Sarah Vaughan | Muddy Waters | Sarah Palin | John Waters | Sarah Bernhardt | Sarah Brightman | John Waters (filmmaker) | Roger Waters | Sarah Jessica Parker | Sarah, Duchess of York | Sarah McLachlan | Sarah Silverman | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Sarah | Sarah Harmer | Sarah Lawrence College | Sarah Polley | Sarah Kane | The Sarah Silverman Program | Sarah Slean | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Ethel Waters | Sarah Siddons | Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox | Sarah Hughes | Sarah Geronimo | Maxine Waters | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Sarah Ferguson | Sarah Jane Smith |
In December 2010 he organised an 1100 signature Open Letter on library closures signed by many well-known figures in the arts, literature, media and publishing such as Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse, Kathy Lette, Francis Wheen, Joan Bakewell, Lee Child, Sarah Waters, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Holroyd, Michael Rosen, Jackie Kay, Terry Jones, and many more.
It is predominantly a literary festival that has hosted such figures as Peter Bazalgette, Jung Chang, Michael Frayn, Patrick Garland, Stephen Poliakoff, Patti Smith, Sarah Waters, Polly Toynbee and Simon Schama.
Award-winning writer Sarah Waters stated that her third, critically acclaimed novel Fingersmith (Virago Press, 2002) is meant as a tribute to the sensational novel genre.
The bookstore had a rich history of author visits and readings, ranging from William S. Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson to Alison Bechdel and Sarah Waters.