Activities linked to the Big Top.
A chance to work with a prize-winning poet and creative writing tutor.
A poetry and music event with the author of 'Captain Corelli’s Mandolin' and Ilone Antonius-Jones. This Link to the Antonius players website opens in a new window
Adjudications with poets Sir John Weston, Pam Kelly and Paddy Hughes.