Chipping Norton Literary Festival

Friday 20th April – Sunday 22nd April 2012

Sponsored by Knight Frank LLP

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In April book-lovers, aspiring writers and those passionate about literature converged on Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire to witness a dazzling array of literary workshops, author talks & interviews and panel events. The Chipping Norton Literary Festival had something for everyone.

Authors at Chipping Norton Literary Festival

With such famous names as Sir Andrew Motion, Mark Billingham, Colin Dexter, Graeme Garden, Joanna Trollope and Prue Leith the first ever Chipping Norton Literary Festival certainly “boxed outside its class” and was considered a huge success.

Chipping Norton is a busy market town on the edge of the Cotswolds. The question is not so much ‘why does Chippy need a literary festival?’ but rather ‘why on earth didn’t it have one already?’ And now of course we can boast “IT HAS!!!”

Thanks to all the authors (including Children’s authors who visited local schools on Friday and local authors who signed books at the town hall there were 70!) who took part in over 50 events. Thanks to our sponsors who bravely took a punt on our first festival and to all our wonderful volunteers who kept things running like clockwork! Also thanks to  the public who bought one of the 1,600 tickets sold or simply came along to see what we were up to! Thanks to our venues and especially The Theatre for their Box Office staff and services and to Jaffe & Neale for getting books along to every venue, including the primary schools! Thanks to the retailers and local businesses who gave discounts, gave services, products or indeed time. The Festival truly was a collaborative and co-operative partnership.

We hope you enjoyed the festival and would love to have your feedback!

See you in 2013! Watch this space,