Names followed by a * indicate that these artists will be attending the festival. We would have loved to welcome all, but some were unavailable for various reasons ranging from busy promotional work (Edouard Louis) to carbon monoxide poisoning in 1902 (Emile Zola).

  • Alia Alzougbi*

  • Sarah Ardizzone*

  • Rihab Azar*

  • Charles Baudelaire

  • David Bellos*

  • Laurent Binet*

  • The European Bookshop

  • Richard Brunel*

  • Caravansérail

  • Agnès Desarthe*

  • Ananda Devi*

  • Marguerite Duras

  • Mathias Enard

  • Ben Faccini*

  • Jennifer Higgins*

  • Victor Hugo

  • Erica Jarnes*

  • Alexis Jenni*

  • Maylis de Kerangal

  • Sophie Lewis

  • Edouard Louis

  • Alain Mabanckou

  • Manchester School of Theatre*

  • Hisham Matar*

  • Guy de Maupassant

  • Christian Michel

  • David Mildon*

  • Emmanuelle Pagano*

  • La Page

  • Alex Preston*

  • Sean Rees*

  • Michael Rosen*

  • Lydie Salvayre*

  • La Comtesse de Ségur

  • Boyd Tonkin*

  • Delphine de Vigan*

  • Celia Walden*

  • Frank Wynne*

  • Emile Zola