Cheltenham Literature Festival 2009, running 9-18 October

I received a leaflet yesterday, offering "Membership" and "Members' priority booking" as well as an indicator of the final line-up.  It looks good, folks.  And becoming a member can lead to discounts on bookings.  Cooking and comedy appear prevalent this year.  You can find out more here.

Mitchell and Webb are on the front page holding a book titled "This Mitchell and Webb Book."

Others confirmed include: Simon Armitage; Richard Eyre; Sandi Toksvig; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Alice Roberts; Monica Ali; Rageh Omah; Anthony Horowitz; Mark Watson; Jonathan Coe; John Irving; James Martin; Jack Dee; David Walliams; Michael Palin; Gregory Doran; Nicholas Stern; Steve Redgrave; Joss Ackland; Bertie Ahern; Joan Bakewell; Iain Banks; Nick Barratt; Mary Beard; Chris Beardshaw; Tony Benn; Cherie Blair (Eek!); Charley Boorman; Melvyn Bragg (lovely guy at Hay this year); Jo Brand; John Carey; Leslie Caron (Wow!); Justin Lee Collins; James Cracknell; Barry Cryer; William Dalrymple; Alan Davies; Alain de Botton; Monty Don; Harold Evans; Sebastain Faulks; Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall; Katie Fforde; Ranulph Fiennes; Stephanie Flanders; Ben Fogle; Stephen Fry (now slimline); Frank Gardner; Maggie Gee; Victoria Glendinning; Rose Gray; Rich Hall; Max Hastings; Simon Hoggart; Christopher Hogwood; David Horspool; Armando Iannucci; Steve Jones; Brian Keenan; A L Kennedy; Hugh Lupton; Michael Mansfield (interesting...); Hilary Mantel; Andrew Marr; Christopher Martin-Jenkins; Virginia McKenna; Chris Mullin; Al Murray; Audrey Niffenegger; Susie Orbach; Tom Barker Bowles; Tony Parsons; Jeremy Paxman; Peter Porter; Diana Quick; Mark Ramprakash; Vic Reeves; Patsy Rodenburg; Ruth Rogers; Charles Saumarez Smith; Tim Smit; Arthur Smith; Chris Stewart; Alan Titchmarsh; Colm Toibin; Jenny Uglow; Robert Vaughn; Valentine Warner; Sarah Waters; June Whitfield; Andy Williams.

And the crimefic-related: Kate Atkinson; Susan Hill; P D James.

Comments

[Gavin]

Wow! I am filled with envy. We used to have a Book Fair in Seattle but they canceled it several years ago. Ther are so many authors on that list I would love to see...