Tori Haschka and Lisa Heidke met recently in beautiful Berry to discuss issues for their panel on In Defence of Commercial Fiction at the Berry Writers Festival

Two of the authors who will be appearing at the festival, and their books, have recently featured in the media: Nigel Featherstone and Rick Morton.

It won’t come as a surprise that the words “Berry Writers Festival” in the Subject line of emails sent to prospective participants elicit the enthusiastic – indeed, excited—responses: “Berry! Of course I’ll come!” This week we introduce you to Phillipa McGuinness and Jane Caro, two authors we're delighted to announce as part of our festival.

Those first weeks have been so much more rewarding than we could have imagined. Everyone who has heard of the project has been as much head-over-hills in love with it as we are.