The final list of authors attending the up and coming Emirates Airline Festival of Literature has been announced. They include Historian Anthony Beevor, Illustrator and Writer Lauren Child, Author Matt Haig and poet Gillian Clarke. Lucy Hawking will make an appearance to talk about her book with her famous Physicist father Stephen Hawking. Isobel Abulhoul, Director of the festival, has spoken to ARN about some of the regional authors attending.
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