A number of authors have been confirmed for the Lichfield Literature festival.
Richard Hawley, director of the Lichfield Festival, revealed a number of the star turns on his blog before giving readers a sneak preview at the official programme for the event.
Although tickets for the showpiece Lichfield Literary Dinner featuring Kate Adie have sold out, the festival will include visits by a number of other authors including:
- David Aaronovitch on the role of conspiracy theories in modern history
- Historical novelist Barbara Ewing
- Lawrence Goldman, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Crime writers Sophie Hannah and Peter Robinson in a Lichfield Library double bill
- Tobias Hill discussing his latest novel The Hidden
- Historian Robert Hutchinson on the Dukes of Norfolk
- Andrew Lambert on Captain John Franklin’s doomed expedition
- Stephen Lyttelton on collating his father’s last writings
- David Charles Manners on the impact of India on his life
- David Nokes speaking about his new biography of Samuel Johnson
- Mathematician Ian Stewart
- Explorer Sara Wheeler on the arctic
- Frances Wilson on Dorothy Wordsworth
- Matthew Yeo on the history of the book.
For more information on the festival, see the official programme of events or visit the website.