There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Over 900 authors appear in around 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.
Author, social historian and broadcaster Kate Williams turns her attention to the greatest battle of cousins in history. The intense rivalry and difficult relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I has fascinated academics and the general...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
