Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival 2012
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Hampstead has been synonymous with the artsy-fartsy, literary, chattering classes for as long as I can remember. Past residents from the world of words include Kingsley and Martin Amis, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Stephen Spender, John Galsworthy, Ian Fleming, T S Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, George Orwell, D H Lawrence and John Keats. It is therefore fitting that the fourth Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival will take place this September.
Full details of all events can be found on the website, but read on for a taster of what can be expected over the three days of the festival, which includes walking tours of Hampstead, workshops, conversations between writers, chaired discussions, and talks given by authors. The diversity on offer ranges from cookery writers
to humorists
detective novelists
newspaper columnists
politicians
and Man Booker prize winner Howard Jacobson.
It may not be the acclaimed Hay Festival, but this smaller London version looks as it if will be as diverse and interesting as Hampstead itself.
Full details of all events can be found on the website, but read on for a taster of what can be expected over the three days of the festival, which includes walking tours of Hampstead, workshops, conversations between writers, chaired discussions, and talks given by authors. The diversity on offer ranges from cookery writers
The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden (picture courtesy of the HHLF website)
to humorists
John O'Farrell (picture courtesy of the HHLF website)
Jonathan Freedlands's alter ego: detective writer Sam Bourne (picture courtesy of the HHLF website)
newspaper columnists
Michele Hanson (picture courtesy of the HHLF website)
politicians
Peter Hain MP (picture courtesy of the HHLF website)
and Man Booker prize winner Howard Jacobson.
Howard Jacobson (picture of the HHLF website)
It may not be the acclaimed Hay Festival, but this smaller London version looks as it if will be as diverse and interesting as Hampstead itself.
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Why? To meet and listen to a diverse range of authors
When: The times vary, check the website for further information
Website: hamhighlitfest.com/about
Where: Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11 7SX
Cost: Most events range between £7 and £10, but concessions are available. Details are on the website.
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