Who's appearing at the 2017 Festival

Events 2017

Monday, 2nd October 2017
Diane Hinds

Diane Hinds

How to promote your book
Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
Neil Faulkner

Neil Faulkner

A People's History of the Russian Revolution
Wednesday, 4th October 2017
Sir Chris Bonington

Sir Chris Bonington

An evening with Chris Bonington
Friday, 6th October 2017
Hunter Davies / Caitlin Davies

Hunter Davies / Caitlin Davies

Memories of Margaret and Mum
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Stephen Matthews

Stephen Matthews

Carlisle in Poetry and Prose
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Robin Yassin-Kassab / Leila Al-Shami

Robin Yassin-Kassab / Leila Al-Shami

Burning Country, Syrians in Revolution and War
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Zosia Wand

Zosia Wand

Trust Me - Unconventional Love Story to Commercial Thriller
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Steve Birkinshaw

Steve Birkinshaw

There is No Map in Hell
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Jo Baker

Jo Baker

Austen’s Longbourn to Beckett’s wartime France: Contemporary fiction and literary greats
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Hugh Thomson

Hugh Thomson

One Man and His Mule
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Brett Westwood

Brett Westwood

Welcome to Wonderland,a natural diary
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Claire Tomalin

Claire Tomalin

A Life of My Own
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Sinclair McKay

Sinclair McKay

Mile End Murder, the Case Conan Doyle Couldn’t Solve
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Marie-Elsa Bragg

Marie-Elsa Bragg

Towards Mellbreak
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Amanda Owen

Amanda Owen

The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Sunday, 8th October 2017
David Cross

David Cross

Public Sculpture of Lancashire and Cumbria
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Sinclair McKay

Sinclair McKay

Spies of Winter, the GCHQ codebreakers who fought the Cold War
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Jenn Ashworth / Andrew Michael Hurley

Jenn Ashworth / Andrew Michael Hurley

Cumbria’s landscapes in fiction
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Alan Cleaver

Alan Cleaver

Fairies, boggles, dobbies and wizards: Cumbrian folklore revealed
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Jenny Uglow

Jenny Uglow

Edward Lear: Art and Nonsense
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Peter Brears

Peter Brears

Traditional Food in Cumbria
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Andrew Liddle

Andrew Liddle

Ruth Davidson and the Resurgence of the Scottish Conservatives
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell

The Diaries - From Blair to Brown 2005-2007
Sunday, 8th October 2017
John O'Farrell

John O'Farrell

Things Can Only Get Worse - 19 Masochistic years in the life of a Labour supporter
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Peter Snow / Ann MacMillan

Peter Snow / Ann MacMillan

War Stories

 

Performances 2017

Saturday, 30th September 2017
Judith Notley

Judith Notley

Judith Notley as Beatrix Potter
Thursday, 5th October 2017
Neil Adam / Judy Turner

Neil Adam / Judy Turner

Sing me a Song! - A celebration of the wit and wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson in words and music
Friday, 6th October 2017
Liverpool String Quartet

Liverpool String Quartet

The Liverpool String Quartet and Hunter Davies - Get Back to the Beatles
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Zoe Leigh Gadd

Zoe Leigh Gadd

Kinetic Reading – Live Presentation
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Malcolm Carson

Malcolm Carson

Poetry Breakfast
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Lucy Grace

Lucy Grace

Lucy, Lucy and me - A love letter to children's fantasy literature
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Cumbrian Poetry & Prose

Cumbrian Poetry & Prose

A Showcase Evening of Cumbrian Poetry and Prose
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Jacob Polley

Jacob Polley

Jackself, a poetry reading

 

Workshops 2017

Saturday, 30th September 2017
Vivien Jones

Vivien Jones

Cathedral Treasures 1 - Creative writing inspired by old or unusual objects
Thursday, 5th October 2017
Brindley Hallam Dennis

Brindley Hallam Dennis

Triangles - constructing short stories
Thursday, 5th October 2017
Alizon Robertson

Alizon Robertson

Writing Crime Fiction
Friday, 6th October 2017
Darren Harper

Darren Harper

What is the value of Philosophy?
Friday, 6th October 2017
Jeff Cowton

Jeff Cowton

Discover the birth and development of a poem from manuscript form
Friday, 6th October 2017
Peter Mortimer (Iron Press)

Peter Mortimer (Iron Press)

Writing modern ghost stories
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Kathleen Jones

Kathleen Jones

Masterclass: Real Lives – True Stories
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Annie Weir

Annie Weir

From one writing exercise to 85000 words
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Kim Moore

Kim Moore

Poetry as Autobiography
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Zosia Wand

Zosia Wand

Masterclass: getting to grips with structure and plot
Saturday, 7th October 2017
Vivien Jones

Vivien Jones

Cathedral Treasures 2 - Creative writing inspired by old or unusual objects
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Paul Teague

Paul Teague

Masterclass: How to self-publish your book and start making sales
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Jenn Ashworth

Jenn Ashworth

Landscape in writing
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