Cambridge Literary Festival – Winter Festival 2026
Saturday November 21–Sunday November 22
Cambridge Literary Festival returns for its Winter Festival, bringing two days of fascinating conversations, inspiring ideas and some of the biggest names in literature, journalism and broadcasting.
This year’s programme features 30 events, with appearances from acclaimed authors Michael Morpurgo, Elif Shafak, Lynda La Plante and Patrick Gale, alongside broadcasters Laura Kuenssberg and John Robins.
Other highlights include historian David Kynaston, novelist Deborah Levy, journalist Luke Harding and poet Alice Oswald.
From fiction, poetry and history to politics, current affairs and the natural world, the festival offers an opportunity to hear leading writers and thinkers discuss their work and the issues shaping our world.
Full programme and tickets: Cambridge Literary Festival – Winter Festival 2026
Various venues across Cambridge
What’s Ons are broadcast across the day at 7.50, 10.30, 1.30 and 4.30, and at weekends.
To get your event included email: Karen Stringer