President
Dame Judi Dench CH
LITERATURE
The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2015
Friday 2rd to Sunday 11th October 2015
The Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world. During our 65th Festival
in 2015 we sold over 135,000 tickets and held 500 events on our Festival sites which are set
in beautiful parkland in the centre of regency Cheltenham. We’re looking forward to another
successful Literature Festival in October.
We are committed to continuing the series Locally Sourced in 2015 – celebrating the work of
local writers and also the history, culture and landscapes of this beautiful part of England.
We’re therefore inviting writers to submit their writing for possible inclusion in the series.
It would be helpful if you could send us a copy of your book – if already published – or if yet
to be published some background information alongside a short excerpt from the
manuscript. PLEASE send copies rather than precious originals, as we aren’t able to return
material submitted unfortunately.
Please send your writing by email to: literature@cheltenhamfestivals.com or by post to
Nicola Tuxworth, Head of Programming, Cheltenham Festivals, 109-111 Bath Road,
Cheltenham GL53 7LS. The deadline is 18th May 2015. Please mark the outside of the
package Locally Sourced.
If we are interested in pursuing a suggestion, or require further information, we will be in
touch as soon as possible after the deadline. If you have not heard from us by the end of
June, then please assume that there is regrettably no room in the programme on this
occasion. We receive a huge number of submissions each year and inevitably many authors
are disappointed, but we do consider every submission.
We look forward to hearing from you.
With best wishes
Nicola
Nicola Tuxworth
Head of Programming
Cheltenham Festivals 109 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7LS
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