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10/11 April Private Lives 4-10 May Literary Lunch, interviews & talks, film, jazz. History, Homer, nature, memoir, politics, fiction, poetry, cheffing, wine tasting. Main venue state of the art Cidermill Theatre
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 1d
Look at our great line-up of books for 2026! The programme is now complete.

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Hi @jacriding.bsky.social @drmjwarren.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social you're in our great line-up of books 2026! Please spread the word our programme is now complete and may be viewed here: campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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you're in our great line-up of books 2026! Please spread the word our programme is now complete and may be viewed here: campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Look at our great line-up of books for 2026! The programme is now complete.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Memoir for Beginners Course, all day, in person?

Sign up and learn how to craft your story into a compelling narrative with exercises, discussion, and lots of opportunity to write whatever your skill level and ambition.

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Memoir with Kit de Waal (Beginner) - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for an inspiring day devoted to bringing your memories to life on the page.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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‘Centuries of printing preceded Gutenberg. As White is careful to describe, Gutenberg was born nine hundred years after printed texts were first produced in China by rubbing paper onto inked, carved woodblocks.’

Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social):

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Smyth · Slice It Up: Gutenberg’s Great Invention
Gutenberg remains unknowable: an implied but not a felt presence. This is true for all but a small number of 15th-...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Also missing the point of stories. For most of us, the first stories we were learned were told to us orally. When someone tells me they love my writing or my stories, I never ask - oh, but did you read it on paper? No writer cares. The story is the thing, not the method of delivery
joannechocolat.bsky.social Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 9d
People who dismiss e-books or audiobooks as being somehow less worthy or less meaningful than physical books are missing the point of books. Books are not ink and paper, just as human beings are not defined by their physicality. Books are connections; emotions; ideas; just like their creators.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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If you can't make Turner's House Twickenham 25 March catch up with Nicola Moorby @yalebooks.bsky.social 7pm 4th May
yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · Mar 14
Don't miss this special event - join author Nicola Moorby for an exclusive evening at Turner’s House in Twickenham to celebrate the launch of her new book, 'Turner and Constable: Art, Life, Landscape' on 25 March.

Find out more and book tickets here:
turnershouse.org/whats-on/
Photo of the book Turner & Constable: Art, Life, Landscape' Author Nicola Moorby speaking to crowd
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter @edithmayhall.bsky.social 👇 one of our 2026 authors
aothenmagazine.bsky.social Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 28d
Our #bookoftheweek is Edith Hall's new reading of Homer's Iliad as one root in the beginning of ecological disaster for contemporary society. Thought-provoking and smart, Hall astounds in this fresh perspective on how ancient history permeates our environment today. ☀️
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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durham.ac.uk Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 13d
Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social, from our Department of Classics and Ancient History, has been awarded the 2024 International Hellenic Prize for her acclaimed book Facing Down the Furies. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

#TransformativeHumanities @durhamclassics.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter One of our 2026 authors @gordoncorera.bsky.social 👇
pegasus-books.bsky.social Pegasus Books @pegasus-books.bsky.social · Oct 22
"Corera, a former security correspondent for the BBC, tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist."

Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!
The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
Gordon Corera tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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basicbooksgroup.bsky.social Basic Books Group @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · 13d
"Vivid and authoritative... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man." Read what @nytimes.com is saying about "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," @matthewcobb.bsky.social's new, definitive biography of the man who co-discovered DNA. 

Read it here: bit.ly/4nWULiC
Book Review: ‘Crick,’ by Matthew Cobb
In “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb provides a biography both vivid and authoritative.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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One of our 2026 authors 👇@matthewcobb.bsky.social #Crick
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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While we wait for the shortlist announcement for our Translation Awards, we asked our judges what being a judge means to them, and why translation is so important.

Professor Clare Finburgh Delijani is one of our judges for the Scott Moncrieff Prize.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Crammed into a Donegal cottage with 20 others, watching Brian Friel’s TRANSLATIONS performed where it’s set…

@katemaltby.bsky.social travels to the northwestern Irish border to explore why the late playwright’s work is newly popular:
These dramatic isles: Brian Friel and the new popularity of Irish stories
The playwright’s works are returning to theatres in both his home country and the UK. We go exploring for reasons
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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britishacademy.bsky.social The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Oct 17
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!

Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"We Refugees" by Benjamin Zephaniah

We can all be refugees
Sometimes it only takes a day
Sometimes it only takes a handshake
Or a paper that is signed
...
We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food
We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah I come from a musical place Where they shoot me for my song And my brother has been tortured By my brother in my land I come from a beautiful place Where they hate my shade of skin They don't like the way I pray And they ban free poetry I come from a beautiful place Where girls cannot go to school There you are told what to believe And even young boys must grow beards I come from a great old forest I think it is now a field And the people I once knew Are not there now We can all be refugees Nobody is safe All it takes is a mad leader Or no rain to bring forth food. We can all be refugees We can all be told to go We can be hated by someone For being someone 1/2 2/2 I come from a beautiful place Where the valley floods each year And each year the hurricane tells us That we must keep moving on I come from an ancient place All my family were born there And I would like to go there But I really want to live I come from a sunny, sandy place Where tourists go to darken skin And dealers like to sell guns there I just can't tell you what's the price I am told I have no country now I am told I am a lie I am told that modern history books May forget my name We can all be refugees Sometimes it only takes a day Sometimes it only takes a handshake Or a paper that is signed We all came from refugees Nobody simply just appeared Nobody's here without a struggle And why should we live in fear Of the weather or the troubles? We all came here from somewhere We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah First published in the book Wicked World, by Puffin Books.
February 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Delighted that Charlotte Whittle with us in May 2026 to discuss English translation of @irenevalmore.bsky.social's Consolations @hodderbooks.bsky.social Sign up for our newsletters to find out more about our May #book events:

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irenevalmore.bsky.social Irene Vallejo @irenevalmore.bsky.social · Oct 14
Consolations - Timeless Wisdom from the Ancient World
Los filósofos griegos inventaron un género literario llamado “consolaciones” para ayudar a serenar ánimos afligidos o angustiados. La palabra “consolar” significa “aliviar juntos” o “calmar en compañía”.
#HodderBooks
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Delighted that Nicola Moorby is bringing #TurnerandConstable @yalebooks.bsky.social to the #Cotswolds in May
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October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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"Times are hard for indie presses – but they are also leading the way in agility and resourcefulness" @thebookseller.com recent Comment piece.
2026 event: indie @borzoibookshop.bsky.social & @dauntbookspub.bsky.social's @marigoldatkey.bsky.social

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October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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ICYMI: Times are hard for indie presses – but they are also leading the way in agility and resourcefulness, says Bridget Shine in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
The rollercoaster ride of independence
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October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Sticking Place Books publishes David Robinson’s "Charles Chaplin’s The Freak: The Story of an Unfinished Film". This edition presents Chaplin’s last, unfinished film for the first time to English-speaking readers—a project that has long intrigued Chaplin fans.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published
Exclusive: Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketches
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Monica Feria-Tinta in @prospectmagazine.co.uk article below will be at our Festival in May
Festival goers sign up for our newsletter #book events www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
prospectmagazine.co.uk Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Aug 7
If corporations can be legal persons, why not rivers?

Heather Brooke explores the new movement to recognise the rights of nature, as exemplified by the brilliant, tireless work of barrister Monica Feria-Tinta: www.prospectmagazine...
Serving life: an interview with Monica Feria-Tinta
There’s a growing movement to protect the rights of nature. We speak to a paragon of this difficult work, the barrister Monica Feria-Tinta
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch
Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM