as well as featuring poets john hegley, tim turnbull, jack underwood, douglas dunn and 2009 forward poetry prize nominee j. o. morgan, novelists alan bissett, eleanor thom, elaine di rollo, mike stocks and gregory norminton, the 2009 festival also featured a celtic contingent in the form of gaelic novelist, poet and actor angus peter campbell and a group of celebrated irish writers with translations of bawdy poet catullus, events highlighting unusual non-fiction and magic, and played host to the world's first literary twestival. in this edition two spanish poets, jesús ge and rocío ovalle, also participated, with their event "the word whirling".