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Friday 14 June

10.00 – 12.00 Claire Steele: Memoir and Life Writing Workshop

14.00 – 15.00   Violet Moller: Inside the Stargazer’s Palace

15.30 – 16.30  Alexander Christie-Miller: To the City: Life and Death along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul

17.00 – 18.00  Daisy Goodwin: Diva: The Life and Loves of Maria Callas

18.30 – 19.30  Victoria Hislop: The Figurine

20.00 – 21.00  An Evening with Ned Palmer: A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France

Saturday 15 June

10.30 – 11.30  Diane Purkiss: English Food: A People’s History

12.00 – 13.00  Martin Wolf: The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

12.00 – 13.00  Sue Turbett: Taking Flight

13.30 – 14.30  Steven Parissien: Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings

15.00 – 16.00  Rhian Tracey: Secrets and Spies

15.00 – 16.00  John Suchet OBE: In Search of Beethoven: A Personal Journey

16.30 – 17.30  Brian Clegg: A Guide to the Universe From Your Starship Window

16.30 – 17.30  Nancy Peach: The Mother of All Problems

18.00 – 19.00  Hugo de Burgh: To the River: An Extraordinary Tale of Selfless Heroism in War-Torn Italy

18.00 – 19.00  Jo Callaghan and Charlie Hedges: The Science of Crime

19.30 – 20.45  Rosie Holt: Why We Were Right: An Omnishambles of Conservative ‘Successes’

Sunday 16 June

10.30 – 11.30  Louis de Bernières: Light Over Liskeard

12.00 – 13.00  Giles Milton: The Stalin Affair

13.30 – 14.30  Liam Byrne: The Inequality of Wealth

Thursday 11 July

18.30 – 20.30  William Shakespeare: As You Like it

The Buckingham Literary Festival is for readers and writers, listeners and talkers. Offering a blend of talks, discussions, poetry, film and theatre, our community festival brings an exciting mix of cultural events to this ancient market town.

The festival is set in the town and grounds of the university where the river Ouse meanders through the centre of the beautiful town of Buckingham. With something for everyone the festival features events from the local to international, the historical to fictional, for children and adults and all in an intimate comfortable setting during the height of summer.