Role Model: Anthony Poulton-Smith
As previously stated, I’m obsessed with Literature Festivals. I love how welcoming they are, safe spaces for all sorts of ideas and people.
Anthony Poulton-Smith is the Co-Festival Director along with Tina Williams of the Tamworth Literary Festival. I’ll be attending this year, and I can’t wait to meet Anthony in person. He has published 76 books on all sorts of subjects and is definitely a role model of mine.
I sent him over a few questions:
How has Tamworth LitFest affected the local community?
It has certainly got more people reading and even encouraged some to start writing (Tina among them).
Why does literature matter today?
Same reasons it always has; doesn’t matter what the genre or how it is produced (novel, screenplay, poem, lyric, stand up, play, graphic novel, comic book), the words take us to different worlds. Most fascinatingly different people visualise different things, in film that isn’t the case.
Why would you suggest someone attend the festival?
I think the best answer came after our first year when one lady wrote to the…
