Part of our initial plan was to engage with local children and schools. Working with the National Literacy Trust, we have a dedicated festival programme set within two local schools during school time on the Thursday and Friday, 6th and 7th Nov.
The psychotherapist and author Joshua Fletcher invites Whitby to take a seat on the therapist’s couch as he reveals all you ever wanted to know about therapy at next month’s lit fest.
It’s the one question all of us seek an answer to: what is the meaning of life? Ann Chadwick spoke to author James Bailey on his mission to find it, as he heads to Whitby Lit Fest.
Acclaimed actors are heading to Whitby Lit Fest this autumn adding star quality to the literary line-up.
Whitby Lit Fest has announced actors Miriam Margolyes and Ace Bhatti as special guests joining author Shaun Usher on stage in Diaries of Note.
Lee Child, Rob Rinder, Miriam Margolyes, Sir Alan Aykbourn, Steph McGovern, Shaun Usher, Yvette Fielding, Rob Cowen, Emma Carroll
The main programme will be announced on Tuesday 5 August. Tickets for the main programme will also be on sale from 9am on Tuesday 5 August (via our website).
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, will feature at the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest.
We asked Festival Patron Kate Fenton to introduce herself, and share a bit about her wide-ranging career.
Lee Child, the author behind the global phenomenon, Jack Reacher, headlines the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest.
