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About the festival
Leek Loves Books is a book festival based in Leek.
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Author Hub
We will have an Author Hub based in the SMDC building. Here you can meet Authors, purchase books, ask questions and find out about the author talks.
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Author Talks next to the author hub
Throughout the day some Authors will be having talks that you can sign up to join, these will be a chance for Authors to deep dive into the topic of their choosing. Some Authors may talk about their books / characters whilst others may talk about their lives and how they became a writer.
The talks will be followed by a Q&A if time permits.
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Children's
We are in the process of finalising our children's location as we have some exciting Authors and shows for the young....and the young at heart to enjoy.
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Authors
These are the Authors joining us for our festival.
More to be added!
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Rebecca Struthers
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Trevor Belshaw
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Ronald Scholes
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Malcolm Havard
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Tom Mead
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Wren Síofra Lloyd
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Duncan Bourne
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Katherine Tallentire
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Chrissey Harrison
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Sheena Billett
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Debbie Wood
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KD Sherrinford
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David Cliffe
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Barry Lillie
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