English Literary Festivals

23/09/2020

26/08/2020

According to a new study, the risk of contracting the virus on a full flight is just 1 in 4,300, and the odds lower to 1 in 7,700 if the airline is adopting the middle seat open policy.

20/08/2020

Explore the homes that inspired some of the best literary minds of the past two centuries.

24/07/2020

in 1817, was laid to rest in Wi******er Cathedral. In the days that followed, Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra wrote “Never was human being more sincerely mourned by those who attended her remains than was this dear creature.”

13/05/2016

William Shakespeare via The New Yorker

25/04/2016

Best Hamlet Ever!

Calling all literature lovers! This one's for you. Watch actor Brian Cox teach a clever two year old Hamlet's infamous soliloquy,

23/04/2016

Hometown begins a weekend of events marking the keynote occasion - with crowds wearing Bard masks

23/04/2016

2016 Literary England Sampler Tour includes Shakespeare-Dickens-Jane Austen-Wordsworth-James Herriot-Brontes-Tolkien-Lewis Carroll-Beatrix Potter-’Downton Abbey’-‘Harry Potter’
Shakespeare 400 — 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the passing of William Shakespeare. Come and celebrate the legacy of Shakespeare during the quatercentenary year.

03/01/2016

Tonight is the night, US premiere of Downton Abbey Season 6!

Explore Britain's High Society from the Regency era through the 1920s in Hampshire, Oxford & the Cotswolds 7 days/7 nights beginning and ending in London INCLUDES VISITS TO HIGHCLERE CASTLE, CHAWTON HOUSE LIBRARY, CHAWTON COTTAGE, BLENHEIM PALACE, GREYS COURT, BASILDON PARK, CLIVEDEN, BAMPTON, SWINB…

04/11/2015

Perhaps you need to consult a map to get to these characters' houses

26/10/2015

http://www.thenation.com/article/kevin-powells-memoir-will-crush-you/

26/10/2015

SGT is very excited, today is the final day to pre-order "The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood." Officially out tomorrow, please get your copy now!! SGT is very proud to be part of the host team for the release party on 03 Nov. NYC area Friends, hope you can join us there to celebrate this fantastic work!

26/05/2015

Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent

08/04/2015

Special Group Tours is proud to be returning to the LA Times Festival of Books, coming up 18 & 19 April. We are "Literary Heritage Tours" at booth 170. Come and visit us!

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is the largest book festival in the country. The festival will be held April 18-19, 2015 at USC and feature celebrities, famous authors, music, film, comic books, cooking demos and more.

09/03/2015

This is "The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival" by NOLAFugees Press|Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

09/03/2015

Special Group Tours will be there promoting our Literary Tours! Hope to see you there!

New Orleans Tennessee Williams Literary Festival information about speakers and authors

06/03/2015

The South Bank venue continues to balance artistic and commercial success

12/02/2015

“In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.”
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

12/02/2015

Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life in this unpretentious cottage from 1809 until 1817. It was in this house that Jane’s genius flourished and where she was free to write.
Come and visit this and many more Jane Austen sites. http://www.specialgrouptours.com/tours/england/tours-from-london/2015-jane-austens-hampshire-bath-2/

Background information about Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton Cottage