Since the start of the Bridport Literary Festival, we have been able to host the biggest literary lions including Elizabeth Jane Howard, Victoria Glendinning, Claire Tomalin, Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings, Julian Fellowes, Alexander Waugh, John Julius Norwich, Minette Walters, Fay Weldon, Bill Oddie, Robin Hanbury–Tenison, Katharine Whitehorn, Kate Summerscale, Michael Dobbs and Ann Leslie DBE.
This year the programme is bigger than ever, bringing you writers from across the UK to Bridport. We have big names alongside up-and-coming ones and also much that's new.
Full list of events in WHAT'S ON - press the Bridport Literary Festival button.
This year's line-up:
- David Aaronovitch
- Tracy Chevalier
- Joanna Toye
- Michael Holroyd
- Rick Gekoski
- Margaret Drabble
- Skellig (PG) - Film
- Selina Hastings
- Katharine Reeve
- Andrew Roberts
- Louis de Bernières
- Susan Richards
- Anna Pavord
- Jasper Rees
- Read Out Loud
- William Shawcross
- Father Michael Collins
- Hilary Spurling
- Chéri (12) - Film
- Elvis McGonagall
- The Rev Donald Reeves MBE
- Claire Harman
- John Carey
- William Fiennes
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Ali Smith and Jackie Kay
- Candy Neubert
- Horatio Clare
- Vanessa Gebbie
- countertext09 exhibition
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