An interesting cast of writers have been booked to talk at the latest edition of this well-curated festival, which has been running since 2018. These include Tom Crewe, one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2023 and winner of this year’s Orwell Prize for his historical novel The New Life; Nigel Planer, of Young Ones fame, who’s just published a sci-fi novel; comedian and author Sarah Pascoe, publicising her first novel, Weirdo, and Shadow Health Secretary (and future PM?) Wes Streeting.