Some summer events for your diary! 📆
Don't miss Leila Slimani (best-selling author Lullaby) sharing the influences and process behind her works, and literary legend Tayari Jones, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, who will be joining us from the US to share her latest book.
Book your tickets now! 🔗Link in bio
Looking for a free activity over the May Half Term? 🌟
Award-winning author-illustrator Chloe Savage is joining us for a very special event in partnership with the Cambridge Central Library on Friday 29th May. Expect an immersive tale about a Giant Arctic Jellyfish, live illustration, and many jellyfish-drawing tips. 🪼🪼🪼
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What a week 💫
Five days, 54 events, 71 speakers and authors, 5 venues, and more than 9500 tickets sold.
Thanks to everybody who made it happen. We loved every moment 🌟
📸: @acambridgediary
More literary festival JOY headed your way today 💫
Don't forget, all of our tickets are £10 during the festival week! Link in bio to choose yours now 💃 #fortheloveofbooks
Events this evening! 🌟
And what a fantastic start to the festival. Andrew Miller will join us to speak about his Booker Prize shortlisted book, The Land in Winter, followed by acclaimed biographer Frances Wilson whose event delves into the life and art of Muriel Spark.
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Cambridge Literary Festival returns this spring ✨📚
What better way to celebrate the joy of reading than by joining hundreds of fellow book lovers at the @camlitfest , running from 22–26 April across some of the city’s most beautiful venues – from the Cambridge Union to the Old Divinity School.
Now in its 23rd year, this much-loved festival brings together over 200 writers, thinkers and storytellers, creating space to be inspired, challenged and entertained.
Highlights this spring include:
✨ Mary Berry sharing My Gardening Life
📸 Martin Bond reflecting on A Cambridge Diary
📖 Margaret Drabble exploring The Books That Made Me
From literary legends to fresh new voices, it’s a programme designed to spark ideas and celebrate creativity in all its forms.
💛 A proudly independent, community-driven festival powered by a passionate team and volunteers – and a true cultural gem for Cambridge.
🎥 Throwing it back to their Winter Festival – and getting excited for what’s to come this April…
#IndieCambridge #CambridgeLiteraryFestival #CambridgeEvents #SupportLocal #CambridgeLifeApp #BookLovers #WhatsOnCambridge
Team choices for our Spring Festival 🌱
One of the perks of working at a Literary Festival is getting to hear from a lot of incredible speakers. Our Spring Festival is just around the corner and it's packed with inspiring events and writers like Zadie Smith, Elif Shafak, Margaret Busby and Alan Hollinghurst. So, whilst it feels a bit cruel to ask our team to select just one event that they would like to highlight, that's exactly what we've done!
Here are just a few of our 'staff picks' that we're most looking forward to.
Will we see you there? ✨️
More tickets released! 🌟
Don't miss our FREE Children's Festival events. Come along for Norse Gods, badgers, mind-boggling facts, and songs about peanut butter. We'll see you there 💫
Happy Easter from the CLF team 🐣
Use code Easter26 at checkout for 20% off all remaining full price tickets. But hop to it! 🐇This deal is only for the Easter weekend.
