D L F Dorchester Literary Festival 2016 Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 Saturday 12th - Sunday 20th October Literary Passions and Country Pleasures Duke’s AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1823 www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter #DorchLitFest2019 Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 1 Discovering the best stories in Dorset A Visitors book from the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, c. 1890, signed by Oscar Wilde and other important figures of the late 19th century Sold for £10,625 www.dukes-auctions.com • 01305 265080 •
[email protected] 2 | Book Tickets via www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com Dorchester Literary Festival 2019 | 3 dorset literary festival 2019.indd 1 22/07/2019 16:56:08 WELCOME SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS We are grateful to the following: A warm welcome to the fifth Dorchester Literary Festival, now an established and much- loved event in our county town’s cultural calendar. Our aim is to provide entertainment MAIN SPONSORS and enlightenment to readers in a town famous for its literary legacy. Whatever type of books you enjoy, whether it be fiction, history, nature, wildlife, cookery, gardening, travel, health, biography, art or interior design, we hope there will be something in this year’s varied programme to tempt you to come along. Duke’s AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1823 We are thrilled this year to be able to bring an array of notable writers, ranging from GOLD SPONSORS brilliant novelists - Tracy Chevalier, Alexander McCall Smith, Tim Pears and Victoria Hislop, to acclaimed historians Simon Heffer, A. N. Wilson, Kate Williams and Leo McKinstry. Poetry comes under the spotlight when Adam Nicolson joins us to talk about Wordsworth and Coleridge’s creative year in the Quantocks, and we are very honoured that our former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will join us for a special event in November, to read and discuss her latest work Sincerity.