Lowdham Book Festival

Lowdham Book Festival

This rose between two thorns is Jane Streeter, independent book seller and the force behind Lowdham, one of my favourite book festivals. On Monday I appeared there for the fifth time with my Harold Wilson book. The thorn on the right is my interviewer, Dr Tim Rideout...
Chalke History Festival

Chalke History Festival

Chalke is the Glastonbury of book festivals. Focussed primarily on history, it embraces memoir, biography and other non-fiction genres. Many festival goers camp in tents across Wiltshire’s lovely Chalke Valley and there was even the history equivalent of a rock star...
Mary Beard Takes Alan on Holiday

Mary Beard Takes Alan on Holiday

As part of the “TLS Summer Books 2025”, Mary Beard has taken Alan’s short biography of Harold Wilson with her on holiday. You can read all about it here
Books By the Beach – Scarborough

Books By the Beach – Scarborough

Heather French began organising a book festival in Scarborough when she was a local librarian fourteen years ago. When the local authority ceased to support it she carried on, changing the name of the event to ‘Books By the Beach’ and funding it exclusively from...