Fiction Festival 2012 archive


Friday 9th March

7.30pm

Mark Illis

Her first novel, Booker longlisted

Yvvette Edwards

Louisa Young

and in conversation with

Christopher West


Saturday 10th March

11.00am

DISCUSSION

20th Century Novels

The panel, chaired by DJ Taylor will consider the changes which brought the novel from 1900 to 2000, and down some blind alleys


Saturday 10th March

3.00pm

First time author from Australia

Terri Armstrong

Cambridge poet & short-story writer

André Mangeot

and in conversation with Rachel Hore


Saturday 10th March

8.00pm

2011 Booker shortlisted

Carol Birch

DJ Taylor

Presenting her debut novel

Katy Darby

and in discussion about the novel

set in 19th Century


Sunday 11th March

11.00am

Thriller writer & broadcaster

Jake Wallis Simons

Irish novelist

Tom Phelan

and in conversation with

Christopher Bigsby


Sunday 11th March

3.00pm

CHARLES DICKENS

On the 200th anniversary of his birth, the panel will consider Dickens' influence, life and work

Chaired by Christopher Bigsby