Literature at Greenbelt 2010: The art of looking sideways
Andrew Tate
When he's not watching re-runs of the West Wing, Dr. Andrew Tate lectures in English and American Literature at Lancaster University. His...
Ben Whitehouse
Ben Whitehouse (Greenbelt's literature coordinator) lives in Telford, Shropshire with a rather large, rather eclectic collection of books that...
Deborah Fielding
Since finishing her Creative Writing: Prose MA at UEA, Deborah Fielding has been writing short stories and flash fiction. Deborah is fascinated...
Francis Spufford
Francis Spufford has been working full-time as a writer since 1990. As well as editing two highly-praised literary anthologies, he is the author...
Jo Ind
Jo Ind is a freelance journalist and writer having written for the Birmingham Post, The Independent and The Church Times, She has made a series...
Kathy Watson
Kathy Watson is a biographer. Her first book, The Crossing (Hodder Headline, 2000), told the story of Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the...
Paul Cookson
When Paul was at school, he would have rather been a footballer than anything else – especially if it meant playing for Everton! A second...
Paul Govan
Paul Govan works as a full time freelance writer reviewing videogames from a family perspective. As well as running the GeekDad blog for the...
Roger McGough
He was awarded his O.B.E. for services to poetry in 1997 and more recently a C.B.E. He was recently honoured with the Freedom of the City of...
Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo is presenter of the drivetime show on Radio 2. He has been working for the BBC since 1981 and presents "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review"...
Stewart Henderson
Stewart Henderson is a poet, songwriter and broadcaster. As a poet The Sunday Times described his children’s poetry as ‘essential reading’....