Dorchester Literary Festival
Dorchester Literary Festival
10th-17th October 2020
Literary passions and country pleasures

Dorchester Literary Festival
10th - 17th October 2020
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Dorchester Literary Festival 2020Welcome to the Dorchester Literary Festival

Planning for the 2020 Dorchester Literary Festival is well under way and we have already confirmed some wonderful authors. We are obviously keeping watch on government guidelines in the light of the Coronovirus pandemic, but at present we are hopeful the festival will go ahead as planned in October.
 

You can see some of this year's exciting line-up listed below and on our What's On page.

If you enjoyed last year's festival and would like to benefit from special offers why not join us as a Friend and help support our festival. 

Keep well, stay safe and we hope to see you in October.

Paul Atterbury and Janet Gleeson

Festival Directors

 

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This Year's Events

Tree House Theatre The Magic Paintbrush
10th October 2020 at 10:00 am
Kate Humble A Year of Living Simply - My journey from complexity to contentment
10th October 2020 at 12:30 pm
Tom Watson Downsizing
10th October 2020 at 2:30 pm
Raynor Winn The Wild Silence
10th October 2020 at 4:30 pm
Robert Harris V2
10th October 2020 at 6:30 pm
Hardy And Barnes Walk - The Old Neighbour and the New
11th October 2020 at 10:00 am
Adele Parks Creative Writing Master Class
13th October 2020 at 10:30 am
Rhyme Time Maisy Mouse
13th October 2020 at 10:30 am
Hardy Today Tony Fincham and Mark Ford
13th October 2020 at 12:30 pm
Adele Parks Just My Luck
13th October 2020 at 2:30 pm
How to Get Published Sara O Keeffe
13th October 2020 at 4:30 pm
Michele Roberts Negative Capability
13th October 2020 at 6:30 pm
Library Book Character Hunt
14th October 2020 at 10:00 am
Andrew Ziminski The Stonemason A History of Building Britain
14th October 2020 at 10:30 am
Richard Norton Taylor The State of Secrecy
15th October 2020 at 12:30 pm
Hugo Vickers Cecil Beaton
15th October 2020 at 2:30 pm
Sophie Hannah Haven't They Grown & Happiness a Mystery
15th October 2020 at 4:30 pm
Jonathon Porritt Hope in Hell
15th October 2020 at 6:30 pm
Teresa Heapy Very Little Red Riding Hood, Very Little Cinderella and other tales, workshop
16th October 2020 at 10:00 am
Jim Fraser Murder Under the Microscope
16th October 2020 at 10:30 am
Polly Toynbee and David Walker The Lost Decade
16th October 2020 at 12:30 pm
Carmen Callil Oh Happy Day
16th October 2020 at 2:30 pm
Candice Brathwaite I Am Not Your Baby Mother
16th October 2020 at 4:30 pm
Library Gets Lively with The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
17th October 2020 at 10:00 am
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Chemical Warrior
17th October 2020 at 10:30 am
Toby Wilkinson A World Beneath the Sands
17th October 2020 at 12:30 pm
Sir Oliver Letwin Desert Island Books
17th October 2020 at 2:30 pm
Jesse Burton The Confession
17th October 2020 at 4:30 pm
Jeremy Vine The Diver and the Lover
17th October 2020 at 6:30 pm

Feedback

I very much enjoyed the events I came to at the Dorchester  Literary festival. It was all very well organised. The sessions on The Seabird's cry, Bee Quest, and The Otter's Tale were brilliant. 

Helen Austin
Feedback From 2017 Festival

Thanks very much... It was fun and the audience very responsive.

Adam Nicolson
Feedback From 2017 Festival

Thanks so much...it certainly was good fun.

Adam Nicolson
Feedback From 2019 Festival

I thought the event had a really good feel to it - and people couldn't have been friendlier and more welcoming. Good luck with future events.

Adam Ockelford
Feedback From 2017 Festival

I enjoyed my visit to Dorchester tremendously and I was touched by both the enthusiasm of the audience and by the warm generosity of you and your team.

Leo McKinstry
Feedback From 2019 Festival

Thank you so much for having me, it was so kind of you and such a wonderful event! I am so thrilled with the audience response and all the signing.

Professor Kate Williams
Feedback From 2019 Festival

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