Festival team
Chairman: Bruce Thew
Deputy chairman and co-founder: Jill Dunsmore
Festival director and co-founder Sally Dunsmore
Special advisor: Tony Byrne
Festival manager: Louise Croft
Website and content editor: Derek Holmes
Programme designer: Simon Stafford
PR and assistant to the director Katie Read
Festival marketing Rachel Byrne
Assistant to the special advisor Sarah Burch
Festival events administrator: Ben Truesdale
Digital & website design: Bear Ram Elk
Consultant chef: Paul Bloomfield
Green room manager: Rachel Byrne
Photography: Courtesy of K T Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com
Festival stewards: We also thank all the voluntary festival stewards for their time and generous support throughout the festival.
Patrons
Royal patron: HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO
Patrons: His Grace The Duke of Marlborough, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Lord Fellowes, Ben Okri, Felicity Bryan, and Prof Martin Kemp
![Blenheim Palace](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1072/blenheimpalacelogo-black__thumb.jpg)
![HSBC](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/356/hsbc_masterbrand_logo_rgb__thumb.png)
![Desmond and Fiona Heyward](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1587/heywards__thumb.png)
![Lady Hatch](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1833/lady-hatch__small-2__thumb.gif)
![Jill Dunsmore](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1834/jill-dunsmore-2__thumb.jpg)
![Mary and Cecil Quillen](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1865/mary-and-cecil-quillen__small__thumb.jpg)
![Italian Cultural Institute](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1586/italian-cultural-institute__thumb.jpg)
![Owen Mumford](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1136/owenmumford__thumb.jpg)
![HM Government of Gibraltar](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1309/hmgog_stacked_new__listing__listing__thumb.jpg)
![Gibunco Group](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1557/gibunco_logo__listing__thumb.png)
![Hedges Law](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1751/hedges__thumb.png)
![Seabourn Luxury Cruises](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1831/seabourn-2__thumb.jpg)
![Blackwell’s](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/361/blackwells_2__thumb.jpg)
![European Commission](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1832/commission_logo_pantone-hi_res__thumb.jpg)
![The Oxford Times](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/363/oxford_times_mast_mono__thumb.jpg)
![Bear Ram Elk](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/382/bearramelk_logo__thumb.png)
![Eynsham Hall](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1553/eynsham_hall__thumb.jpg)
![Floris of London](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/366/floris_b__thumb.jpg)
![Oxford Cultural Collective](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/658/oxford_cultural_collective__thumb.jpg)
![Macdonald Bear Hotel](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1441/bear-hotel-woodstock-sign__thumb.jpg)
![Princeton University Press](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1169/princeton_university_press-2__thumb.png)
![Lord’s Taverners](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1782/lords_taverners_logo_s__thumb.jpg)
![The Feathers Hotel](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/370/feathers__thumb.jpg)
![The King’s Arms](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1864/kings_arms-2__thumb.png)
![The Sloane Club](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1164/sloane-club-for-web__thumb.jpg)
![Literary Review](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1554/literary-review__thumb.jpg)
![Liaison Financial Services](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/371/blue_liaison_on_white__thumb.png)
![OX magazine](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1584/ox_magazine__thumb.png)
![K T Bruce Photography](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/836/logo____thumb.jpg)
![Save the Children Bookshop](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1836/save_the_children-2__thumb.jpg)
![Experience Oxfordshire](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1705/eo_partner_logo__thumb.jpg)
![Wake up to Woodstock](https://blenheimpalaceliteraryfestival.com/images/logo/1784/wutw__thumb.jpg)