THIS YEAR’S AUTHORS AND PERFORMERS
We are delighted to welcome Patricia Duncker as our 2012 writer in residence.....

WRITER IN RESIDENCE Patricia Duncker

We are delighted to welcome Patricia Duncker as our 2012 writer in residence…..

Viewers of BBC’s Look North will instantly recognise the household name of Harry Gration. This popular TV.....

HARRY GRATION

Viewers of BBC’s Look North will instantly recognise the household name of Harry Gration. This popular TV…..

Frances Wilson – author, critic, and journalist will speak about her latest epic – How to Survive the Titanic.....

FRANCES WILSON – How to Survive the Titanic

Frances Wilson – author, critic, and journalist will speak about her latest epic – How to Survive the Titanic…..

Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, Franny Moyle has played a key rol in the BBC’s arts programming

FRANNY MOYLE Constance

Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, Franny Moyle has played a key rol in the BBC’s arts programming

What could be more topical than ‘The World of Downton Abbey’...? Jessica Fellowes is the Number One bestselling author.....

FESTIVAL FINALE Jessica Fellowes

What could be more topical than ‘The World of Downton Abbey’…? Jessica Fellowes is the Number One bestselling author…..

The Long Weekend Closing Party

Sunday 15th April | 9.00pm VENUE Bacchus Wine Bar and Nightclub, Scarborough RUNNING TIME – PRICE Free Entry Bringing the festival to a close is Mark Waddell with his gloriously…

ANDREW MOTION

Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (1999 – 2009). He reads from his latest book of poems , The Cinder Path and……

The Crick Crack Club presents...
FAIRY TALES FOR GROWN UPS: The Grateful & the Dead with Ben Haggarty
Persian Magic:The Shahnameh with Xanthe Gresham

World renowned for his dynamic and challenging performances, allow Ben Haggarty to lure you into…..

POETRY & JAZZ

Jazz trumpeter Chris Hodgkins, whose father was a published poet, will be the guest front liner…..

THE BAWDEN MAP

The Bawden map, a hand-painted, collage is a unique portrayal of Scarborough, created by Edward Bawden…..

Scarborough Film Society presents INSOMNIA

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been…..

THE SITWELLS IN SCARBOROUGH: Festival Walk (SOLD OUT)

The Sitwells in Scarborough: Festival Walk with Suzanne Potter of Step Back in Time and Gillian Sleightholme…..

ASTERISK*: POEMS AND PHOTOS FROM SHANDY HALL

Poet Paul Munden introduces his latest book with an illustrated talk…..

JACK MAPANJE ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’

Dr Jack Mapanje is a Malawian poet, linguist and human rights activist, and one of the most important…..

LIVE POETRY with Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan is one of the poets who will “dominate UK poetry in years to come” according to the seminal…..

SEA SWIM POETRY WORKSHOP

Swimming in the sea liberates the imagination and transforms the body…..

SEA SWIM POETRY PERFORMANCE

Sea Swim is part of imove: a Cultural Olympiad Programme in Yorkshire…..

SCARBOROUGH LITERATURE FESTIVAL’S CLOSING PARTY

Sunday 15th April | 9.00pm VENUE Bacchus Wine Bar and Nightclub, Scarborough RUNNING TIME – PRICE Free Entry Bringing the festival to a close is Mark Waddell with his gloriously…

MUMMIFICATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO THE 21ST CENTURY by Dr Joann Fletcher

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher is the author of numerous books about Egypt, she makes regular appearances on television and radio….

BRAM STOKER CENTENARY TALK

How much do you really know about Dracula? To mark the hundreth anniversary…..

BEST OF THE HULL TO SCARBOROUGH LINE

A pick-you-up cocktail for the post-Festival blues as Sue Wilsea and Felix Hodcroft…..

KIDS FOR KIDS UK SHORT FILMS

Kids for Kids UK presents a fantastic selection of award-winning short films…..

TINY TIME TALES PRESENTS…

Join performers from Stephen Joseph Theatre OutReach team as they turn…..

FOLK TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Take a lickety-split world tour with storyteller Xanthe Gresham, a gaggle of a bold…..

THE DEVIL, THE TSAR & THE THREE DRY BISCUITS

The Tsar’s winter palace has a demon problem, and there’s only one man with the wit…..

WEAVING WORDS OF ENCHANTMENT

Helped by her fantastical puppets, Joy the Storyteller will captivate you…..

IN THE FOOL’S COMPANY

Ever wondered what you get when you squeeze a Leprechaun? Or if the goat ever got…..

WORDS AND MUSIC

Have fun with professional musician and creator of Scarborough’s Fun Music…..

Angela Smith will help you use your imagination and your creative talents to make.....

MAKE A STORYBOX!

Angela Smith will help you use your imagination and your creative talents to make…..

Join best-selling author Nick Arnold for outrageous hair-raising highlights from the best-selling.....

THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE BEST BITS SHOW

Join best-selling author Nick Arnold for outrageous hair-raising highlights from the best-selling…..

PUPPET FUN!

Join Diana Logan from Stephen Joseph Theatre OutReach in a workshop that will…..

MASTERCLASS FOR YOUNG POETS

Come along and stretch your poetry muscles with young poet Andrew McMillan…..

DRACULA CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Do you enjoy reading and writing tales of terror? Horror and Gothic expert Dr Kevin Corstorphine…..

We are honoured to welcome prize winning author Susan back to her home town. Susan’s.....

SUSAN HILL (SOLD OUT)

We are honoured to welcome prize winning author Susan back to her home town. Susan’s…..

The Max Jaffa Story written by Vincent Billington today features Phillip Mindenhall (violin).....

The Max Jaffa Story

The Max Jaffa Story written by Vincent Billington today features Phillip Mindenhall (violin)…..

Philip Eade is the author of Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman…..

Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life

Philip Eade is the author of Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman…..

Sharon’s books have been shortlisted for several international awards.....

BLOODY WOMEN! S.J. Bolton and Ann Cleeves

Sharon’s books have been shortlisted for several international awards…..

On the bicenterary of Charles Dickens’ birth we are delighted to host a celebration of the man.....

MICHAEL SLATER – The Life and Work of Dickens

On the bicenterary of Charles Dickens’ birth we are delighted to host a celebration of the man…..

Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire and is an awardwinning author of 19th century.....

VALERIE WOOD – Yorkshire Writing

Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire and is an awardwinning author of 19th century…..

We are delighted to welcome prize winning crime writer and present chair of the Crime Writer’s.....

LITERARY LUNCH WITH PETER JAMES

We are delighted to welcome prize winning crime writer and present chair of the Crime Writer’s…..

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles won the Young Writer’s Award in 1972 with her first novel, The Waiting Game.....

CYNTHIA HARROD-EAGLES

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles won the Young Writer’s Award in 1972 with her first novel, The Waiting Game…..

We are delighted to welcome Yorkshire born politician and journalist Roy Hattersley to Scarborough.....

ROY HATTERSLEY (SOLD OUT)

We are delighted to welcome Yorkshire born politician and journalist Roy Hattersley to Scarborough…..

Peter James is the son of Cornelia James, the former glove maker to the Queen.....

CRIME IN A COLD CLIMATE!

Peter James is the son of Cornelia James, the former glove maker to the Queen…..

Andy Kershaw truly has no off switch! Already he’s lived ten lives to everyone else’s one.....

The Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Andy Kershaw truly has no off switch! Already he’s lived ten lives to everyone else’s one…..

For women of all generations, Joan Bakewell is an inspiration. She is a prolific journalist.....

JOAN BAKEWELL (SOLD OUT)

For women of all generations, Joan Bakewell is an inspiration. She is a prolific journalist…..

Barry Forshaw’s latest book is Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction.....

LITERARY LUNCH WITH BARRY FORSHAW

Barry Forshaw’s latest book is Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction…..

Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance writer, broadcaster and familiar face on TV.....

ADAM HART-DAVIS

Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance writer, broadcaster and familiar face on TV…..

Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of World War II...

MARINA LEWYCKA

Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of World War II…

Kathy Lette has a high public profile that ranges from appearances on Loose Women and BBC Breakfast.....

EMOTIONAL FLASHPOINTS IN FICTION

Kathy Lette has a high public profile that ranges from appearances on Loose Women and BBC Breakfast…..

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