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2008 Festival

Here is a list of the speakers who appeared at the Wells Festival of Literature in 2008

EventSpeaker/sSubject
TalkDouglas HurdRobert Peel
LunchPhilip MarsdenThe Bare-footed Emperor
Schools EventPaul Dowswell, Viv RichardsonChildren at sea in 18-19C
LunchBarry PiltonA Welsh village
TheatreKim HicksAll Aboard - SS Great Britain
TalkMatt Harvey, Angela BarlowPoetry reading
LunchAnna KnowlesNelson
Filmn/aThe Constant Gardner
LunchMichael AlexanderMedieval riddles
TalkAndy & Dave HamiltonThe Self-Sufficientish Bible
TalkMalcolm WelshmanMy life with animals
TalkSandra HowardNovel, writing
TalkRob GiffordTopical - The China Road
TalkDuncan CampbellHis life, the 70s
TalkRichard van Emdenlocal history - Harry Patch
TalkFay WeldonNovel
TalkClare MorrallNovel
WorkshopAnna KnowlesPoetry Workshop
TalkJohn le CarreNovel