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Bath Festivals 2026 brings books, music and family inspiration to the city this May and June
Over four weeks in May and June Bath Festivals welcomes a host of authors, poets, historians, comedians and world-class musicians to the city in celebration of music and books. The full programme is now available to see and tickets go on sale from 10am on Friday, 27 February. The festival season launches with Party in...
Bath Literature Festival 2026 welcomes Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell
Bath Literature Festival has announced that bestselling novelist Maggie O’Farrell will appear at this year’s festival to celebrate the release of her new novel, Land. The award-winning author will be in Bath for a special evening at The Forum on Monday 1 June at 7pm, in partnership with Waterstones. Maggie O’Farrell is best known for...
Bath Literature Festival announces first 2026 event with The Rest is History’s Tom Holland
Bath Literature Festival 2026 has unveiled its first headline event, confirming that Tom Holland – award-winning historian and star of the world’s most downloaded history podcast, The Rest is History – will appear at The Forum next May, with tickets available from 10am on Friday 12 December. Holland will take audiences deep into the world...
Horror writer Joe Hill adds Bath Literature Festival to UK tour
Bath Literature Festival thrilled to announce not one, but TWO bestselling authors getting together to talk about the deliciously dark art of creating fantasy and horror. Joe Hill, the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author is launching his first novel in nine years, the much-anticipated King Sorrow, and has included Bath on his...
Bath Festivals brings out the stars – including David Baddiel, Ruth Jones and Ivo Graham
Bath was filled with famous faces as big names came to the city to delight thousands of their fans for Bath Festivals’ celebration of music and books. Festival season opened with Party in the City, a massive evening of free music in dozens of venues, which attracted thousands of locals and visitors to Bath city...
Super chef Tom Kerridge among the stars at the Bath Literature Festival
When the British summer hots up, the Brits can’t resist a spot of barbecuing! And who better than top chef Tom Kerridge to inspire us to cook up some delicious al fresco dishes in our own backyards and gardens this summer? The best-loved Michelin-starred chef has created the ultimate guide to cooking outdoors, The BBQ...
Bath Literature Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with extra special line-up
Bath’s Literature Festival celebrates its 30th birthday with an extra-special line-up that includes Ruth Jones, Ben Okri, Carol Klein, Lionel Shriver, Jeremy Vine, David Baddiel, Sayeeda Warsi, Joanne Harris, Martin Clunes, Robert Macfarlane, Rev Richard Coles, Jojo Moyes, Emma Barnett, Max Hastings, Ivo Graham, Alan Johnson, Kit de Waal, Mike Tindall and Reeta Chakrabarti. Bath...
Extreminate / Regenerate, the biography of a Time Lord, come to the Bath Lit Fest
Bath Literature Festival is excited to present an exclusive pre-publication event featuring leading cultural commentator John Higgs. Join in on Wednesday 9th April, at 7pm, as Higgs discusses his first biography of the Time Lord from Doctor Who, Exterminate / Regenerate. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in cultural commentary! On screen, Doctor...
Bath Festivals announce the return of the Bath Music Festival 2025
Bath Festivals is delighted to announce the return of the historic and internationally renowned Bath Music Festival in May 2025. Bath Music Festival will run in tandem with Bath Literature Festival over nine days, from Friday 16 May to Sunday 25 May 2025, under the Bath Festivals arts charity umbrella. There will be a full...
Susie Dent, Rev Richard Coles and Ben Okri all set for Bath Literature Festival 2025
A titan of contemporary literature, a respected lexicographer and a finalist in this year’s I’m A Celebrity TV reality series have been announced as three of the stars for next year’s Bath Literature Festival, with tickets going on sale before Christmas. Bath Festivals is proud to announce that Booker Prize winning Nigerian-British poet and novelist,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2026
Talks and presentations covering a wide variety of genres such as crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours, run by Fred Mawer Tours, include a walk to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. Bath’s longest established festivals celebrate books and music in beautiful and...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...
Bath Literature Festival 2025
Highlights include: Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Jones (aka Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), The Good, the Bad and the Rugby with Mike Tindall and friends, Sayeeda Warsi, Susie Dent, Ben Okri, Raynor Winn, Carol Klein, Jojo Moyes and Lionel Shriver. Genres include crime, poetry, history, memoir, literary fiction and YA. Bath Festivals’ popular guided walking tours,...