The 17th Bridport Literary Festival is underway in the town, with a range of events on offer.

A brilliant line-up of speakers has been arranged to delight literature lovers.

Here's what's to come:

Monday, November 8

• Parm Sandhu - Black and Blue: One Woman's Story of Policing and Prejudice. The Bull Ballroom at 4.30pm

• Emma Soames - Maty Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter. The Bull Ballroom at 6.30pm

Tuesday, November 9

• Dr. Jim Down: Life Support. The Bull Ballroom at 10am

• Hugo Vickers - Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures with Cecil Beaton. The Bull Ballroom at 2.30pm

• Max Porter - The Death of Francis Bacon. The Bull Ballroom at 4.30pm

• Natasha Brown - Assembly. The Bull Ballroom at 6pm

• SOLD OUT Mark Hix: When The Chips Are Down. Sladers Yard at 6.30pm

Wednesday, November 10

• Boris Starling - The Law of the Heart. The Bull Ballroom at 10am

• James Crowden - Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life. The Electric Palace at 11.30am

• Dame Marina Warner - Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir. The Bull Ballroom at 2.30pm

• Patrick Barkham - Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature. The Bull Ballroom at 4.30pm

• Alan Johnson - The Late Train to Gipsy Hill, The Electric Palace at 6.30pm

Thursday, November 11

• Dr Hilary Jones - Frontline. The Bull Ballroom at 10am

• Tristan Gooley - The Secret World of Weather. The Bull Ballroom at 11.30am

• Anne Sebba - Ethel Rosenburg: A Cold War Tragedy. The Electric Palace at 2pm

• Andrew Lownie - Traitor King: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Exile. The Electric Palace at 3.30pm

• Tim Marshall - The Power of Geography. The Electric Palace at 5pm

• Christopher Reid - The Late Sun. Sladers Yard at 6.30pm

• Sir Peter Westmacott - The George Millar Literary Dinner. Symondsbury Tithe Barn at 7pm

Friday, November 12

• Samantha Knights QC - Law, Rights and Religion. The Bull Ballroom at 10am

• John Preston - The Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell. The Electric Palace at 11.30am

• Saul David - SBS: Silent Warriors. The Electric Palace at 2.30pm

• Dave Goulson - Silent Earth. The Bull Ballroom at 4.30pm

• Jonathan Coe - Mr Wilder & Me. The Electric Palace at 6pm

Saturday, November 13

• Jonathan Drori - Around the World in 80 Plants. The Bull Ballroom at 10am

• Peter Hain - A Pretoria Boy: The Story of South Africa's 'Public Enemy Number One'. The Electric Palace at 12noon

• Adam Nicolson - The Sea is not made of Water. The Bull Ballroom at 1.30pm

• Polly Toynbee and David Walker - The Lost Decade: 2010 - 2020 and What Lies Ahead for Britain. The Electric Palace at 3pm

• Horatio Clare - Heavy Light. The Bull Ballroom at 4.30pm

• Christina Lamb - Our Bodies Their Battlefield. The Bull Ballroom at 6pm

• James Rebanks - an audience with James Rebanks. The Electric Palace at 7.30pm

For full details, visit bridlit.com

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