Join us on the river on board Orwell Lady to hear from the writing partnership of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Focusing on their career, [...]

Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge. We meet a [...]

What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us – and how can [...]

This is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, and it is a book about family, and care and love. WINNER [...]

A mesmerising debut novel imagining a pivotal year in the marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in a small Devonshire town, as brought to [...]

This book brings together all aspects of aerial life- evolution, technology, religion, nature and imagination- in a celebration of the wonders of flight. A unique [...]

A beautifully written blend of memoir, first-person stories and social history that explores the changing nature of the secrets held by three generations of women. [...]

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe. [...]

When A Place Called Winter’s Harry Cane returns from Canada his arrival triggers unwelcome self-examination for the family he abandoned and for whom he has [...]

Our Festival Patron discusses his life’s work. As a British human rights activist and author we are thrilled that Sir Terry is also one of [...]

The Brontës’ study in the parsonage; Virginia Woolf’s garden room; Maya Angelou writing in hotel rooms and Ernest Hemingway in Parisian cafés- What is it [...]

The gripping new suspense novel from the bestselling author of 'Anatomy of a Scandal', A compelling novel about power, money and lies - A lavish [...]

A dark, original and compulsive legal thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange which revolves around the death of a teenager in an Edinburgh [...]

A passionate evocation of the history, beauty and importance of our hedgerows, their usage and value for wildlife habitat, nature recovery and biodiversity. Hedges are [...]

Patrick Galbraith takes us on an extraordinary tour of rural Britain, from the Hebrides to Devon, and from Anglo-Saxon England to the present day. To [...]

Shaped by the cycle of the natural world, a fresh look at the life and work of John Constable as we celebrate the 250th anniversary [...]

An exploration of narrative non-fiction, its challenges, ethics and charms, and its power to move and change us. From AI to ethics to politics to [...]

An hour of stories and poems from our Festival Patron, looking at how to be a better ally, how to fit in the world and [...]

Dr Alison Weir will no longer be attending the Festival and unfortunately her cancellation came after our brochure was printed. However, we are delighted to [...]

Join festival favourite Mandy Morton for an afternoon tea as she reads from the latest book in her No2. Feline Detective Agency series. 'The Tabby [...]

The compelling mystery series is set at the dawn of the Cold War 1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians [...]

Cate Austin is a probation officer, juggling the demands of the job with being a single mum. The six-book series, set in and around Felixstowe, [...]

An intimate portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke's life and art in interwar Paris, which offers unparalleled insight into the creative process of one of the [...]