Authors recently added to the bill for the Kendal Mountain Festival in Cumbria (November 19-22) include the climber Ed Douglas (talking about his latest book, Upland), the climate editor Jeevan Vasagar (The Surge, the story of how floods have changed our relationship with nature and with each other), the travel writer and cyclist Simon Parker (The Wild Road Home: Fifteen National Parks, One Remarkable Adventure), and the food and travel writer Caroline Eden (Green Mountains: Walking the Caucasus with Recipes). For the full line-up, see the festival website.