Paolo Hewitt

Jilly Cooper compared The Looked After Kid, Paolo Hewitt’s memoir of growing up in Burbank Children’s Home, to Catcher in the Rye: “I cannot tell you how moved, horrified and amused I was.” In But We All Shine On he reunited with friends he made there, sharing stories of strength against the odds. Now both appear in one volume for the first time as Towards the Dream. A speaker at our first Festival, Paolo - who has also written biographies of Paul Weller and Robin Friday - comes to Henley to discuss.

Paolo will be in conversation with Jon Ryan.