CLF Book Club
Hosted by critic and honorary patron Alex Clark, each month’s Book Club gives you the chance to discuss a book in detail.
Our Spring Festival is on this month so Book Club will be back with you soon.


Alex Clark – Book Club host
Alex is a long time supporter of the Cambridge Literary Festival, critic, journalist and broadcaster. A co-host of Graham Norton’s Book Club, she is also a regular on Radio 4 and writes on a wide range of subjects for the Guardian, the Observer, the Irish Times and the Times Literary Supplement. She has judged many literary awards, including the Booker prize. She is an experienced chair of live events, and lives in Kilkenny.
As one of our Honorary Patrons, Alex has chaired numerous speakers over the years, including Graham Norton, Lemn Sissay, Tayari Jones and Ali Smith.
Previously at Book Club

Jill Dawson

The Crime Writer

Elif Shafak

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

Sebastian Barry

A Thousand Moons

Emma Donoghue

Pull of the Stars

Jon McGregor

Reservoir 13

Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Nadifa Mohammed
The Booker Prize Shortlist 2021

The Fortunate Men

Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Sarah Hall
