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Opening Dates and Times
| Torbay Literary Festival (10 Aug 2026 - 15 Aug 2026) |
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| Sarah Pearse (10 Aug 2026) |
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| Kathy Lette (10 Aug 2026) |
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| Local Poetry (10 Aug 2026) |
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| Paul Burrell (10 Aug 2026) |
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| Stephanie Austin (11 Aug 2026) |
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| Open Mic (11 Aug 2026) |
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| John Hegley (11 Aug 2026) |
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| Roger Lewis (11 Aug 2026) |
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| Crime at the Sharp End (11 Aug 2026) |
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| Christopher Biggins (11 Aug 2026) |
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| Louis Barfe (12 Aug 2026) |
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| Ann Widecombe (12 Aug 2026) |
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| Open Mic (12 Aug 2026) |
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| Melvyn Hayes (12 Aug 2026) |
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| Keeping the Reader Guessing (12 Aug 2026) |
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| Georgina Moore (13 Aug 2026) |
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| Lady Ann Glenconnor (13 Aug 2026) |
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| Open Mic (13 Aug 2026) |
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| Merlin Holland (13 Aug 2026) |
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| Cruel and Unusual (13 Aug 2026) |
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| Chris Manby and Simon Robinson (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Craig Brown (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Break your Writers Block (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Open Mic (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Lesley Pearce (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Helen Lederer (14 Aug 2026) |
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| Iwan Carrington (15 Aug 2026) |
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| Hunter Davis (15 Aug 2026) |
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| Georgia Toffolo (15 Aug 2026) |
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| Mike Pickering (15 Aug 2026) |
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Book Tickets
About
The Torbay Literary Festival is being held at The Palace Theatre, Paignton between 10th-15th August, and a whole raft of famous writers will be appearing including: Georgia Toffolo, Anne Widdecombe, Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland; superstar DJ Mike Pickering, and Christopher Biggins.
The line up also includes biographer Roger Lewis, satirist Craig Brown, Princess Margaret’s former lady-in waiting Lady Anne Gelnconner and novelist Kathy Lette.
This inaugural festival has something for everyone. As well as big names like Alan Davies and Paul Burrell, we have many free events, writers’ workshops and more focused panel discussions on the writing process. However, our aim is not just to entertain, but there is a serious focus on encouraging reading, which is in decline across all age-groups.
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