This is the season when UK book festivals kick off in earnest with plenty of fine venues to choose from.
First up is The Leigh and Wigan Words Together Festival which celebrates its 10th year focusing on the best in local and international historical and modern writing. The festival offers a two week programme from 1 - 13 April, 2013 at various venues in and around Leigh and Wigan. Celebrity authors include Will Self, Lizzie Jones, Alan Whelan and Lemn Sissay.
The Laugharne Weekend in beautiful West Wales opens in the town famous as the home of poet Dylan Thomas with a cool mix of edgy musicians and authors Sir Peter Blake, Mark Thomas, Caitlin Moran, Tracey Thorn, Beth Orton, John Hegley and Mark Watson coming together for the weekend April 5 - 7.
Scarborough Literature Festival sees the famous seaside town hosting Joanne Harris, Lucy Worsley and Penny Junor 11- 14th April 2013.
Aye Write! celebrates all things literary and Glaswegian bringing the best of Scottish and international writers to the city's magnificent Mitchell Library 12 - 20th April 2013. Guest speakers include Kate Atkinson, Sandi Toksvig, Nick Cohen, Martin Palmer and Jeremy Vine.
Cambridge Wordfest Spring 2013 offers a packed weekend of some of the best in contemporary fiction, political debate, workshops and events for children. This is a festival for writers as well as readers and takes place April 12 - 14, 2013 in the city's historic ADC Theatre and the University's McCrum and Babbage lecture theatres. Taking part will be Kevin Crossley-Hollan, Antony Beevor, Lindsey Hilsum, Chimanada Ngozi-Adichie, Kate Fox.
The Chipping Norton Literary Festival takes place in the picturesque West Oxfordshire market town between 18 - 23 April, 2013. More than 50 authors, publishers and bookssellers will be taking part in book swaps, reading corners, workshops and discussions. Among those booked to appear are Mark Billingham, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tracy Chevalier and Barry Cryer.
Hexham Book Festival is offering a mixed bag of delights for all ages blending words, stories and ideas between 24th - 27th April at Queen's Hall, Hexham, Northumbria. Celebrity authors include Claire Tomalin, Barbara Bell, Edwina Currie, Chris Mullin, Martin Bell and Maggie O'Farrell.
Last but not least The Stratford Upon Avon Literary Festival celebrates its 6th year in 2013. An exciting mixture of debate, ideas and celebrity author events including workshops and humour runs alongside a programme of educational events in local schools in and around Stratford to which favourite authors including Artemis Cooper, Gavin Hewitt, Jay Rayner, John Connolly, Kate Humble, Mark Billingham and Michael Morpurgo are invited to inspire children aged 2 - 18. The festival runs from 21st April - 5th May 2013.
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