The Isle of Wight Literary Festival

The Isle of Wight Literary Festival 2017 will take place from Thursday 12th October to Sunday 15th October.

Andrew Marr

Jenni Murray

Val McDermid

We are looking forward to seeing you at this year’s Literary Festival.

Our Festival programme is almost complete and we have many exciting events lined up. Confirmed speakers include Andrew Marr, Val McDermid, Jim Al-Khalili and Xiaolu Guo. We are also delighted to announce that Jenni Murray will be discussing A History of Britain in 21 Women and Tracy Borman will be revealing The Private Lives of the Tudors. Many more names will be announced over the coming weeks.

The full programme will be announced at the end of July.

Pictures from 2016 Festival

Isle of Wight Literary Festival

FEEDBACK FROM ATTENDEES

"Wonderful to meet Caroline Sheldon today, great talk on pitching to an agent, very encouraging, thank you."
Mary Grand

"Great day at Isle of Wight Literary Festival. Lots of fab authors and fascinating talks."
Bob Seely

"Isle of Wight Literary Festival is one of the Isle of Wight's best annual events."
Mark Fox

FEEDBACK FROM PRESENTERS

"A wonderful literary festival. Thank you so much for inviting me--great audience, great organisers."
Rosamund Lupton

"Thanks for the invite, so enjoyed the talk, lovely to share a passion."
Nick Jellicoe

"Thank you Isle of Wight Literary Festival for a fantastic audience and great venue."
Lucinda Hawksley

"The Isle of Wight Literary Festival is amazing. So much going on. Thank you organisers for having me."
Nadine Dorries

FEEDBACK FROM ATTENDEES AND PRESENTERS (YOUTH PROGRAMME)

"Had a brilliant time--a unique festival and some great schools too."
M A Griffin

"Great atmosphere in the house, I really enjoyed taking part in the Youth Zone. Lovely weekend."
Jules Marriner

The Isle of Wight Literary Festival