Marlborough LitFest
@marlboroughlitfest.bsky.social
25-28 September 2025. An annual festival of literary events in the historic market town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, with a community outreach programme. We look forward to welcoming you to our town each Autumn for a feast of bookish events for all ages!
💫We're excited to announce an additional LitFest event after the main festival (25-28 Sept): #TonyRobinson talking about his new novel 'The House of Wolf' on Tuesday 21 October at 7pm. Priority booking for Friends from 6 September; general booking from 15 September.
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
💫We're excited to announce an additional LitFest event after the main festival (25-28 Sept): #TonyRobinson talking about his new novel 'The House of Wolf' on Tuesday 21 October at 7pm. Priority booking for Friends from 6 September; general booking from 15 September.
We can't wait for the stories from #RupertEverett's new book 'The American No' #AbacusBooks on Saturday 27 September (including one about a Russian-American countess in one of our local teashops...) Tickets: bit.ly/3HApSBm With thanks to event sponsor #WansbroughsLaw
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We can't wait for the stories from #RupertEverett's new book 'The American No' #AbacusBooks on Saturday 27 September (including one about a Russian-American countess in one of our local teashops...) Tickets: bit.ly/3HApSBm With thanks to event sponsor #WansbroughsLaw
Don't miss some fabulous poetry and non-fiction events covering a wealth of topics this year from 25-28 September: #BrianBilston @picadorbooks.bsky.social and
@adelewalton.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social and
@jsthrillers.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC #MLF2025
@adelewalton.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social and
@jsthrillers.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC #MLF2025
August 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Don't miss some fabulous poetry and non-fiction events covering a wealth of topics this year from 25-28 September: #BrianBilston @picadorbooks.bsky.social and
@adelewalton.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social and
@jsthrillers.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC #MLF2025
@adelewalton.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social and
@jsthrillers.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC #MLF2025
Book now to see @valentinelow.bsky.social 'The Power & the Palace' @headlinebooks.bsky.social event sponsor #AdamMatthewGroup and #AndewZiminski 'Church Going' @profilebooks.bsky.social and @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social 'Prosecuting the Powerful' @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC
August 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Book now to see @valentinelow.bsky.social 'The Power & the Palace' @headlinebooks.bsky.social event sponsor #AdamMatthewGroup and #AndewZiminski 'Church Going' @profilebooks.bsky.social and @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social 'Prosecuting the Powerful' @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC
Local author JP Sheerin will be appearing at this year's LitFest on Saturday 27 September, talking about his debut novel, 'Marley's Ghosts' @ensemblepublishing.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/46TGTkv #MLF2025 #fiction
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Local author JP Sheerin will be appearing at this year's LitFest on Saturday 27 September, talking about his debut novel, 'Marley's Ghosts' @ensemblepublishing.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/46TGTkv #MLF2025 #fiction
Don't miss John Suchet on Thursday 25 September at 7pm talking about his latest book 'In Search of Beethoven: A Personal Journey' @eandtbooks.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3Upz0eZ With thanks to event sponsor Wansbroughs #MLF2025
August 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Don't miss John Suchet on Thursday 25 September at 7pm talking about his latest book 'In Search of Beethoven: A Personal Journey' @eandtbooks.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3Upz0eZ With thanks to event sponsor Wansbroughs #MLF2025
Tickets now on sale for our 2025 LitFest! Join us in #Marlborough from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, workshops, poetry, children's events and much more! Full programme: bit.ly/44SMuER Tickets: bit.ly/4lucBJd #MLF2025
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tickets now on sale for our 2025 LitFest! Join us in #Marlborough from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, workshops, poetry, children's events and much more! Full programme: bit.ly/44SMuER Tickets: bit.ly/4lucBJd #MLF2025
🤩Tickets are now on sale for this year's LitFest: bit.ly/3IowuCR Join us from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, workshops, children's events and much more! Full 2025 LitFest programme here: bit.ly/4kXawoW #MLF2025
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤩Tickets are now on sale for this year's LitFest: bit.ly/3IowuCR Join us from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, workshops, children's events and much more! Full 2025 LitFest programme here: bit.ly/4kXawoW #MLF2025
🥳 Priority booking is now open! Our Friends of LitFest benefit from 10 days priority access to tickets ahead of general ticket sales and the support of our Friends means we can plan for the future and expand our children's programme 🙏 2025 programme: bit.ly/4kXawoW
June 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🥳 Priority booking is now open! Our Friends of LitFest benefit from 10 days priority access to tickets ahead of general ticket sales and the support of our Friends means we can plan for the future and expand our children's programme 🙏 2025 programme: bit.ly/4kXawoW
It's official! Our 2025 LitFest programme is now live: bit.ly/4kXawoW%F0%9... Join us from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's events and much more! Priority booking for Friends opens 30 June; general tickets on sale from 11 July
June 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's official! Our 2025 LitFest programme is now live: bit.ly/4kXawoW%F0%9... Join us from 25-28 September for 45+ events for all ages with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's events and much more! Priority booking for Friends opens 30 June; general tickets on sale from 11 July
Don't miss out on festival tickets this year! Sign up as a 2025 Friend of LitFest before Friday 27 June for priority booking. Your support means we can plan for the future and expand our children’s programme to pass on a love of reading🙏📚 Info: bit.ly/44aJpRj #MLF2025
June 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Don't miss out on festival tickets this year! Sign up as a 2025 Friend of LitFest before Friday 27 June for priority booking. Your support means we can plan for the future and expand our children’s programme to pass on a love of reading🙏📚 Info: bit.ly/44aJpRj #MLF2025
Calling all book groups and book lovers! We encourage you all to read this year's LitFest Big Town Read #TheNightinQuestion by @sfletcherauthor.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social Come with your questions ready to quiz the author herself at Susan's LitFest event on 27 Sept😃Happy summer reading!
June 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Calling all book groups and book lovers! We encourage you all to read this year's LitFest Big Town Read #TheNightinQuestion by @sfletcherauthor.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social Come with your questions ready to quiz the author herself at Susan's LitFest event on 27 Sept😃Happy summer reading!
More authors just announced for this year's line-up (25-28 September): @brianbilston.bsky.social #RupertEverett and our 2025 #BigTownRead is 'The Night in Question' @sfletcherauthor.bsky.social which we encourage all book groups to read😀Tickets on sale in July, more info: bit.ly/43uH1V7
June 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
More authors just announced for this year's line-up (25-28 September): @brianbilston.bsky.social #RupertEverett and our 2025 #BigTownRead is 'The Night in Question' @sfletcherauthor.bsky.social which we encourage all book groups to read😀Tickets on sale in July, more info: bit.ly/43uH1V7
Many thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary this year with an exclusive screening of the 2020 film adaptation of #Emma😍 In partnership with our fab local indie cinema #TheParadeCinemaMarlborough Join us in #Marlborough 25-28 Sept for this year's LitFest! #MLF2025
May 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Many thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary this year with an exclusive screening of the 2020 film adaptation of #Emma😍 In partnership with our fab local indie cinema #TheParadeCinemaMarlborough Join us in #Marlborough 25-28 Sept for this year's LitFest! #MLF2025
We're delighted to announce for our 2025 line-up (25-28 September): @claredchambers.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social #JohnSuchet @eandtbooks.bsky.social #PoppyOkotcha @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Sign up as Friend of LitFest for 2025 for priority booking! More info: bit.ly/3G860oa #MLF2025
May 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We're delighted to announce for our 2025 line-up (25-28 September): @claredchambers.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social #JohnSuchet @eandtbooks.bsky.social #PoppyOkotcha @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Sign up as Friend of LitFest for 2025 for priority booking! More info: bit.ly/3G860oa #MLF2025
We were delighted to welcome back #JuliaHollander to #Marlborough as part of our 2025 outreach programme, singing some old-time favourite songs with local community centre members, showing the importance of singing to our health and well-being😍 #WhyWeSing More info: bit.ly/40XNdCJ
February 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We were delighted to welcome back #JuliaHollander to #Marlborough as part of our 2025 outreach programme, singing some old-time favourite songs with local community centre members, showing the importance of singing to our health and well-being😍 #WhyWeSing More info: bit.ly/40XNdCJ
Many thanks @cotswoldlife.bsky.social for the mention in your February issue🤩 We're excited to be planning for this year's LitFest (25-28 September 2025), come and see us in lovely #Marlborough! Full programme will be out in June. Festival info: bit.ly/3q3vknO #MLF2025
February 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Many thanks @cotswoldlife.bsky.social for the mention in your February issue🤩 We're excited to be planning for this year's LitFest (25-28 September 2025), come and see us in lovely #Marlborough! Full programme will be out in June. Festival info: bit.ly/3q3vknO #MLF2025
We're so excited to announce our first headliner for this year's LitFest: #AlanHollinghurst @panmacmillan.bsky.social will be our 2025 #GoldingSpeaker With thanks to event sponsor @williamgolding.bsky.social Save the date for our 16th festival: 25-28 September! More info: bit.ly/4g8gW1e #MLF2025
January 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're so excited to announce our first headliner for this year's LitFest: #AlanHollinghurst @panmacmillan.bsky.social will be our 2025 #GoldingSpeaker With thanks to event sponsor @williamgolding.bsky.social Save the date for our 16th festival: 25-28 September! More info: bit.ly/4g8gW1e #MLF2025
Many thanks to BBC Wiltshire for the interview yesterday with our new festival chair, talking about planning this year's festival as well as upcoming events in #Marlborough. Save the date for this year's LitFest: 25-28 September 2025!
January 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Many thanks to BBC Wiltshire for the interview yesterday with our new festival chair, talking about planning this year's festival as well as upcoming events in #Marlborough. Save the date for this year's LitFest: 25-28 September 2025!
A very Happy Christmas from all of us at Marlborough LitFest! Thank you for everyone's support to the festival this year; we look forward to offering another packed programme of literary treats next year. Save the date for 25-28 September and watch this space for updates in 2025!
December 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM
A very Happy Christmas from all of us at Marlborough LitFest! Thank you for everyone's support to the festival this year; we look forward to offering another packed programme of literary treats next year. Save the date for 25-28 September and watch this space for updates in 2025!
Huge thanks @theweek.com for including us in their round-up of best UK literary festivals for 2025, especially as we're a small charitable arts organisation run by a team of volunteers. Save the date for 25-28 September next year for a feast of literary fun for all ages, we're busy planning now!
December 4, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Huge thanks @theweek.com for including us in their round-up of best UK literary festivals for 2025, especially as we're a small charitable arts organisation run by a team of volunteers. Save the date for 25-28 September next year for a feast of literary fun for all ages, we're busy planning now!
We had our annual Thank You party last night for all our brilliant festival volunteers and supporters; we truly couldn't run LitFest without all their help🙏Save the date for 2025: 25-28 September! Many thanks to our fab festival indie bookshop The White Horse Bookshop, for hosting us all😀
November 28, 2024 at 1:23 PM
We had our annual Thank You party last night for all our brilliant festival volunteers and supporters; we truly couldn't run LitFest without all their help🙏Save the date for 2025: 25-28 September! Many thanks to our fab festival indie bookshop The White Horse Bookshop, for hosting us all😀
Beyond the Festival: Marlborough LitFest is more than just a weekend full of wonderful events, it’s also an opportunity to share the joy and benefit of reading with as many people around Marlborough as we possibly can - young and old. Read more about our 2024 outreach programme here: bit.ly/4hWtCue
November 21, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Beyond the Festival: Marlborough LitFest is more than just a weekend full of wonderful events, it’s also an opportunity to share the joy and benefit of reading with as many people around Marlborough as we possibly can - young and old. Read more about our 2024 outreach programme here: bit.ly/4hWtCue
Happy memories of our packed 2024 festival at the end of September, celebrating our 15th year! We held more than 40 bookish events for all ages in our lovely market town. Please save the date for next year: 25-28 September 2025📚 #fiction #nonfiction #workshops #childrensevents #poetry #marlborough
November 15, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Happy memories of our packed 2024 festival at the end of September, celebrating our 15th year! We held more than 40 bookish events for all ages in our lovely market town. Please save the date for next year: 25-28 September 2025📚 #fiction #nonfiction #workshops #childrensevents #poetry #marlborough