Surrey Heath Literary Festival returns for its second year between Friday 18 and Sun 20 May, featuring an array of guests, from authors to adventurers and comedians to the creative arts, plus a Big Read Debate, children’s writing competition, workshops and two theatre productions.

Kicking off the festival will be the Surrey Heath Big Read on Friday 18 May at 6.30pm. The chosen novel is S.J. Watson’s psychological thriller Before I Go to Sleep. Surrey Heath Literary Festival is encouraging the general public to read the novel and then come along to Camberley Theatre and join in the debate. The debate will be led by MP Rt Hon Michael Gove, BBC News Journalist Juliette Foster and Camberley News and Mail journalist Jack Somers.

The weekend will be jam packed with author’s events, including talks, workshops and children’s activities such as manga drawing and book making. Genres covered at this year’s…