Cheltenham Literature Festival is back in town from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 October 2024 — and it's celebrating its 75th year with an incredible line-up.
Spanning acting royalty and bestselling authors to reality TV stars and even a Bake Off judge, visitors to Cheltenham Literature Festival 2024 can see celebrities including Dame Judi Dench; Bridget Jones star Celia Imrie; world-famous journalist and ITN presenter Sir Trevor McDonald; TV presenter turned wellbeing advocate Fearne Cotton; comedian and presenter Richard Ayoade; Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith; Thursday Murder Club author Richard Osman; Countdown legend and outspoken political activist Carol Vorderman; First Dates maître d'hôtel Fred Sirieix; 1966 World Cup legend Geoff Hurst; former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell; ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly; and Monty Python legend Michael Palin.
Plus award-winning poets and bestselling authors including T.S. Eliot Prize-winner Joelle Taylor, Nick Hornby, Asako Yuzuki, Jodi Picoult, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Rebecca F. Kuang, Bryony Gordon, Hollie McNish, Salena Godden and Pam Ayres.
Cheltenham's rooftop restaurant, The Nook on Five, is hosting a series of exclusive dining events — including afternoon tea with Tom Parker Bowles; and Dunkertons in Charlton Kings is hosting a series of fringe events, too.
A whopping 25 per cent of this year's programme is free to attend, including the world-famous Lit Crawl on Saturday 5 October 2024; post-event debates, book clubs and craft workshops at new venues The Snug and The Hush; the popular VOICEBOX stage platforming the issues that are most important to young people; and family-friendly events at The Wild Wood.
Tickets for Cheltenham Literature Festival go on general sale on Thursday 5 September 2024.
