AUTHOR and television star Caroline Quentin has been confirmed as a speaker for this year’s Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival.

Ms Quentin completes the line-up of talks for the festival, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, all in Dulverton Town Hall.

She will be bringing her new book ‘Drawn to the Garden’, in which she shares her life-long passion for gardening, with top tips for gardeners and her own illustrations.

Ms Quentin will be in conversation with Good Housekeeping Magazine editor Gaby Huddart.

Also starring at the festival is best-selling historian Jonathan Dimbleby with his new book ‘Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won The War’.

Mr Dimbleby will be in conversation with celebrated historical biographer Andrew Lownie, author of ‘Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess’, one of the infamous ‘Cambridge spies’.

The programme of events taking place in Dulverton Library is still being developed, but it is anticipated to include a crime/thriller writing workshop with best-selling crime writer Louise Douglas and debut thriller writer Sarah Easter Collins.

There may also be an informal opportunity to ‘Meet Your Local Authors’.

Festival director Ali Pegrum said many people had become a ‘Friend’ of the festival and would receive benefits including priority online ticket booking from September 16, which opens to others a week later.

Ms Pegrum said anybody else who wanted to become a festival ‘Friend’ for a minimum £20 donation could do so here.

The festival also has an outreach programme encouraging reading and writing in local schools.