Winter festival line-up - 1 December 2013
We are delighted to announce that the line-up for this year’s festival has now been finalised; taking place on one day and in two venues, we are thrilled to host an abundance of stellar writers. We welcome novelists Margaret Drabble, Lionel Shriver, Jonathan Coe and Sarah Dunant; explorer Ranulph Fiennes; historians David Reynolds and Peter Stanford; politician and writer Douglas Hurd; this year’s Orwell Prize winner A.T. Williams; UK Sports Writer of the Year David Walsh; memoirist Damian Barr; film critic Barry Norman; Downton Abbey experts Jessica Fellowes and Liz Trubridge; chroniclers of the roaring ‘20s Sarah Churchwell and Judith Mackrell; Melissa Benn and Alison Wolf discussing the resurgence of feminism; and John Sutherland helping us all to feel well read. Plus, there’s our special pre-festival event with legendary novelist Donna Tartt.
The full programme containing all details will be launched on our website on Friday 11th October, and the ADC box office opens on Friday 18th October.
With a line-up like this tickets are sure to be in high demand. In order to guarantee that you get to see your events of choice priority booking opens on Friday 11th October, a week ahead of the main box office. To qualify for priority booking you need to be a Friend of the Festival. If you are not already a Friend then there is still time to join before booking opens in two weeks’ time.
For more information on how to join click here
If your current Friend card is about to expire, don’t forget to renew before priority booking begins on Friday 11th October.
