The festival, at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium in Leeds on November 16, features eight separate events, including a live broadcast, Fighting Talk, on BBC Radio 5 with Colin Murray; a fresh look at sport’s links with literature.

The Festival will also feature award-winning sports biographer and journalist Duncan Hamilton and life-long cricket fanatic Barry Norman who will look at the impact of cricket on English sensibility, while BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration will be in conversation with three of his sporting heroes – Darren Gough, Ellery Hanley and Norman Hunter.

McCormicks’ own event, a sporting quiz, offers teams of up to six people the chance to win a prize pot of £600. McCormicks will be joined by broadcaster and journalist Martin Kelner as quizmaster for the 12 noon event which costs £5 per person, including lunch.

The previous day, Friday November 13, there will be a day of free seminars and events entitled “Success in Sports Media” for anyone interested in breaking into the industry. As part of the event, McCormicks sports specialist Zoe Ward will host a question and answer session with the Head of Press at the Premier League, Dan Johnson, and the station director of Yorkshire Radio, Ben Fry.

More details on the Carnegie Sporting Words Festival are available at www.sportingwords.com