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BEN ALDRIDGE

Non Fiction | Mental Health
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NORMAN BAKER

Author & Former Politician
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SUE BARKER

Broadcaster
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GRAHAM BARTLETT

Crime
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FRANCIS BENALI

Footballer
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MATT BLAKE

Journalist & Author
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TRACY BORMAN

Historian & Broadcaster
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ANMARIE BOWLER

Writer & Editor of Local Literary Handbill "Brevity"
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SIR GRAHAM BRADY

Politician
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GYLES BRANDRETH

Broadcaster
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CANDICE BROWN

Great British Bake Off Winner
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EMILY BULLOCK

Author & University Lecturer in Creative Writing
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AMANDA CRAIG

Author | Fiction
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JAMES CROSSLAND

Espionage
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HARRIET CULLEN

Non Fiction | Biographer
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MARTIN EDWARDS

Crime
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NATASHA EDWARDS

Cookery Writer
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LISSA EVANS

Novelist & TV Producer
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ANNABEL FAIRFAX

Artist
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RAY FOULK

Isle of Wight Festival | Memoir from 1970
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LYDIA FULLEYLOVE

Poet & Writer
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LADY ANNE GLENCONNER

Author & Peeress
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JEAN G-OWEN

Writer, Editor & Publisher
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JULIAN FRANCIS GODOLPHIN

Non Fiction | History, Politics & Constitutional Themes
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JOANNE HARRIS

Novelist
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MELISSA HARRISON

Novelist & Nature Writer
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GRANT HARROLD

Royal Biographer
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NICK HIGHAM

Writer & Former BBC Correspondant | Journalist
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DR BRIAN HINTON

Author & Poet
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VASEEM KHAN

Crime
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CATH KIDSTON

Designer
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JAMIE LAFFERTY

Writer & Journalist | Travel
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HELEN LEDERER

Comedian, Writer & Actress
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PRUE LEITH

Cookery Expert
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RULA LENSKA

Actress
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ANDREW LOWNIE

Historian
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YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM

Author
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LAURA MAY

Kitchen Witch

HELEN MCGINN

Wine Expert
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ALEXANDER NORMAN

The Golden Age of Aviation
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SEAN O'CONNOR

Author | Fiction
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SUZANNE O'SULLIVAN

Physician | Neurophysiology
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ALLISON PEARSON

Author & Journalist
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KAREN PHILLIPPS

Non Fiction | Biographer | Law
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CHARLOTTE PIKE

Cookery Writer
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JEREMY ROBSON

Poet
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LORETTA ROTHSCHILD

Author
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STEVE RUSHTON

Poet
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MAGGIE SAWKINS

Poet & Writer
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BOB SEELY

Journalist & Former Island MP
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MARTIN SIXSMITH

Author, Journalist & Broadcaster
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IAN STRATHCARRON

Author
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JOHN SUCHET

Author, Journalist & Presenter
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VANESSA TAYLOR

Historian
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NICK TREND

Journalist & Art Historian
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NICOLA WATSON

Author & University Professor
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NORMA WINSTONE

Jazz Artist
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MAGNUS WHEATLEY

America's Cup Author
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TIM WILLASEY-WILSEY

British Diplomat
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