What are you most looking forward to at EAFOL16? After four months of the northern European winter - the sun! Why do you think literary festivals are important? Because in this technological age it's harder and harder for books to be noticed - particularly by the young. TV and video games dominate yet books will always be the most profound form of story-telling. Literary festivals connect the story-tellers with their readers in a way that is impossible in other art forms Can you share one line from a book or poem that has stayed with you for the longest time? But the man who can meet despair and defeat With a cheer, there's the man of God's choosing The man who can fight to heaven's own height Is the man who can fight when he's losing Carry On! by Robert W Service You have to make a book tower of at least 5 books for your nightstand. Which ones would you choose?Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain The Anatomy of Courage, by Lord Moran The Magic Faraway Tree, by Enid Blyton The Magus by John Fowles East of Eden by John Steinbeck