CHELTENHAM STAR-STUDDED LITERARY LINE-UP
The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival has announced a spectacular programme for 2020, which will be live streamed from Cheltenham for the first time in the history of the world’s oldest literature festival.
literature, alongside a powerful collection of current affairs events drawing in expert insight from the Festival’s title partner The Times and The Sunday Times, with over 24 journalists and columnists from the two papers featuring in the programme. There will also be some well recognisable stars of stage and screen to add a little more sparkle.
New for 2020, the Festival will present ‘The Citizen’s Manifesto’, bringing together young activists, politicians and key thinkers with the festival audience to shine a political, social, economic and cultural light on a year like no other, exploring the ways in which society could and should change in the wake of COVID-19.
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Set to entertain, educate and inspire children of all ages, this year’s digital family, young adult and schools programme gives the opportunity and flexibility to curate your own festival with almost 40 free events packed with bookish conversation, creative challenges, draw-alongs and read-aloud sessions from the best in the business. There’s even a Create Your Own Festival Pack which includes a Beano Comic Trail, Book Quiz and a recipe for a dapper Festival hat.
An unmissable autumn highlight, this year’s pioneering hybrid fFestival – combining digital and in-person events – features a unique line-up of the world’s greatest writers, thinkers, performers and dynamic new voices.
From October 2 - 11, the festival will include over 160 events with over 100 broadcast live from Cheltenham’s Town Hall and the Everyman Theatre in front of a socially-distanced live audience.
The Festival programming team, joined by guest curators British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and Dishoom’s Shamil Thakrar, have pulled out all the stops to celebrate what is set to be an astonishing season of publishing.
The line-up offers something for every book-lover, featuring literary greats and fresh talent, travel and adventure, food and drink, lifestyle and psychology, history and science, art and classic
Virtual visitors can explore Cheltenham’s Festival site on
www.cheltenhamliteraturefestival.cominteracting with speakers, browsing the bookshop, and taking part in activities for book-lovers of all ages. Tickets to attend the festival in person are available to a limited socially-distanced audience on sale at
www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
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