Literary and arts listings 2019
March
18th Aldeburgh Literary Festival Suffolk, until 3 March www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk
Essex Book Festival Throughout March www.essexbookfestival.org.uk
Harrogate Spring Sunday Series
Various dates, March–april www.harrogateinternationalfestivals. com
University of East Anglia Literary Festival Norwich, various dates, March-may www.uea.ac.uk/litfest Stanza International Poetry Festival St Andrews, Scotland, 6–10 March www.stanzapoetry.org
Lichfield Literature Festival Staffordshire, 7–10 March www.lichfieldfestival.org
Words by the Water Keswick, Cumbria, 8–17 March www.wayswithwords.co.uk
Aye Write! Glasgow, 14–31 March www.ayewrite.com
The King’s Lynn Fiction Festival Norfolk, 15–17 March www.lynnlitfests.com
Spring Weekend Festival Wimbledon, 15–17 March www.wimbledonbookfest.org/
York Literature Festival 15–31 March www.yorkliteraturefestival.co.uk
International Radio Drama Festival Canterbury, 18–22 March www.radiodramafestival.org.uk
Huddersfield Literature Festival 21–31 March www.huddlitfest.org.uk Alderney Literary Festival Channel Islands, 29–31 March www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/ events
Oxford Literary Festival 30 March–7 April www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org
April
Laugharne Weekend Carmarthenshire, 5–7 April www.thelaugharneweekend.com
Cambridge Literary Festival 5–7 April www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
Books by the Beach, Scarborough 11–14 April www.booksbythebeach.co.uk
Chipping Norton Literary Festival Oxfordshire, 24–28 April www.chiplitfest.com
Cheltenham Poetry Festival 26 April–4 May www.cheltenhampoetryfest.co.uk
Hexham Book Festival Northumberland, 26 April–5 May www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk
Colonsay Book Festival Hebrides, 27–28 April www.colonsaybookfestival.org.uk
Stratford-upon-avon Literary Festival 28 April–5 May www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk
May
Brighton Festival 4–26 May www.brightonfestival.org
Swindon Festival of Literature 6–19 May www.swindonfestivalofliterature. co.uk
Chipping Campden Literature Festival Gloucestershire, 7–11 May www.campdenlitfest.co.uk
Boswell Book Festival Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 10–12 May www.boswellbookfestival.co.uk