Buckingham Literary Festival 2023

To celebrate the story of The Buckingham Literary Festival and the wonderful authors who have come over the years Gino has been visually documenting the festival. This year an exhibition of the drawings and paintings he made will be shown in an exhibition "A Visual Diary" in The Vinson Building, University of Buckingham between 16th and 18th June   


The Literary Festival also presents in the Vinson Building Gino's installation "Resurrection" creating a conversation and collaboration with Buckingham Parish Church where Gino's exhibition of paintings "The Thunder Speaks" is on, in the Chancel at Buckingham Parish Church, St Peter and St Paul, Buckingham, June 15th - 30th June.

"A Visual Diary"


Gino Ballantyne


The Buckingham Literary Festival


The Vinson Building

University of Buckingham


16th - 18th June

2023 Buckingham Literary Festival 

16th-18th June

presents 

in collaboration with


Buckingham Parish Church


"Resurrection"

an installation


in conversation with


the exhibition


"The Thunder Speaks"

16th - 30th June

The Chancel

St Peter and St Paul

Buckingham Parish Church


Buckingham Literary Festival                                        Buckingham Parish Church

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    Frederick Forsyth

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  • Christopher Lee

    Christopher Lee

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  • Roger McGough

    Roger McGough

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    Louis De Bernieres

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    Jacqueline Wilson

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    Luke Jennings

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    Timothy Bentinck

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    Peter James

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    Filipe Fernandez-Armesto

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    Mark Billingham and Belinda Bauer

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    Charles Cumming

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  • Antonia Fraser

    Antonia Fraser

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    Chris Patten

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    Tom Bower

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    Nick Hewer

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    Rebecca Fraser

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    Leslie Cavendish

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    Adrian Wooldridge

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    Keri Davies

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    Jane Wenham-Jones

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  • John Bercow

    John Bercow

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    Tim Marshall

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    Elif Shafak

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    Mary Ann Sieghart

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    Mark Lawson

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View Buckingham Literary Festival Visual Diary

A visual Diary of the Festival containing a selection of drawings by Gino was published in November 2020 to recognise the festivals enormous acheivements before its temporary closure due to the Covid pandemic.

  • 2023 Authors


    Alison Weir, Cath Howe, Christina Lamb, Ed Stourton, Emma Smith, Flora Fraser, Flora Rees Harry Baker, Iain Daie, John Lewis-Stempel, Jonathan Sumption, Kenan Malik, Matt Stadlen, Mini Grey, Sam Fowles, Vanessa Horton, Violet Moller, Will Gompertz, Will Shakespeare, Yaw Asiyama


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