Literary line-up announced for annual festival

A literary festival has announced the involvement of 10 historical authors.

The Alderney Literary Festival, which takes place annually, celebrates historical fiction and non-fiction writing.

The 2025 event is due to take place in March and it will be the ninth year that it has been held.

Sunday Times best-selling author Simon Scarrow posted on social media: "Delighted to be returning to Alderney. They have one of the best literary festivals I have ever been to."

Other authors joining him will be Clare Mulley, Leo Vardiashvili, Rosie Garland, Lavie Tidhar, Flora Johnston, Lesley Downer, Eleni Kyriacou, Ellen Apsten and Anna Abney.

Anthony Riches has also been announced as the festival chairman for 2025.

Alderney Literary Trust's Isabel Picornell said: "We've had a tsunami of interest from historical and fiction authors wanting to come to our ninth festival and it was so difficult to have to choose only 10.

"We did this bearing in mind the festival theme of Weaving Historical Narratives - how we tell stories."

The festival is due to take place between 28 and 30 March 2025.

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