Cambridge Literary Festival
Winter Festival 2025
On Sale!
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for – tickets for the Winter Festival are now available .
Zadie Smith | Nicola Sturgeon | Ian McEwan | Katie Piper | John Cleese | Irvine Welsh | John Suchet | Natalie Haynes | Lady Brenda Hale | Larry Lamb | Wendy Cope…
Join us for our festive celebration of the written word!
Livestream Available at Winter
The following events will be available to watch online at the Winter festival. Simply purchase a Livestream ticket in the usual way then access the event via a link under My Events in your account, the same place where your tickets are stored.
Events will be available to watch for 24 hours so there’s no need to miss a thing, if you’re in a different time zone or not able to watch from the start you will still be able to enjoy the talk from wherever you are.
Our livestream audience will be able to submit questions to the authors via the chat during the live Q&A, please note that those watching on catch-up will not be able to submit questions.
Download a copy of the Printed Programme
A copy of the printed programme will be landing on the doorsteps of the Friends of the Festival this week.
For those of you who like to get together ahead of our on sale dates, to decide which events you’d like to go to and don’t yet have a copy, you can download one for free here
We hope you enjoy browsing the events and planning your November weekend.
Catch up with our CLF Player
Over 420 events available to watch for a whole year, including our recent Spring Festival.
Highlights from Spring 2025 include Richard Ayoade, Lindsey Hilsum and Gary Young – who delivered our State of the Nation Debate – together with a whole host of genre defining talks and historic moments from festivals over the past few years.
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