Board of Trustees
Co-Chair: Sally O’Connor
Co-Chair: Henry Raby
Treasurer: Jeff Todd
Secretary: Dr Angela Ranson
Trustee: Chloe Hanks
Trustee: Professor Abi Curtis
Festival Team
Festival Director: Dr Rob O’Connor
Assistant Festival Director: Shelby Gibbs
Student Programming Support: Sara Young and Kerry Holmes
Explore York programme: Wendy Kent and Lyndsay Glover
St Peter’s School programme: Ben Fuller
The Mount School programme and Creative Writing Competition: Lisa Obi
Brochure Design: Craig Walton grafik.co.uk
Website support: Craig Walton grafik.co.uk
THANKS
Our thanks go to the following organisations and individuals for their help and support:
Fox Lane Books: Kirstie Lount
Little Apple Bookshop: Philippa Morris and Tim Curtis
Criminally Good Books: Isla Coole
St Peter’s School: Jeremy Walker, Duncan Gillies, Ali Fuller, Sara Burns, James Blane, Cindy Bushell, Olivia Conroy, Darren Adamson, Stuart Wall, & all in the ICT, catering, estates, office and housekeeping teams.
York St John University: Jessica Baxter
York Theatre Royal: Vicky Biles and the Team
Grand Opera House York: Laura McMillan and Grace Gama
Our thanks go to all the agents, publishers, contributors and artists who have supported this year’s festival. A special thanks go to our wonderful team of volunteers who share their time in order to make this happen. Thanks also to everyone attending an event.
You are why we do this!
Our Sponsors
The Festival’s sponsors and partners for its 2024 festival are as follows:
Main Sponsor
Partners