Cambridge Literary Festival

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Winter Festival 2024

PRIORITY BOOKING | OPEN

GENERAL SALE | 10am (BST) , Thursday 5 September

W24 programme

Order or Download a copy of the Programme

It’s here, the full line-up is now revealed.

Friends, Best Friends, Benefactors and Patrons will be receiving a complimentary copy of the printed programme in the post. It will be mailed out a week before priority booking opens..

To get ahead of the crowd you can download a copy of the printed programme here or pop over to our Winter Festival ‘What’s On’ page to start finding your festival favourites.

Book Festivals Improve Our World

We share a love of books, writing and reading. We have joined forces with eight other UK festivals to share a message on our mission and purpose, and to call for increased support

If you would like to support the festival you can do so by going to our Donate page or Contacting Us to offer your support.

Thank you

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All events now available to watch online

Don’t worry – you can watch and listen to all the events recorded at the Spring Festival earlier this year plus over 350 events from previous festivals.

For just £15 a year you can listen or watch award winning authors anytime, on any device from anywhere in the world.

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Enjoy some of the finest cultural and political writers of our time including John Gray, Andrew Marr, Ali Smith, Elif Shafak and Rowan Williams.

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