Morpeth is set to become a 'book heaven' this weekend as it hosts a book festival - with Vera author Ann Cleeves and American novelist and screenwriter Chuck Hogan due to take centre stage.
More than 30 writers and poets are set to perform live at the inaugural Morpeth Book Festival, many of whom have won awards for their work, such as North-East based Robert Scragg, winner of the Lindisfarne Prize for Fiction; Trevor Wood, winner of the Specsavers debut crime novel award 2021; and OBE-nominated Ann Cleeves, author of the much-loved Vera series. From further afield, American writer Chuck Hogan, creator of the Strain trilogy and TV series with Guillermo Del Toro, will be appearing via video link to give a talk on dystopian fiction.
Mari Hannah will also give a talk on her latest instalment of the Kate Daniels series, Her Last Request, on Saturday evening, while romantic fiction writer Glenda Young stars on Sunday. With some big names on the programme, the organisers have high hopes that the festival will become the 'first of many' and that each event will be a sell-out.
