Words by the Water - Additions and amendments to literary line-up

Reported by Karen Morley 19/01/2012

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, Cumbria is the centre for this exciting literature festival organised by Ways With Words.

This year’s event will include Roger Bolton, Hunter Davis, Eric Robson, Margaret Drabble and an evening with stand up comedian Shappi Khorsandi. And there have been some late additions to the line-up.

For 10 days, from March  2-11, 2012 writers and readers get together to share the pleasure of books, words and ideas.

Theatre by the Lake, sited right on the edge of Derwentwater, is the striking venue for a full programme of literary events. There are talks, lectures, discussions, workshops, book launches and special exhibitions.

The latest changes to this year’s line-up are:

Friday 2 March, 12.30pm
Rory Stewart - "The Mood of Britain" (£8.50) - Main House
(Note: This is a new event)

Saturday 3 March, 1pm
Alistair Darling -  "One Thousand Days at Number Eleven" (£8.50) - Main House
(Note: This is a rescheduled event from Saturday 10 March)

Saturday 3 March, 5.30pm
Bob Marshall Andrews & Chris Mullin -  "Whither Politics, Whither Britain" (£8.50) - Main House
(Note: Rory Stewart was due to be joining Bob and Chris for this event but is now unable to attend. He is now speaking at 12.30pm on Friday 2 March - see above)

Saturday 10 March, 1pm
Denis Avey and James Long –
"The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz" (£8.50) - Main House
(Note: This event replaces the rescheduled event with Alistair Darling.)

Saturday 10 March, 2.30pm
Clarissa Dickson Wright
This event has unfortunately been cancelled.  We are currently looking for a new speaker to take this slot so keep an eye on our website for news.

Click here for full programme.