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Festival Staff & Contacts


The Worcestershire Literary Festival is run by a passionate and committed group of volunteers led by Festival Director & Founder, Lisa Ventura.

Lisa Ventura
Festival Director & Founder (also Chairman of the WLF Committee)
lisa@worcslitfest.com
Find out all about Lisa by clicking here.

The Worcestershire Literary Festival Committee:

Nick Munro-Turner
Festival Administrator & WLF Secretary
nick@worcslitfest.com
Nick is the main point of contact in the Festival Office so it is either Lisa or Nick you will speak to in the first instance.
Find out about Nick by clicking here.

Martin Driscoll
Deputy Festival Director & Design Manager
martin@worcslitfest.com
Find out all about Martin by clicking here.

Sylvia Herbert
PR & Comms Team and Programming
sylvia@worcslitfest.com

Dr Mark Robbins
Events Organiser
c/o mark.robbins@talktalk.net

Geoff Robinson
Official WLF Photographer
c/o geoff@robinson1.co.uk
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Mike Tombs of Tax Assist Accounts
Treasurer
c/o miketombs@taxassist.co.uk

Ruth Inglis
Programming Organiser
ruth@worcslitfest.com

Mellissa Donello
Programming Organiser
mellissa@worcslitfest.com

Taliah Drayak
Children’s Event Organiser
taliah.drayak@googlemail.com

Raven Brookes
Volunteer Coordination
raven@worcslitfest.com
Find out all about Raven by clicking here.

Owen Fleet
Online Listings Management
c/o owen.fleet@hotmail.co.uk

Suz Winspear
Performance & Poetry
c/o suzwinspear@btinternet.com

Mark Illidge
Online & Social Media
mark@worcslitfest.com

Sandra Sahota
PR & Comms Team
sandra@worcslitfest.com

Liz Hayden Jones
Sales & Marketing
liz@worcslitfest.com
Find out all about Liz by clicking here

Simmone Heslip
Fundraising
simmone@worcslitfest.com

Jayn Winslade
Events & Planning
Find out all about Jane by clicking here

Robin Clarke
Events & Planning

Jennifer Bogan
Programming & Planning

The WLF Programming Team

The Worcestershire Literary Festival has a Programming Team that comprises of the following committee members:

Lisa Ventura
Ruth Inglis
Sylvia Herbert
Nick Munro-Turner
Mellissa Donello

The WLF PR & Comms Team

The Worcestershire Literary Festival has a PR & Comms team that comprises of the followingcommittee members:

Lisa Ventura
Sylvia Herbert
Sandra Sahota
Taliah Drayak
Nick Munro-Turner

If you would like to contact the PR & Comms Team please email press@worcslitfest.com or call 01905 24435.

Contacting Us

All staff can be contacted via 01905 24435, or via the Festival Office:

County House
St Mary’s Street
Worcester
WR1 1HB

Come on in and see us – the door is always open and the kettle is always on – we can even provide biscuits :)

If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Lisa Ventura, the Festival Director, please contact Nick Munro-Turner on 01905 24435 or email via nick@worcslitfest.com.

 

 

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