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W. DORSET IN LITERATURE

West Dorset features in several literary masterpieces. Many of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in the area, and Lyme Regis is the location for John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman.

One of Fowles' other works, The Collector, was also made into a film and this is being shown as part of the Bridport Prize Live literary festival .

WHAT'S ON IN NOVEMBER 2007

The Bridport Literary Festival:
Friday 9th - Saturday 17th November


The Bridport Prize is a well-established annual literary prize, and for the past 2 years it has been celebrated with in a week-long festival, dubbed "Bridport Prize Live". In this its third year an illustrious line-up of speakers includes Katherine Whitehorn, Sir Max Hastings, Charles Allen on his latest book - Kipling Sahib - and Sir Roy Strong. On Friday 16th, Prize judge Tracy Chevalier talks about her most recent book, Burning Bright, about the life of artist William Blake.

For full details see the  Bridport Arts Centre website.