Petworth Festival Literary Week
Organised by : Petworth Festival
Where in one week can you learn all about the history of flight, the machinations of the Tudor court, the extraordinary life of one of the country's most notorious visual artists, the significance of the hoodie and the mini-skirt, and what it is to experience life in jail? The answer at this year's Petworth Festival Literary week where Richard Dawkins will discuss his new book Flights of Fancy; Alison Weir her latest historical novel about Katherine Parr; Mail on Sunday Editor Geordie Greig his encounters with Lucian Freud; Guardian fashion editor Lauren Cochrane the Ten Stories Behind the Fashion Classics; and Jonathan Aitken will reflect on a life that has experienced some incredible ups and downs. And, as they say, much much more besides
We look forward to welcoming what is probably our highest ever profile list of authors as we celebrate the 11th Petworth Festival Literary Week. In all there will be 38 events over the festival's nine days and whilst we don't expect too many people to catch every single one, you do have the opportunity additionally to watch almost all of them online as, bar a small handful, the online streaming and 'catch up' service will be available throughout the festival and for a further three weeks after, all the way until Sunday 28 November.