Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival

If you're a bit of a bookworm, you might be interested in a local literary event taking place this weekend. The line-up includes Lionel Shriver, Joanna Trollope, Kate

Figes and Fiona Kirk, all of whom are due to appear at the Hampstead & Highgate

Literary Festival.

The Festival is a three-day celebration writing for readers of all ages, and will take place at Ivy House in Golders

Green, from Sunday 19th - Tuesday 21st September.  Organised and

hosted by the London Jewish Cultural Centre (LJCC) in partnership with

the Ham&High, the festival has something for everybody with more than 50 different

talks and workshops.

A spokesman for the LJCC said 'Since the Festival

website went live on 1st July we have already taken over 1,700 bookings.

We are delighted by the show of public interest in the Festival and

grateful for the support of our media partners, the Ham&High, our

sponsors and the enthusiastic response of the publishers and authors we

approached. Our aim is to become a permanent fixture on the London

literary calendar.'

Book sales and signings will be held after each event by Daunt Books.

You can find out more by visiting the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival website.