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Meet the Author - Passed Events
Meet the Author Events
Since 2005, as part of our ongoing Meet The Author programme we’ve presented more than 50 major celebrity authors in venues across East Hertfordshire, in addition to signings, talks and readings by local authors and writing groups.
As the UK’s only all-year-round Book Festival every Meet The Author event features an interview with or talk by the guest author, an audience question and answer session followed by a book signing at the end of the session. We’ve held events at Broxbourne Civic Hall, Hertford Castle Hall (now The Hertford Theatre), Ware Priory, Mayhem Theatre Arts and The Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans. We’ve also presented events in partnership with Paradise Wildlife Park, Hoddesdon Library, The Whistling Duck Restaurant nr Hertford, Haileybury College and St Edmunds College.
Below is a list of the major celebrity names we’ve had as our guests, along with some photos. Past events featuring major children’s authors can be seen in our Kids Events section. If you really enjoyed some of these evenings and would like to share your memories of one or more of them then please post something on our Facebook page.
Our Authors
Anthony Adolph,
Monica Ali,
Dr Nick Barratt,
Lynda Bellingham,
Ian Botham,
Peter Bowles,
William Boyd,
Melvyn Bragg,
Jo Brand,
Bill Bryson,
Martin Clunes,
Martina Cole,
Jack Dee,
Michael Dobbs,
Sir Ranulph Fiennes,
Tony Fitzjohn, Frederick Forsyth,
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Germaine Greer, Sheila Hancock (twice), Rosemary Hill, Simon King, Nigella Lawson, Maureen Lipman, Anna Massey, Andy McNab, John Mortimer, Jenni Murray, Michael Palin, Jeremy Paxman
Gervaise Phinn, Libby Purves, Laurence Rees, William Roach, Delia Smith, Gordon Smith (twice)
Rick Stein, Jackie Stewart, Alan Titchmarsh (twice), Rose Tremain, Julie Walters, June Whitfield
Bob Wilson, Michael Wood.
Germaine Greer, Sheila Hancock (twice), Rosemary Hill, Simon King, Nigella Lawson, Maureen Lipman, Anna Massey, Andy McNab, John Mortimer, Jenni Murray, Michael Palin, Jeremy Paxman
Gervaise Phinn, Libby Purves, Laurence Rees, William Roach, Delia Smith, Gordon Smith (twice)
Rick Stein, Jackie Stewart, Alan Titchmarsh (twice), Rose Tremain, Julie Walters, June Whitfield
Bob Wilson, Michael Wood.
