Ilkley Literture Festival speakers announced

Ilkley Literature Festival has announced some of its headline speakers for this year's event which takes place from September 30 to October 16.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jul 2016, 07:07 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 18:08 BST
Gardening guru: Alan Titchmarsh who will appear at this year's Ilkley Literature Festival.Gardening guru: Alan Titchmarsh who will appear at this year's Ilkley Literature Festival.
Gardening guru: Alan Titchmarsh who will appear at this year's Ilkley Literature Festival.

Those attending include Alan Titchmarsh returning to the Festival for the first time since 2009 with his new novel Mr Gandy’s Grand Tour and former BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Williams who will discuss surviving and thriving after trauma with her handbook Rise. Author of The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chavalier will talk about her newest novel At the Edge of the Orchard as well as Reader, I married him – a collection of short stories celebrating the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth and former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg talking about life in the Coalition Government.

Demand for headline tickets is always high and becoming a Festival Friend is the best way of ensuring a place in one of these sought after events. It costs just £25 for a single membership or £35 for double membership and alongside priority booking for all Festival events, Friends also receive regular newsletters and invitations to special receptions.

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“Our Festival Friends are invaluable in supporting our year round work,” says Festival Director Rachel Feldberg. “That inncludes our development work in schools across Leeds and Bradford, groups like Ilkley and Bradford Young Writers as well as our artistic programme.”

Friends memberships can be bought online at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk or by calling 01943 601 210.