Festivals co-founder receives BEM for services to literature
A man who has been at the forefront of Lynn’s literary festival scene for decades has been awarded a British Empire Medal.Tony Ellis, co-founder of King’s Lynn Literature Festivals, was revealed as a recipient of the medal in the first King’s Birthday Honours List, which was published on Friday.Mr Ellis, 81, of Lynn, who has been awarded with the medal for his “services to literature”, said the honour was a