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Su Pollard - Fully Charged Join us for an afternoon of pure joy - Su Pollard is a British actress, singer, songwriter and author whose career has spanned over 50 years. She began acting at the age of six, as a teen, she paid her dues singing in working men’s...

Su Pollard

Westlands Ballroom, Thu 22 Oct, 2:00pm

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Victoria Hislop - The Wine-Dark Sea It's always time for celebration when a new book is published by the beloved, bestselling author Victoria Hislop. Her novels include The Island, which sold over 6 million copies worldwide and was made into a 26-part Greek T...

Victoria Hislop

Westlands Ballroom, Thu 22 Oct, 6:00pm

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Peter James - Dead in Three, Two, One Peter James is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective....

Peter James

Westlands Ballroom, Thu 22 Oct, 8:00pm

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James Aldred - A Wagon in the Woods There are some moments in childhood that are frozen in time, vivid and vital, an anchor. When James tracked down an old Romani wagon he once played in, he found himself inside one such moment again. Though brambles had over...

James Aldred

Westlands, Fri 23 Oct, 12:00pm

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The Yeovil Literary Prize is a competition held annually by Yeovil Community Arts Association and has seen writers from across the world enter the 23rd competition. Meet and listen to exciting recent winners of the Yeovil Literar...

YCAA: Yeovil Literary Prize Winners 2026

Westlands Studio, Fri 23 Oct, 2:00pm

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Wyl Menmuir - The Spirit of Stone Wyl Menmuir is a novelist, editor and literary consultant based in Cornwall. He is the author of the Man-Booker nominated novel and Observer Best Fiction of the year pick, The Many, and Fox Fires. He is co-creator of the Cor...

Wyl Menmuir

Westlands, Fri 23 Oct, 4:00pm

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Rosie Walsh - The One Day You Were My Husband & Lulu Taylor - The Forever Summer We're so pleased to welcome bestselling authors Rosie Walsh and Lulu Taylor to the festival. Come and celebrate the million-copy, New York Times bestselling author of The Man Wh...

Rosie Walsh & Lulu Taylor

Westlands, Fri 23 Oct, 6:00pm

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*Please note: This event has been rescheduled and will now take place on a different date and time to that advertised in our August–December 2026 Seasonal Brochure.* Dame Maggie Aderin - James Webb's Ancient Cosmos Can the James Webb Space Telescope really s...

Dame Maggie Aderin

Westlands Ballroom, Sat 24 Oct, 12:00pm

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Hugo Vickers & Miranda Seymour - Behind Closed Doors & I, Vera Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the Royal Family. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother, Alice, Princess An...

Hugo Vickers & Miranda Seymour

Westlands, Sat 24 Oct, 2:00pm

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