Soho Literary Festival 2014

Stephen Fry, Michel Roux and Antonia Fraser headline at the Soho Theatre

Wednesday 24th September – Sunday 28th September

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•An end-of-summer, long weekend of literary delights hosted in the Soho Theatre on Dean Street, in the capital’s liveliest district

•Stephen Fry to star in an exclusive event on PG Wodehouse on Friday 26th September.

•Interactive events such as the literary quiz with teams led by Rachel Johnson and Giles Coren, and a masterclass on matching wine with food led by Tom Parker-Bowles and Rowley Leigh.

•The 2014 line-up also includes Antonia Fraser, Michel Roux, Stephen Frears and Russell Norman

•Presented by The Oldie magazine and supported by Waitrose Cellar and Arts Council England

Soho Literary Festival, sponsored by Waitrose Cellar and supported by Arts Council England, marks its fourth anniversary on the London literary calendar in September 2014. With 36 unique events all taking place under one roof, the iconic Soho Theatre on Dean Street, the festival is set to take the capital by storm.

Visitors are invited to spend the weekend getting up-close and personal with their literary heroes, in the theatre’s three auditoria or mingling in the bar where regular signings will take place. The events and speakers have been carefully curated to inform and excite festival-goers with a programme encompassing art, music, food, comedy and plenty of author shenanigans.

Highlights include headline act Stephen Fry on the profound effects Wodehouse had on his life; panorama journalist Tom Bower delving behind the public facade of Richard Branson; Michel Roux and Russell Normanon the art of good service in restaurants; pre-eminent rock journalist Mark Ellen opening the festival to discuss forty years of life in the ludicrous music business; Britain’s most successful potter Emma Bridgewater in conversation with her illustrator husband Matthew Rice; and historian Peter Snow on the unknown tale of when Britain burned down the White House.

Further headline acts and returning favourites include an informative and humorous lesson on how to spot a psychopath led by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, an in-depth Q&A with the Oscar-winning director Stephen Frears, and the sell-out one-stop literary smorgasbord hosted by Craig Brown & Friends.

Confirmed Soho Literary Festival Speakers:

Stephen Fry, Michel Roux, Antonia Fraser, Brian Sewell, Simon Baron-Cohen, Virginia Ironside, Russell Norman, Tom Parker-Bowles, John Julius Norwich, Christian Wolmar Simon Jenkins, Loyd Grossman, Craig Brown, Peter Snow, Rachel Johnson, Mark Ellen, Giles Coren, Kerry Daynes, Harry Mount, Valerie Grove, Chris Yates, Ferdinand Mount, Marcus Berkmann, Antony Beevor, Stephen Frears, Rowan Pelling, Kate Harrison, Rosie Boycott, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Bill Knott, David Kynaston, Paul Burston, Jeremy Lewis, Lizzie Enfield, Emma Bridgewater, Rowley Leigh, Tom Bower, Tom Ward, Will Hodgkinson, Geordie Greig, Simon Garfield, Dan Cruickshank, Sam Leith, John Sutherland, David Hepworth, Jerry Brotton, Roger Bannister, James Le Fanu, Chris Mullin, Andrew Billen, James Pembroke, Sarah Boseley, Dave Runciman, Tim Bryars, Dr Tom Stuttaford, Jonathan Meades, Mikey Cuddihy, Tom Harper, Owen Jones, Oliver Kamm, Michael White, Dan Kieran, Nigel McCrery,, Matthew Rice, Jerry White, Irma Kurz, Katherine Whitehorn, Shaun Usher, Mark Lawson, Assem Malhotra, Abbie Ross, Mikey Silverman, Dick Traverne, Merryn Somerset-Webb, Martyn Vander Weyer.