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The teenagers film the subsequent blood bath with camcorders, Blair Witch-style Nejat, a professor of German literature, disapproves of his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. He changes his mind when he discovers The bath literature festival will welcome a whole host of leading writers and experts to the city for its 20th anniversary in January. This year's special anniversary programme is available to view online and aims to feature the best in contemporary fiction. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible's publication Famous writers and actors are taking part in a non-stop read through of the King James Bible in Bath to celebrate its 400th anniversary. The challenge, one of the highlights of the Big names are heading for the Independent bath literature festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary under the artistic direction of Bruton’s Viv Groskop. The renowned writer and comedian has shaped up an impressive programme of talks and Also featured are Steve Cole and Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Several workshops take place throughout the festival, including graphic novels, crime writing and cartoon drawing. Tickets are on sale from the Bath Festival of Children's Literature website. As one arts festival director once said: "There is a literature festival every five minutes James Mullinger: Bad Boy of Feminism: GQ's Comedy Editor brings his sold-out tour show to Bath. 8 March, 8pm, £7.50. .

Matt Holland, director Swindon Festival of Literature, said: “He came to the festival in for the Bucks Free Press and also joined the Western Daily Press and the Bath Chronicle before becoming a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating The 83-year-old author, who has written more than 50 works including The Life and Loves of a She Devil, told an audience at The Independent bath literature festival that a different type of reader needed a different type of writer. to mark the 20th anniversary of the Independent Bath Literature Festival. To make the list, the books needed to have ‘transformed the literary landscape’. An initial longlist was drawn up from every novel shortlisted for a prize in the past 20 years “It is a British institution that is being wrongly run,” she told The Independent Bath Literature Festival. “I think it could be extraordinary and needs a woman at the top. I really think it needs that female touch.” Her comments were met by .