Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival
| Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival | |
|---|---|
| File:HULitFest.jpg Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival logo | |
| Location(s) | Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 51°34′52″N 2°19′08″W / 51.581°N 2.319°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽   Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival (England) |
| Country | England |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Founder | Debbie Young |
| Website | www |
The Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival[1], is a free public event celebrating books and reading. Founded in 2015 by local author Debbie Young, it is now a permanent fixture in The Cotswolds’ cultural calendar on the closest Saturday to World Book Night and Shakespeare's birthday.
Introduction and history[edit]
The festival takes place every April on the Saturday closed to the UNESCO-led World Book Night. The first festival took place at The Fox Inn on the evening of 23 April (World Book Night). What started as a few author friends and village locals soon led to an invitation to the general public to join a full evening event with over 20 authors, poets and illustrators, celebrating the joy of reading with a series of panel discussions and public readings. [2]
In 2016, the festival returned, this time for a full day’s programme in multiple venues, and it has grown year on year since then. The fifth festival on Saturday 27 April 2019, once again coincided with World Book Night.[3]
Venues[edit]
The first festival in 2015 took place solely in The Fox Inn, Hawkesbury Upton, however as the festival has grown throughout the years it has occupied itself in more village venues, including:
- Hawkesbury Primary School
- Hawkesbury Village Hall
- The Bethesda Chapel
- The Methodist Chapel and School Room
- The Church of St Mary the Virgin
- The Fox Inn
Previous guests[edit]
Previous guests include:
AA Abbott, Linda Alvis, Rachel Amphlett, Maureen Armstrong, Hugh Arthur, Ali Bacon, Lucienne Boyce, Brad Borkan, Chris Burleigh, Jean Burnett, Bobbie Coelho, Jason Conway, Anita Davison, William Fairney, Barry Faulkner, J M Forster, J J Franklin, Kate Frost, Melanie Golding, Jacci Gooding, Rod Griffiths, Susan Grossey, Jak Harrison, John Holland, Dan Holloway, Glynn Holloway, Angela James, Edward James, Alice Jolly, Wendy H Jones, Nicola Kelsall, Gerri Kimber, Josephine Lay, Peter Lay, Nima Lee, John Lynch, Michael MacMahon, Joanna Penn, Rosalind Minett, Gillian Morton, Kate O’Grady, Lois Parker, Nastasya Parker, Mark Peckett, Doloranda Pember, David Penny, Marg Roberts, Orna Ross, Mark Rutterford, Betty Salthouse, Caroline Sanderson, T E Shepherd, Katharine E Smith, Ellie Stevenson, Trevor Stubbs, Jann Tracy, Jan Turk Petrie, Chloe Turner, Jo Ullah, Richard Vaughan-Davies, Edmund Weiner, Steve Wheeler, David Williams, Janet Wilson, Shirley Wright, Debbie Young.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival". https://www.literaryfestivals.co.uk/. World of Literary Festivals. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "The brand new Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival this April". 30 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ↑ "Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival". 27 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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