The Isle of Wight Literary Festival closes on Sunday with another mix of authors and public figures in Cowes. Mary Portas, Hugo Burnand, Ben Robinson and Clive Tyldesley are among the advertised names, and they come from very different fields. Read the session descriptions. Don't pick on names alone. Like the other festival days, Sunday uses several Cowes venues, so check the address on each booking.
The first Sunday session starts at 10.30am on 11 October. The online listings include a 4pm session but give no reliable finishing time for the day as a whole. Seats are sold event by event, and prices vary by speaker. You book through TicketSource, so check availability there before you travel. If you're coming by ferry, give yourself time to walk from Cowes terminal to your venue. Once you add queues and finding a seat, some changeovers take longer than the map suggests.
This last community cultural programme works as a single talk or a whole Sunday in town. The full programme is on the festival website, and your ticket confirms the room and start time. If you need access details for a specific venue, ask the organiser. And watch for schedule changes. Festival programmes move, and the headline list is no substitute for a confirmed ticket.
