By The Editor
29th Jul 2021 | Local News

Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival is celebrating the success of its first ever hybrid virtual and physical festival with more than 11,000 unique pages views of the 31 events since they went online from September 16.
Viewers tuned in from as far away as the USA, Canada and Australia, as well as plenty from closer to home in East Devon, to enjoy this year's line-up, with headliners including writer, comedian, presenter of QI Sandi Toksvig OBE; former British Ambassador to the United States Sir Kim Darroch; behavioural scientist and activist Dr Pragya Agarwal; former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal; and bestselling author and creator of Midsomer Murders Anthony Horowitz.