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Literally Speaking is Cheltenham Festival of Literature’s daily news and review journal produced by Stet Press.

Established in 1999 by Sara-Jane Arbury and Glenn Carmichael, it is now edited by Jon Andriessen and Adam Horovitz, with indefatigable assistance from Michael Chirgwin, Alan Maddrell, Daniel Hahn, Emily Koch, Helen Williams and a few hundred other contributors.

The aim of Literally Speaking is to take an on-the-hoof and occasionally wry look at events taking place throughout the Literature Festival and review them on the spot. It’s fast, it’s furious, but ultimately it’s fun. If you are interested in writing a review for Literally Speaking, or sending us a review for publication on this site, then please contact us here.

Meanwhile, all 63 previous editions, spanning the six years of Literally Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, are available as Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF files. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader, then simply click the link of the issue you would like to view and enjoy the read...

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Literally Speaking back issues:

October 2004

Issue 1~Saturday 9

Cherie Blair, Tony Benn, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh, etc.

Issue 4~Tuesday 12

Antony Sher, Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward, Steve Tasane, etc.

Issue 7~Friday 15

William Hague, Gitta Sereny, David Cesarani, Art + Power, etc.

Issue 2~Sunday 10

Andrew Marr, Loius Sacher, Doris Lessing, Elvis McGongall, etc.

Issue 5~Wednesday 13

Peter Tatchell, Janet Street-Porter, Mende Nazer, Jamie Oliver, etc.

Issue 8~Saturday 16

Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Bee Wilson, Neil Kinnock, Michael Rosen, etc.

Issue 3~Monday 11

Adele Geras, Sheila Hancock, Rob Brydon, Don Patterson, etc.

Issue 6~Thursday 14

David Lodge, Jo Shapcott, Rory Motion, Andrew Motion, etc.

Issue 9~Sunday 17

Greg Dyke, Joanna Lumley, William Trevor, Julia Copus, Adrain Mitchell, etc.

October 2003

Issue 1~Saturday 11

Martin Amis, Daisy Goodwin, Jung Chang, etc.

Issue 4~Tuesday 14

Neil Astley, Sir Michael Rose, Nick Middleton, etc.

Issue 7~Friday 17

Estelle Morris, Dan Cruickshank, Tracy Chevalier, etc.

Issue 2~Sunday 12

James Naughtie, Tibor Fischer, Philip Pullman, etc.

Issue 5~Wednesday 15

Robert Winston, Xinran, Jenni Murray, Diarmud Gavin, etc.

Issue 8~Saturday 18

Lisa Jardine, George Monbiot, Lavinia Greenlaw, etc.

Issue 3~Monday 13

Julian Barnes, Katie Hickman, Alexei Sayle, etc.

Issue 6~Thursday 16

Barry Cryer, Harold Pinter, Angela Rippon, etc.

Issue 9~Sunday 19

Francis Wheen, Clare Short, Pamela Stephenson, etc.

October 2002

Preview Edition

Tony Benn, Fay Weldon, Jeff Noon, Gordon Banks, etc.

Issue 3~Monday 14

Tony Booth, Andrew Motion, Darren Shan, etc.

Issue 6~Thursday 17

Richard Ford, Michael Atherton, Jonathan Meades, etc.

Issue 9~Sunday 20

Tony Benn, Michael Rosen, Chris Woodhead, etc.

Issue 1~Saturday 12

Michael Palin, AS Byatt, Melvin Burgess, etc.

Issue 4~Tuesday 15

Michael Parkinson, Susie Orbach, Beryl Bainbridge, etc.

Issue 7~Friday 18

Arundhati Roy, John Gribbin, Jenny Diski, etc.

Issue 2~Sunday 13

Eric Hobsbawm, Iain Banks, Marina Warner, etc.

Issue 5~Wednesday 16

Will Self, Ian Rankin, David Bellamy, etc.

Issue 8~Saturday 19

Doris Lessing, Ben Okri, Colin Dexter, etc.

October 2001

Issue 1~Saturday 13

VS Naipaul, Uk Allcomers Slam, Alexei Sayle, etc.

Issue 4~Tuesday 16

Stella Rimington, Terry Pratchett, Ian McEwan, etc.

Issue 7~Friday 19

George Monbiot, Wendy Cope, Betty Boothroyd, etc.

Issue 2~Sunday 14

John Pilger, Esther Morgan, Aidan Chambers, etc.

Issue 5~Wednesday 17

Iain Sinclair, Ned Sherrin, Wendy Steiner, etc.

Issue 8~Saturday 20

Irvine Welsh, Nicholas Evans, Les Murray, etc.

Issue 3~Monday 15

Edmund White, Nina Bawden, Gerald Scarfe, etc.

Issue 6~Thursday 18

Paddy Ashdown, Blake Morrison, Benjamin Woolley, etc.

Issue 9~Sunday 21

Kate Adie, Jon Ronson, Matt Harvey, etc.

October 2000

Issue 1~Friday 13

Sarah Smyth, Sara-Jane Arbury, Michèle Roberts. etc.

Issue 4~Monday 16

John Mills, Edward Said, Zadie Smith, etc.

Issue 7~Thursday 19

Martin Bell, Patience Agbabi, The League of Gentlemen, etc.

Issue 10 ~ Sunday 22

Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jenny Eclair, Andrew Motion, etc.

Issue 2~Saturday 14

Bill Bryson, Jostein Gaarder, Willy Russell, etc.

Issue 5~Tuesday 17

Ann Widdecombe, Jenny Joseph, David Petts, etc.

Issue 8~Friday 20

Tariq Ali, Terry Jones, Max Hastings, etc.

I ssue 3~Sunday 15

Michelle Magorian, Jeanette Winterson, Ruth Padel, etc.

Issue 6~Wednesday 18

Anita Roddick, Kenan Malik, Lucy Irvine, etc.

Issue 9~Saturday 21

Humphrey Carpenter, Michael Horovitz, Sheridan Morley, etc.

October 1999

Issue 1~Saturday 9

Ariel Dorfman, Roger McGough, Carol Shields, etc.

Issue 4~Tuesday 12*

Ian McEwan, Clive James, Dervla Murphy, etc.

Issue 7~Friday 15

John Major, Tony Harrison, Jan Marsh, etc.

Issue 10~Monday 18

Seamus Heaney, John Hegley, Melvyn Bragg, etc.

Issue 13~Thursday 21

Benjamin Zephania, Tony Parsons, Brian Keenan, etc.

Issue 16~Sunday 24

Simon Schama, Carol Ann Duffy, John Cooper Clarke, etc.

Issue 2~Sunday 10

Ludovic Kennedy, William Gibson, Michael Dibdin, etc.

Issue 5~Wednesday 13

Felicity Kendal, Richard & Simon Hoggart, etc.

Issue 8~Saturday 16

Michael Frayn, Brian Blessed, Arnold Wesker, etc.

Issue 11~Tuesday 19*

Joseph Heller, Romesh Gunesekera, Rachel Cusk, etc.

Issue 14~Friday 22*

UA Fanthorpe, Al Alvarez, Sebastian Faulks, etc.

Issue 3~Monday 11*

Patrick Moore, Jim Crace, Philip Pullman, etc.

Issue 6~Thursday 14

James Kelman, Sandi Toksvig, Adrian Mitchell, etc.

Issue 9~Sunday 17

Dick King-Smith, James Fenton, Michael Holroyd, etc.

Issue 12~Wednesday 20

Peter Ustinov, John Bayley, Maeve Binchy, etc.

Issue 15~Saturday 23

Martin Amis, Alistair Cooke, Wendy Cope, etc.