Chipping Campden Literature Festival

Monica Feria-Tinta in @prospectmagazine.co.uk article below will be at our Festival in May
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.

I can't wait for Monday's episode of BBC R4 A Good Read where our beloved (and scandalous) BEAR by Marian Engel will be discussed.
‘A bizarre but strangely uplifting book about a woman’s quest for freedom . . . the perfect escapist yet intellectual read.’ The Times
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Just sharing our Baillie Gifford Prize news. Expecting sell out for these three events. To get priority booking visit our website support us page: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/s...

One of our Fab 2025 authors @kitdewaal.com who was interviewed by the amazing @megster.bsky.social is at www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org 11th Oct

Only just read this amazing book by @kitdewaal.com but savoured every page and didn’t want it to end. Now I want to devour all her writings #books #KitDeWaal #writers

👏👏👏 Well done @durham.ac.uk👇
And looking forward to hearing @edithmayhall.bsky.social #EpicOfTheEarth @yalepress.bsky.social at our Festival in May
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Adam Weymouth #LoneWolf author below
talking at our Festival in May 2026.
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It’s Independent Bookshop Day on Saturday 11th October which gives us a good excuse to celebrate with an author signing, and cake and fizz for our lovely customers. This year we have author S W Perry signing copies of his new books, Cairo Gambit and Berlin Duet. @swperry.bsky.social

And three of them will be with us May 2026! 😀
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Congratulations justinmarozzi and
Allen Lane Books 🥂 CAPTIVES AND COMPANIONS
Justin one of three 2025 Bailey Gifford Prize shortlist who will be with us in May 2026
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Looking forward to seeing you in May
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Congratulations @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 🥂 We're thrilled too! Looking forward to meeting Frances Wilson in May. Festival goers sign up for our newsletter to find out about our 2026 #book events.

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HAT TRICK! 3 of our 2026 Festival authors on this shortlist! Congratulations all 6 👏👏👏
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It might be the end of the Booker journey for MISINTERPRETATION by Ledia Xhoga but it has been a wonderful ride.
Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors and publishers!

Visit creativecampden.co.uk/whatson and view Whats On in Chipping Campden over the next few months
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Can’t wait for the May festivals in Chipping Campden. They have some really amazing events planned but you’ll have to wait for the full programme to be announced to find out! 🤫

Translating Hispanic Literatures in the UK: a conversation with publishers Join us in celebrating International Translation Day 2025 with a conversation on publishing foreign literature in the UK

Manchester friends! Come say hello as I'd be taking part in this event at the @institutocervantes.bsky.social Manchester on Fri 26 September, 6pm. I'll be discussing the challenges and importance of publishing literature in translation from Spanish.
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Spring 2026 Preview | Daunt Books Publishing JANUARY Called By the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya by Anuradha Roy | Non-fiction | £11.99 | 15 January 2026 When novelist Anuradha Roy and her husband stumble upon a derelict cottage in Ranikhet, the...

Really pleased to share the preview of our Spring 2026 list! New books by Elisa Shua Dusapin, an exciting essay anthology on islands, phenomenal non-fiction by Anuradha Roy and Fatima Bhutto, reissues to die for and a lot more.
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My new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - in good company in the window of @hatchards.bsky.social bookshop, London, with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, James Fox and Harry Sidebottom.

Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes - Series 2 - Mother-in-Law Jokes - BBC Sounds Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.

I was interviewed by Ian HIslop on Radio 4 today about Juvenal but forgot all about having recorded it. It's short, fun and here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Living with the planet LATE Tackle big questions and explore bold ideas about the future of our planet in this season’s British Academy Late. Immerse yourself in the sounds and music of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea; discu...

What have the Ancient Greeks got to do with the environmental crisis? Book your free ticket to come hear from @edithmayhall.bsky.social on this topic at our Late on Thursday 9th Oct. Plus loads more panels, a zine making workshop and exhibits
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If you're in Paris between 26th - 30th September, go to the Caumartin cinema, 101 rue saint-Lazare in the 9th. My husband is hosting a marvellous festival of Chinese documentary films. The films are surprising, informative, magnificently shot. True windows on modern China. Not to be missed.

Lovely catch up yesterday with fab festival interviewer – the one and only @megster.bsky.social
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The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app.

The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.

Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.

Which great authors will be in this amazing space in May 2026?
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🐶 We are having the most fantastic event in the shop on Saturday 27th September (from 11am) with illustrator Harriet Lowther.

🐶 Harriet will be signing copies of her book and if you buy a copy of the book she will draw a  portrait of your dog. She can work from a real-life dog or photo

Borzoi Recommends…Craft Land by James Fox

From wheelwrights to silversmiths, Fox takes a tour of Britain in pursuit of some of the last remaining master craftspeople at work today in this exploration of how crafts are interwoven with national identity.

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Two of our May 2025 Festival writers @arusbridger.bsky.social & @lionelbarber.bsky.social on #Trump 👇