Penzance LitFest on July 2, 2025

As patron of Penzance’s glorious LitFest, Patrick has the great pleasure of having several of the authors to stay and then interviewing them on stage. A festival highlight this year will be an appearance by Bafta triumphing Gavin and Stacey creator, Ruth Jones, by Costa winner, Andrew Miller and by queen of Scottish noir, Dame Denise Mina. Patrick has nabbed the chances to interview his friends, Rachel Joyce, about her new novel, The Homemade God, Petroc Trelawny about his survey of Cornish culture and history, Trelawny’s Cornwall and Georgina Moore about her fantastically romantic new novel, River of Stars. Any day now you can visit the festival website and book to hear him in conversation with Rachel, Petroc and Georgina here and to browse the full festival programme; it is chock-full of treats.