The Bath Literature Festival, held annually in
Bath, Somerset
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,
England, was an important date in the national literary calendar, playing host to an array of
journalists,
novelists,
poets,
politicians,
actor
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s,
comedians,
writers and
biographer
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Biographers
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s between 1995 and 2016.
Established in 1995 and supported by
Andrew Brownsword
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Biography
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, the festival is sponsored by ''
The Independent''. In 2003 writer and broadcaster
Sarah LeFanu became Artistic Director. The 2008 Festival included
Tariq Ali,
Martin Amis,
Margaret Drabble,
A. C. Grayling and
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director.
As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style eponymously k ...
. In 2009,
James Runcie
James Robert Runcie (born 7 May 1959) is a British novelist, documentary filmmaker, television producer and playwright. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at Bath Spa University and was Commissioning Edi ...
became Artistic Director. In 2014,
Viv Groskop took over as Artistic Director.
[Viv Groskop]
"2014 Independent Bath Literature Festival: A rapturous return to the happy valley"
''The Independent'', 14 February 2014.
The Bath Literature Festival has now been superseded by The Bath Festival, a new multi-arts festival with literature and music at the heart.
References
External links
Bath Literature Festival
1995 establishments in England
Literature
Literary festivals in England
Festivals established in 1995
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