More names announced for Marlborough LitFest’s 2025 line-up include poet Brian Bilston, actor and author Rupert Everett, as well as this year’s Big Town Read by prizewinning author Susan Fletcher. They will join John Suchet, Poppy Okotcha, Clare Chambers and 2025 Golding Speaker Alan Hollinghurst at this year’s festival from
Marlborough LitFest is delighted to announce that broadcaster and author John Suchet, horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha and acclaimed novelist Clare Chambers will join 2025 Golding Speaker Alan Hollinghurst at this year’s festival from 25 – 28 September. LitFest is inviting people to sign up to Friends of LitFest for 2025 to
Would you like a glimpse behind the scenes at Marlborough LitFest? We’re looking for volunteers who can spare an hour or two over the festival weekend (25-28 September 2025) and would love to hear from anyone willing to help this or next year. Volunteer opportunities range from helping at the
Acclaimed music therapist and author, Julia Hollander, returned to Marlborough to entertain local residents at The Jubilee Centre, as part of Marlborough LitFest’s continuing outreach programme. Hollander engaged the community centre members in singing some old-time favourite songs from “She’ll be coming round the mountain“ to “My darling Clementine”. The
Marlborough LitFest is excited to announce the award-winning novelist, Sir Alan Hollinghurst, as its 2025 Golding Speaker. Hollinghurst received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list for services to literature. His seventh novel, Our Evenings, has been described as “the finest novel yet from one of the great writers
Marlborough LitFest is more than just a weekend full of wonderful events. It’s also an opportunity to share the joy and benefit of reading with as many people in and around Marlborough as we possibly can. This includes those, young and old, who can’t attend the festival weekend. We know
After six years as Chair, Genevieve Clarke is handing over to journalist and farmer, Mary-Vere Parr. Genevieve, who took on the role from Jan Williamson after the festival in 2018, commented: “LitFest is a very collaborative venture and it wouldn’t work without everyone’s ideas, energy and creativity. So I’d like
The festival opened with 60 children from Marlborough St Mary’s singing on the steps of the Town Hall and then sixth-formers from St John’s Marlborough debated the responsibilities of being a novelist and younger pupils from Pewsey, Hungerford as well as Marlborough enjoyed a Big School Read with author Candy
Marlborough LitFest celebrated its 15th year last weekend with a packed programme of more than 40 bookish events for all ages and tastes, including big names, first-time authors and a host of free activities for children and families. Audiences came from far beyond the town and the county to enjoy
