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Bath Literature Festival - Festival history, visitor information, brochure request form and sponsorship details. Early March.
Wells Festival of Literature - Held in October each year. Features winning entries from the previous year with visitor information, links and entry forms.
Cheltenham Festival of Literature - Brochure request form, festival overview and newsletter. Mid-October.
Knutsford Literature Festival - Details of programme, history and booking, with photographs and links. Early October.
Ilkley Literature Festival Online - Archives, diary, speaker's corner, 'Friends of the Festival' section and multimedia readings. Mid-October.
The Orange Word - Information about the literature festival held in October through mid-December in London. Audio archives plus details of programme, festival history and sponsors.
The Humber Mouth: Hull Literature Festival - Detailed programme information with archive section, event previews and visitor assistance. Held the last half of November in East Yorkshire.
Durham Literature Festival - Programme details, profiles, booking assistance and diary, with information about the Liar competition. Mid-September through mid-October.
Swindon Festival of Literature - Detailed programme information with guest speaker profiles and ticket assistance. Held annually during the first two weeks in May in Wiltshire.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Programme, visitor information, how to get involved, press reviews, schools section, booking assistance and news. Mid-August.
Lowdham Book Festival - Events, timetable and festival authors for this mid-June book and film festival near Nottingham.
Jewish Book Week - Annual festival held in early March includes contributors from across the globe. Schedule of seminars and workshops, evening events, ticket and travel details. London.
Ipswich Festival of Children's Literature - Archived reports on the previous two held, including artwork, images and student writings. Biennial festival held in mid-September.
Mere Literary Festival - Offers the schedule of events for visitors and entry details for short story and poetry competitors in the annual week-long event held in mid-October. Wiltshire.
Chelmsford Competitive Festival of Music & Drama - Annual festival with sections for piano, strings, classical guitar, brass, woodwind, recorders, singing, organ, music making, chamber Music, composition of Christmas carol, speech and drama.
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