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{{Infobox recurring event |
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|name = Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival |
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|image = HULitFest.jpg |
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|caption = Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival logo |
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|location = [[Hawkesbury Upton]], [[Gloucestershire]] |
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|country = [[England]] |
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|coordinates = {{Coord|51.581|-2.319|display=title|region:GB_scale:50000}} |
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{{Location map|UK |alt = Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire |lat_deg = 51.581 |lon_deg = -2.319}} |
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|years_active = 2015-present |
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|founder_name = [[Debbie Young]] |
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| website = {{URL| http://www.hulitfest.com/}} |
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}} |
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The '''Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival''', is a free public event celebrating books and reading. Founded in 2015 by local author [[Debbie Young]], it is now a permanent fixture in [[The Cotswolds]]’ cultural calendar on the closest Saturday to [[World Book Night]] and [[Shakespeare]]'s birthday. |
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==Introduction and history== |
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The festival takes place every April on the Saturday closed to the [[UNESCO]]-led [[World Book Night]]. The first festival took place at The Fox Inn on the evening of 23 April (World Book Night). What started as a few author friends and village locals soon led to an invitation to the general public to join a full evening event with over 20 [[authors]], [[poets]] and [[illustrators]], celebrating the joy of reading with a series of panel discussions and public readings. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cotswoldlife.co.uk/out-about/events/the-brand-new-hawkesbury-upton-literature-festival-this-april-1-4015456 |title=The brand new Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival this April | date=30 March 2015 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2016, the festival returned, this time for a full day’s programme in multiple venues, and it has grown year on year since then. The fifth festival on Saturday 27 April 2019, once again coincided with World Book Night.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://worldbooknight.org/events/hawkesbury-upton-literature-festival-2019 |title= Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival | date=27 April 2019 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref> |
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==Venues== |
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The first festival in 2015 took place solely in The Fox Inn, [[Hawkesbury Upton]], however as the festival has grown throughout the years it has occupied itself in more village venues, including: |
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* Hawkesbury Primary School |
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* Hawkesbury Village Hall |
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* The Bethesda Chapel |
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* The Methodist Chapel and School Room |
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* The Church of St Mary the Virgin |
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* The Fox Inn |
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==Previous guests== |
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Previous guests include: |
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AA Abbott, Linda Alvis, Rachel Amphlett, Maureen Armstrong, Hugh Arthur, Ali Bacon, Lucienne Boyce, Brad Borkan, Chris Burleigh, Jean Burnett, Bobbie Coelho, Jason Conway, Anita Davison, William Fairney, Barry Faulkner, J M Forster, J J Franklin, Kate Frost, Melanie Golding, Jacci Gooding, Rod Griffiths, Susan Grossey, Jak Harrison, John Holland, [[Dan Holloway]], Glynn Holloway, Angela James, Edward James, Alice Jolly, Wendy H Jones, Nicola Kelsall, Gerri Kimber, Josephine Lay, Peter Lay, Nima Lee, John Lynch, Michael MacMahon, [[Joanna Penn]], Rosalind Minett, Gillian Morton, Kate O’Grady, Lois Parker, Nastasya Parker, Mark Peckett, Doloranda Pember, David Penny, Marg Roberts, [[Orna Ross]], Mark Rutterford, Betty Salthouse, [[Caroline Sanderson]], [[T E Shepherd]], Katharine E Smith, Ellie Stevenson, Trevor Stubbs, Jann Tracy, Jan Turk Petrie, Chloe Turner, Jo Ullah, Richard Vaughan-Davies, Edmund Weiner, Steve Wheeler, David Williams, Janet Wilson, Shirley Wright, [[Debbie Young]]. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.hulitfest.com Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival Official Website] |
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[[Category:Festivals in England]] |
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[[Category:Literary festivals in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Recurring events established in 2015]] |
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