Stoke Newington Literary Festival

Stoke Newington Literary Festival

Line-ups, updates and news for Stoke Newington Literary Festival 2011.

Where: Stoke Newington, London
When: 3 - 5 June 2011
How much: Prices range from free to £10

Stoke Newington's first ever Literary Festival launched last year with great success. They are back this June across a range of interesting Stokey venues. The historic home to radical writers, thinkers and dissidents will host an array of the most interesting and innovative authors and poets.

There are loads of events during the day for kids, including an appearance by Little Britain star David Walliams, who will be talking about his new children's book Billionaire Boy, and even a Dr. Seuss event with The Cat in the Hat in attendance.

The adult portion of the festival kicks-off with a Gala Launch event on Friday, with Labour MP Diane Abbot raising the curtain on the weekend's programme. This year's line-up features appearances by local legend Stewart Lee, children's author/illustrator Linda Grant, comedian Alexi Sayle, and Mister Nice Guy himself, Howard Marks.

We're particularly excited about the Firestation Bookswap on Sunday; bring a book you would like to swap, and pop into the library for a piece of cake, a natter, and exchange books and conversation with other attendees and guest authors.

There's a two-hour event dedicated to one of Stoke Newington's most famous denizens, Edgar Allan Poe. Legendary director Steven Berkoff will be making an appearance, talking about his production of The Tell Tale Heart that's currently touring, after which he'll be unveiling a new bust of Poe outside the Fox Reformed restaurant, which rests on the site of the school Poe attended when living in Stoke Newington.

Full line up:

    * Dr Jeremy Gilbert
    * Tim Hayward
    * Jan Noble
    * Will Hill
    * Katharine Quarmby
    * Karin Littlewood
    * Alex Wheatle
    * Margaret Busby OBE
    * Miriam Elia
    * Anna Birch
    * Gavin James Bower
    * Cherry Smyth
    * Jude Cowan
    * DJ Mistah Brown
    * Lucy O’Brien
    * Matthew Caley
    * Oliver Jeffers
    * Tim Wells
    * Ed Howker
    * Lee Rourke
    * Newton Dunbar
    * Barry Miles
    * Simon Reynolds
    * Kit Wright
    * Stephen Deas
    * Rowland Rivron
    * Catherine Brogan
    * Chris Riddell
    * Dianne Abbott
    * Rob White
    * Zoe Howe
    * Owen Jones
    * Dan Rhodes
    * Stella Duffy
    * Colin Grant
    * Phil Bowen
    * Alex Clark
    * John Osborne
    * Dr Karen Boren
    * Sally Gardner
    * Niven Govinden
    * Louise Wener
    * Kim Newman
    * William Hussey
    * Travis Elborough
    * Henry Hemming
    * Max Schaefer
    * Alexei Sayle
    * Evie Wyld
    * Arnab Chanda
    * Suzanne Moore
    * Dan Hancox
    * Julie Welch
    * Sarah Jane Lovett
    * John Hegley
    * Charles Shaar Murray
    * Marie Phillips
    * Shiv Malik
    * Knife & Packer
    * Christopher Fowler
    * Roberta Wedge
    * Linda Grant
    * Nikesh Shukla
    * Iain Sinclair
    * John Foot
    * Pat Cadigan
    * Viv Albertine
    * Naomi Wood
    * David Walliams
    * Karen McLeod
    * David Horspool
    * Pete Brown
    * Kate Colquhon
    * Neil Denny
    * Ross Perlin
    * Jon Ronson
    * Taey Iohe
    * Richard Boon
    * Shaun Keaveny
    * Peter Daniels
    * Sarah Winman
    * Shaun Attwood
    * Stephen Jones
    * Richard Kelly
    * Richard Rieser
    * Bruno Vincent
    * Gavin Knight
    * Laurie Penny
    * John Williams
    * Ken Worpole
    * Alex Bell
    * Chris Paling
    * Robert Rowland-Smith
    * Kate Summerscale
    * Howard Marks
    * Danny Kelly
    * Richard Wiseman
    * Emma Kennedy
    * Dan Cruickshank
    * Ade Solanke
    * Chris Wormell
    * Elif Shafak
    * Paul Morley
    * Edward Vallance
    * Courttia Newland
    * Tim Burrows
    * Stewart Lee
    * Wayne Holloway-Smith
    * Sam Berkson
    * Sam Enthoven
    * Matt Thorne
    * Dan Hind
    * Sam Leith
    * Louise Yates
    * Bella Bathurst
    * Darren Hayman
    * Nick Baron
    * Barry Forshaw

Certain events will need to be booked in advance, but others are drop-in.

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