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Blake Lapthorn appointed official lawyers to The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2011

Blake Lapthorn is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as the official lawyers to the 2011 Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

The Festival, which is sponsored by The Sunday Times and the BBC, will take place from Saturday 2 April to Sunday 10 April 2011 at Christ Church, Corpus Christi, and Merton College in Oxford.

Over 350 writers will flock to the City to discuss affairs literary, political, historical, environmental and culinary for the eight-day

Festival. In 2010, 540 speakers took part in 300 events, with ticket sales breaking all records. Oxford boasted a galaxy of literary

luminaries, including Jung Chang, Douglas Hurd, Philip Pullman, Sir Roy Strong, Joanna Trollope, Robert Winston, Richard E Grant, Patti Smith, Dave Eggers, Ruth Rendell, Shirley Williams, Penelope Lively, Colin Dexter, Rose Tremain, Blake Morrison, P D James and D J Taylor.

Visitors will be able to book to join guided literary walks, lunches and dinner parties with prominent authors. Since 2008, a creative writing course has also formed part of the programme.

The 2011 programme has been announced, so to keep up with what’s going on, please visit the Festival website. As official lawyers to the event, we also have access to a limited number of reduced priced tickets. If you would like to know more, please get in touch with your usual contact at Blake Lapthorn to register your interest.

It promises to be a great week!


For further information, contact Rachel Brooks, partner and head of Private Client Services group in our Portsmouth office on 023 9228 2714 or rachel.brooks@bllaw.co.uk.