Rebecca Lee & Laura Hackett: Rogues, Widows, and Orphans

Join an expert editor and lift the curtain on the dark side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with stories of scandals, rivalries, cock-ups and con jobs. Well discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste, and peek into tales of forgeries and feuds as dramatic as any thriller. Chaired by deputy literary editor and fiction editor of the Times and Sunday Times,Laura Hackett.Books available
Signed copies of Rogues, Widows and Orphans byRebecca Lee
Signed copies of How Words Get Good by Rebecca LeeThe Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 2026 is headline sponsored by Landsec & MYOAccessibility:
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This venue is equipped with a hearing induction loop system.
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