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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Due to the Coronavirus outbreak and bearing in mind Governement guidelines we have decided to postpone the Hall & Woodhouse Writing Prize Award Ceremony. This will now take place in September, date to be advised, and not in July as previously advertised.

Janet Gleeson: 30th Mar 2020 15:51:00

Coronovirus Update - Dlf Hall & Woodhouse Writing Competition Award Ceremony Postponed

Coronovirus update - Writing Competition ceremony postponed
 
30th March 2020

Carol Ann Duffy Wows Thomas Hardye School Theatre Audience

Carol Ann Duffy
 
19th November 2019

Sir Tim Waterstone - Change Of Time, Date And Venue

Sir Tim Waterstone - change of time, date and venue
 
20th September 2019

Talking Tea

Free tea and talk
 
16th September 2019

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Carol Ann Duffy wows Thomas Hardye School Theatre audience
Carol Ann Duffy

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Sir Tim Waterstone - change of time, date and venue
Sir Tim Waterstone - change of time, date and venue

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Talking Tea
Free tea and talk

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Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize Results Announced
Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize Results

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Alexander McCall Smith to speak at this year's festival
Alexander McCall Smith to speak at this year's festival

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Feedback from 2015

I sip my Dorset tea and just wanted to say thanks so much for the invitation to the lit fest - I thoroughly enjoyed it... Rob Ryan
Many thanks, and thanks again for a lovely event.Catherine Mayer
Paul was an excellent interviewer, and I loved the format.Great audience , acoustics...Tracy Chevalier
We really enjoyed the talks we attended...and look forward to next year's event...Kate Adie was brilliantG Farmlloe
...Enjoyable,engaging, enthralling...A Hick
It is excellent that Dorchester is now on the literary mapR Binney

Feedback

The tenor of the festival was a delight and a credit to the small band of organisers. 

Professor Martin Kemp
Feedback From 2019 Festival

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

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

We thoroughly enjoyed the Literary Festival again this year and eagerly await the next one...Thank you for bringing a great event to Dorchester. 

Christina Hicks
Feedback From 2016 Festival

Thank you very much for such a warm welcome and lovely (huge...) audience...Emma made the whole event such an easy pleasure for me.

Joanna Trollope
Feedback From 2018 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

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