Paddy is the co-director of the Shute Festival of Literature and Landscape, which is held in St Michael’s Church, Shute, in East Devon.
The inaugural festival in 2016 drew hundreds of visitors who came to hear, among others, Arabist and BBC correspondent Diana Darke, biographer and literary agent Andrew Lownie, YA novelist Laurence Anholt, travel doyenne Hilary Bradt, and Costa-nominated poet Greta Stoddart.
The 2017 line-up includes crime writer Sophie Hannah, poet Annie Freud, and the historian, commentator and political author, Sir Anthony Seldon.
More details can be found at www.shutefest.org.uk
The inaugural festival in 2016 drew hundreds of visitors who came to hear, among others, Arabist and BBC correspondent Diana Darke, biographer and literary agent Andrew Lownie, YA novelist Laurence Anholt, travel doyenne Hilary Bradt, and Costa-nominated poet Greta Stoddart.
The 2017 line-up includes crime writer Sophie Hannah, poet Annie Freud, and the historian, commentator and political author, Sir Anthony Seldon.
More details can be found at www.shutefest.org.uk
