Welcome to the Marlborough LitFest newsletter
Our 2nd year takes our winning formula even further - quality writing of every genre.
Marlborough will be alive with all things literary for 4 days in September (22nd - 25th) with more authors, subjects and events. Whatever your age or interest, come and celebrate great writing with us.
Here's a brief taster of the scope on offer.

	Sir Michael Holroyd CBE -perhaps the UK's leading literary biographer As a campaigner for the promotion of literature, Michael is a natural inclusion in our festival. His works have been published since 1964 and his volume on Lytton Strachey was a landmark in contemporary biography. Other subjects have included Bernard Shaw and Augustus John. Michael has suggested A Book of Secrets may be his last yet many see it is as a work of the master at the height of his powers.
Evie Wyld- novelist of the decade? For the past four decades Granta and The BBC's Culture Show have predicted the debut novelists who would go on to become our pre-eminent writers. Past selections have included the likes of Martin Amis, Kazuo Ishiguro and Julian Barnes. We're delighted to welcome Evie Wyld, nominee from the recent list of the twelve to watch for the future, to speak about her acclaimed 1st novel.
	Judy Golding - life with her father William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, Rites of Passage and many more, was one of the most iconoclastic and revered authors of the 20th Century. A resident of both Marlborough and Salisbury, his Wiltshire connections influenced novels such as The Spire and The Pyramid. Judy, born in Marlborough, will talk about her new book The Children of Lovers.

*Michael Holroyd
*Evie Wyld
*Judy Golding

Tickets for all events will be available in June and look out for future updates on the following:

*Marlborough's own Lauren Child, author and illustrator of children's sensations Charlie & Lola and Clarice Bean

*David Edgar - acclaimed writer of over 60 plays including Destiny and Maydays

*The Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba

*Subjects as diverse as the art of TV and film adaptation, The Gothic Novel, George Orwell, life on the mean streets of Kingston Jamaica, Shakespeare, ghostwriting, history, The Crime Genre

*Poetry Cafes, Writing Workshops and Competitions for all