Dorchester Literary Festival
Dorchester Literary Festival
15-20 October 2019
Literary passions and country pleasures

Dorchester Literary Festival
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Places to Stay 

Please see below for a list of places we recommend staying when visiting this years Dorchester Literary Festival.

The Duchess of Cornwall Inn

   Visit Website - www.duchessofcornwall.co.uk

The Springfield

Visit Website     www.thespringfield.co.uk

Plumber Manor

Visit Website - www.plumbermanor.com

The Priory Hotel

Vistit Website -  www.theprioryhotel.co.uk

       Greenwood Grange

Visit Website -     www.greenwoodgrange.co.uk

The Seaside Boarding

 

The Seaside Boarding House

Visit Website - www.theseasideboardinghouse.com

Habitat Escapes

Visit Website - https://www.habitatescapes.com/silverlake-dorset/lakeside-holidays/?utm_source=Dorset%20Literary%20Festival%20website

 

Wyke Dorset Cottages

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This Year's Events

Rhyme Time with Miffy
15th October 2019 at 10:30 am
A N Wilson Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
15th October 2019 at 4:00 pm
Sabrina Ghayour Bazaar
15th October 2019 at 6:00 pm
Dr Jon Copley Ask An Ocean Explorer
15th October 2019 at 7:30 pm
Kerry Daynes The Dark Side of the Mind
16th October 2019 at 10:00 am
Tristan Gooley Wild Signs and Star Paths
16th October 2019 at 12:00 pm
Linda Geddes Chasing the Sun
16th October 2019 at 2:00 pm
Prue Leith My All-Time Favourite Recipes
16th October 2019 at 6:00 pm
Adam Nicolson The Making of Poetry - Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels
16th October 2019 at 6:00 pm
Leo McKinstry Attlee and Churchill - Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace
17th October 2019 at 10:30 am
Chrissie Gittins Poetry for Children
17th October 2019 at 1:00 pm
Hardy Today: Tim Pears The Redeemed: The West Country Trilogy
17th October 2019 at 2:00 pm
Henrietta Lovell Infused
17th October 2019 at 4:00 pm
John Wright The Forager's Calendar
17th October 2019 at 6:00 pm
Oliver Morton The Moon - A Past and Future History
18th October 2019 at 10:00 am
TreeHouse Theatre Pirates Ahoy
18th October 2019 at 11:00 am
Victoria Hislop Those Who Are Loved
18th October 2019 at 12:00 pm
Sir Tim Waterstone The Face Pressed Against A Window - A Memoir
18th October 2019 at 2:00 pm
Raynor Winn The Salt Path
18th October 2019 at 4:00 pm
Anthony Burt Creative Writing Workshop
18th October 2019 at 5:00 pm
Fiona Davison The Hidden Horticulturists
19th October 2019 at 10:00 am
Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne
19th October 2019 at 10:00 am
Joa Studholme Recipes for Decorating
19th October 2019 at 12:00 pm
Monisha Rajesh Around the World in 80 Trains
19th October 2019 at 2:00 pm
Kate Williams Rival Queens
19th October 2019 at 4:00 pm
Dom Joly The Hezbollah Hiking Club
19th October 2019 at 6:00 pm
Martin Kemp Living With Leonardo
20th October 2019 at 11:00 am
Tracy Chevalier A Single Thread
20th October 2019 at 3:00 pm
A Walk Around Thomas Hardy's Dorchester
20th October 2019 at 9:30 am
Curtis Butterworth Loves Molly May
26th October 2019 at 7:00 pm
Carol Ann Duffy Sincerity
16th November 2019 at 7:00 pm

Feedback

I enjoyed my festival event in Dorchester very much. What a friendly welcome the audience gave me! Good luck with future festivals -- and well done.

Val McDermid
Feedback From 2017 Festival

Thanks for the invitation to Dorchester- most enjoyable (and an appreciative audience) with the added bonus of meeting Lynne Truss!

James Le Fanu
Feedback From 2018 Festival

I had a wonderful time in Dorchester. Very best wishes, Tom.

Thomas Williams
Feedback From 2017 Festival

I don't think you could improve on the experience! Good luck with your plans for 2017 and I wish you all the very best.

John Challis
Feedback From 2016 Festival

Very well organised, excellent variety in terms of author and presentation. Favourite was Tony Robinson, but I also really enjoyed Julia Shaw (memory very thought provoking), Richard Dannatt (good solid start to festival) JOHN Wright (local and good humour) Alison Weir (such research and knowledge) and Victoria Hislop (novel in a different style).

Jeanne Holmes
Feedback From 2016 Festival

Thank YOU for hosting us so brilliantly on Sunday. Dad and I had a great time and were both really impressed by the very smooth running of your festival. It was a total pleasure being there with you, Helen, and the team. Congrats to all concerned on a job well done. It was fun to be a part of it.

Ben Holden
Feedback From 2016 Festival

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