The LitFest Goes Wild event will be launched at 10am by garden designer Rosy Hardy. Rosy a founder of Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants has won many gold medals at RHS Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace flower shows. She is well known as an inspirational speaker on gardening and design. After her talk, Rosy will be signing copies of her new book, Rosy Hardy - 25 Years of Chelsea.
At noon, she will be followed by farmer and historian John Lewis-Stempel who lives in Herefordshire on land his family has farmed since the 14th century. He is the author of Meadowland and The Running Hare : The Secret Life of Farmland. He is the winner of the 2015 Wainwright Prize for Nature and Travel Writing.
Then at 1.30pm the announcement of the Richard Jefferies Nature Writing Prize, sponsored by The White Horse Bookshop, will be announced. No tickets are required for this event.
At 2.30pm, Simon Cooper will be talking about his new book The Otter’s Tale which recounts his special relationship with a family of otters.
The final speaker will be Fiona Reynolds, a former Director General of The National Trust and The Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE). Her new book, The Fight for Beauty, demonstrates her enthusiasm for the countryside and her passion for conservation.
How to Book
All events take place in The White Horse Bookshop, High Street, Marlborough (Tel. 01672 512071). Tickets are £10 and can be purchased at the bookshop from 27th April (payment by cash or cheque only please).
For more information please see our website www.marlboroughlitfest.org