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📕 A fun, friendly, thought provoking literary weekend for every age & interest. 🖊️ 9TH-12TH OCTOBER 2025 🛜 www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com #isleofwight #literaryfestival #iwlitfest #isleofwightliteraryfestival
🧄 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | Natasha Edwards – The Garlic Guru 🌱
From the Isle of Wight’s garlic fields to kitchens worldwide, Natasha runs the iconic Garlic Farm & celebrates this mighty bulb in her new book The Goodness of Garlic.
📅 Meet her at #IWLitFest
#GarlicLovers
📣 NEW #IWLitFest2025 headliners and special events programme! ✨
Lord Michael Heseltine, 👑 Lady Anne Glenconner & 🎭 Rula Lenska.
9–12 Oct at Northwood House, Cowes – books, music, wine, workshops & more!
🎟 Tickets available soon.
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | KAREN PHILLIPPS
Karen Phillipps joins #iwlitfest with “Get Carman” – the untold story of George Carman QC, Britain’s most famous barrister. Feared & respected, he defended Jeremy Thorpe, Elton John & more. A gripping mix of courtroom drama & biography. ⚖️
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | MATT BLAKE
Matt Blake, an award-winning journalist for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Esquire and more, has gone from crime reporting to debut author with Hearth of Darkness—a chilling true story of fear, obsession, and the secrets hidden within his own home.
www.iwlitfest.com
Passion, Politics, & Power.
She ruled London salons, reinvented British style, & loved boldly. Now Harriet Cullen – acclaimed writer (History Today, The Daily Telegraph, Keats-Shelley Review) and daughter of Lady Pamela Berry – tells the real story.
#isleofwightliteraryfestival
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | MAGNUS WHEATLEY
From blogging the ’87 America’s Cup at 15 to writing for the FT, Seahorse & americascup.com – Magnus Wheatley launches “There Is No Second” at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival in October.
Find out more at isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/magnuswheatley
We’re thrilled to welcome back Gyles Brandreth to the 2025 #isleofwightliteraryfestival after last year’s sell-out!
His latest book explores the life of A. A. Milne & the legacy of Winnie-the-Pooh 🧸🌳
🎟️ Tickets available late August.
Kindly sponsored by Seabourn
📚 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT 📚
Meet @gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social — former Chief Superintendent turned bestselling author. With 30+ years in policing, he now writes gripping crime fiction like City on Fire, where justice collides with power in the heart of Brighton 🔥
www.iwlitfest.com
📚 WRITE ON WIGHT APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON THE 31ST JULY 📚
If you would like to be part of “AUTHOR AUTHOR” or the “LOCAL MARKETPLACE PLACE” event apply head to www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/write-on-wight
📝 We will contact successful applicants in September to confirm scheduling.
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | DR SUZANNE O’SULLIVAN
Neurologist & award-winning author of It’s All in Your Head & The Sleeping Beauties. Her new book The Age of Diagnosis explores modern illness & medical progress.
🎟 Tickets out late Aug!
#iwlitfest #literaryfestival
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | SIR GRAHAM BRADY
From Salford to Westminster’s power struggles 🏛️.
Sir Graham Brady, Chair of the 1922 Committee since 2010, lifts the lid on 14 years of UK politics – from Cameron to Sunak.
Genres: Memoir | Politics | History | Leadership
#UKPolitics
📢 NEW NAMES ANNOUNCED! 📢
🎭 Lissa Evans
⚽ Francis Benali
🏚️ Matt Blake
👑 Harriet Cullen
🐧 Jamie Lafferty
📜 Tracy Borman
🧠 Suzanne O’Sullivan
🎨 Nick Trend
🕵️♂️ Tim Willasey-Wilsey
For more info visit
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🎟️ Available in late August
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | ALEXANDER NORMAN ✈️
Writer, adventurer & aviation buff. Ex-cavalry captain turned Dalai Lama biographer. His latest book, Captain de Havilland’s Moth, celebrates Britain’s flying pioneers.
#AviationHistory #DeHavillandMoth #AlexNorman #FlyingHeritage
🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | Cath Kidston MBE ✨
Iconic British designer + founder of C. Atherley & Joy of Print joins our festival line-up! 🌸 Known for joyful prints + creative vision, Cath continues to inspire global design.
🎟️ Tickets on sale August
🔗 Sponsored by Spence Willard
#BritishDesign
🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | HELEN LEDERER
Comedy legend, author & icon of Absolutely Fabulous joins Isle of Wight Literary Festival 2025!
Expect wit, honesty & stories from her memoir “Not That I’m Bitter”.
🎟️ Tickets on sale August.
#isleofwightliteraryfestival
🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: JOHN SUCHET OBE
Bestselling author & Classic FM legend shares his personal journey with Beethoven in In Search of Beethoven 🎶—part memoir, part biography, part travel adventure.
🗓 Don’t miss this inspiring session at #IsleofWightLiteraryFestival
#Beethoven #JohnSuchet
📚 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | MELISSA HARRISON - Award-winning author & nature writer
🌿 Seen in The Times, Guardian, FT, New Statesman
Now she brings us Homecoming — a beautifully illustrated nature journal & quiet guide back to the seasons — and to yourself. 🌸🍂❄️🌞
#isleofwightliteraryfestival
We’re so excited to welcome back to our festival @tracyborman.bsky.social recently appointed Chief Historian at the Historic Royal Palaces! 👑
✨ This October, she joins us to share The Stolen Crown — uncovering the truth behind the 1603 royal succession & the lie that changed everything…
📚 FESTIVAL SPEAKER | TIM WILLASEY-WILSEY
Former diplomat & Kings College professor reveals the untold story of MI6’s top spy in Nazi Germany, Baron William de Ropp—who had direct access to Hitler & worked to prevent WWII.
An unmissable tale of espionage, betrayal & history.
What a treat! We were thrilled to welcome Gyles Brandreth to our press launch at Medina Bookshop in Cowes. He shared brilliant insights on Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh & A.A. Milne—plus his Island connection.
See you in October at #IsleOfWightLiteraryFestival! 📖🍯
📣 The wait is over!
HERE’S our first #IWLitFest 2025 lineup! 🎉📚
🌟 Prue Leith
🎾 Sue Barker
🏡 Cath Kidston
🎤 Gyles Brandreth
🎼 John Suchet
😂 Helen Lederer
🏛 Sir Graham Brady
🌍 Bob Seely
🍫 Joanne Harris
🗓 9–12 Oct
👉 Full details + more: www.iwlitfest.com #isleofwightliteraryfestival
☀️ Glorious sunshine + generous hearts = a perfect fundraising lunch for #IWLitFest! 📚
Huge thanks to Lord Digby Jones for his inspiring talk, @seabourncruise for sponsoring our welcome drinks, and all who donated to our auction & raffle.
#isleofwightliteraryfestival #iowlf #isleofwight #iowlf
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🎄Wishing you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS & a happy, healthy & prosperous NEW YEAR ! 🎉
🙏 Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us this year with the largest programme we have ever had!
📚 We hope you are gifted some wonderful reads to curl up with this Christmas day and see you in 2025! 🌟
🎁 THE ISLE OF WIGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL TEA TOWEL
✍️ Created by local #isleofwight artist Maria Ward.
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