Authors 2010

Rowan Somerville is the author of The End of Sleep and The Shape of Her. He has worked in television, film and radio, including making the odd documentary and some unmentionable television programmes. He will be giving a talk entitled ‘Writing about Sex and other Challenges’.
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One of the UK’s leading performance poetry organisations, Apples & Snakes are taking their recent sell-out show Forked on the road. The show comprises an electric and eclectric mix of local, national and international poets, from Zimbabwean slam poet Dikson, to ‘organic free-range’ poet Jackie Juno. Audiences can expect raucous laughter, tears of joy, deep penetrating thoughts, and even a ukulele thrown in for good measure.
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Laura has been a journalist at the Guardian since 2000 and regularly contributes to: The Word magazine, Q, Intelligent Life, Thefirstpost.co.uk, Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue and Company. She'll be reading from her new novel, Twenty-One Locks and hosting Caught By The River's Nature Book Reader – in conversation with Laura Beatty and Chris Watson on the subject of their favorite nature writings.
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Andrew co-founded the Glastonbury Fayre in 1971 with Arabella Churchill, with the first ever line-up including David Bowie, Traffic and Fairport Convention. His new book, Intolerably Hip - The Memoirs of Andrew Kerr will be published in June 2011 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Fayre. Andrew writes with a light-handed touch that entertains and provides a credible portrait of the Glastonbury festival archive.
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Bestselling author, Sunday Telegraph Magazine columnist and former features editor of British Vogue, Justine Picardie returns to Port Eliot this year to launch her new book Coco Chanel: the Life and Legend. With a special slide show in the Big Dining Room, Justine will be revealing for the first time to the public previously unseen photographs of Coco Chanel that she has uncovered during the writing of her book.
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Marina Hyde's three weekly Guardian columns have won her a reputation as one of the funniest and most admired journalists in the UK.
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Nicky Haslam is a flamboyant, high society figure and interior designer with a vast repertoire of saucy stories. Friend and confidante to a huge number of stars over the years – from Andy Warhol to Jean Shrimpton, JFK to the Queen Mother – you can be sure there’s never a dull moment when he’s around.
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The brainchild of Eleanor O'Keeffe, Rosie Boycott and Daisy Leitch, 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to enlighten, entertain and inspire as they tell the story behind their personal histories, most innovative ideas and deepest obsessions – all in just 15 minutes.
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Guy Sangster Adams is editor of arts magazine, Plectrum: The Cultural Pick. He co-founded the London arts venue, The Horse Hospital, and has written extensively about arts and culture for an array of publications including L’Uomo Vogue, The Independent, and Nude magazine. He'll be in conversation with acclaimed designer and artist, Nigel Waymouth, co-founder of the legendary 1960s boutique, Granny Takes a Trip.
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The Literary Consultancy (TLC), the UK’s leading manuscript assessment service, provides expert, market-aware editorial advice to writers at all levels writing in English. From the London Book Fair to the Suzhou Literary Festival in China and the international New Writing Worlds Symposium at the University of East Anglia this June, TLC is widely respected by writers everywhere.
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