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3-8 May 2027 in magnificent North Cotswolds: interviews & talks, cabaret, jazz. History, Homer, gardens, memoir, politics, war, fiction, poetry, biography, art. Main venue state of the art Cidermill Theatre www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/conta…

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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You can hear @lukeharding1968.bsky.social below talking about #Betrayal @faberbooks.bsky.social in May to keep up to date with our news sign up for: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Here I am chatting to the lovely Robyn Williams on his ABC Science Show
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First major biography of Francis Crick - ABC listen
Crick: A Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain was published in 2025, full of new information and the disposal of false tales. The story is so vibrant that, after the West End play about him, author ...
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our choice for #BOOKSHOPDAY2026 Festival book supplier @borzoibookshop.bsky.social To keep up to date with our May2027 news sign up for: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Helen Jones - THE DOMINO MAN coming 14 Jan '27 @helenjauthor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happy Bookshop Day 2026! If you do anything today, pop along to your local bookshop, choose a new book to enjoy and support your high street. #BookshopDay #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A May 2027 author event for you @1642author.bsky.social To keep up to date with our news sign up for: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looking forward to event with @helenjauthor.bsky.social in May 2027 To keep up with our news sign up for www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gorgeous stuff!
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
👇 @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social 👇 brings #THEGREATDICTATOR to us in 2027 Read all about it www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sorry to inform to you that Free Thinking has been axed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yippee THNX @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social postie has just delivered 2027 Fest copy of #HOMERHAUNTED Book lovers keep up to date with our news by signing up to www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 18/08/2026
Delighted to announce that I will be interviewing my friend and literary hero, Donal Ryan at Daunt's Bookshop on 15th October. Tickets in link here dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
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Donal Ryan in conversation with Kit de Waal
Buy tickets for the event with Donal Ryan in conversation with Kit de Waal at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @reaktionbooks.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2027 catalogue: superb bios of Pushkin, Gogol, William Morris and Rabelais, a wonderful study of Samuel Palmer, David Batchelor's Chromocopia: The Colours of Colour, Geraldine Johnson's Sculpted By Light and much more. reaktionbooks.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well done🥂 @edithmayhall.bsky.social 👇 who brought us Epic of The Earth this year. Keep up to date with 2027 Festival news sign up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Can't make Burlington House 19 Oct?👇 Dr Gavin Francis Stoneystreet #WilliamMorrisandHisGardens @yalepress.bsky.social in Chipping Campden May 2027 Keep up to date with Festival news by signing up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bring back engraved invitation tickets to university lectures! Look at this beauty from 1798: an invitation to a lecture on "Dramatic Literature" at the School of Eloquence on 3rd May 1798. #academicchatter
a paper invitation ticket to Professor Nogo's Lecture on Dramatic Literature. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1983-U-1926
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our first event of May 2027 is with @hanaloftus.bsky.social and #WoldsEndOrchard Keep up to date with Festival news by signing up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
See @lukeharding1968.bsky.social below: interview with @thedailybeast.bsky.social. Luke brings #Betrayal to us in May Keep up to date with Festival news by signing up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In May we have an event with Sarah Hosking: Five Pounds For 'A Room Of One's Own' Where Women May Write Exactly What They Think @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Keep up to date with Festival news by signing up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you @helenjauthor.bsky.social for uncorrected proof copy #DOMINOMAN @simonandschuster.bsky.social Looking fwd to seeing you in May 2027. Keep up to date with Festival news by signing up to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oddly this is one of the most contentious parts of my Barbara biog - it'll be interesting to see whether Brooklands adjusts its account of this event accordingly ... www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/arti...
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Barbara Cartland’s 1931 Brooklands race was more staged than society admitted
Barbara Cartland’s attempt to prove women could drive as well as men produced staged filming, inexperienced drivers and a furious response from Joan Chetwynd, exposing how little of the supposed Brook...
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congratulations 🥂@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Shortlisted for @bailliegifford.bsky.social for #TheGreatDictator. We look forward to meeting Matthew May 2027. To keep up to date with our news sign up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you @carosanderson.bsky.social for saying yes to interviewing Sarah Dunant #TheSackofRome for us in May 2027( and thank you @publicistkelly.bsky.social )To keep up to date with our news sign up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy publication day to Miranda Malins THE HOUSE OF CROMWELL @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social Miranda will be with us in May #History To learn more about our 2027 Festival sign up for our news letter www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations🥂 @charlottehiggins.bsky.social longlisted for 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. Charlotte will be talking to @arusbridger.bsky.social about Ukrainian Lessons at our Festival in May. For more of our 2027 news: Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Delighted @lukeharding1968.bsky.social will be with us in May Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
May 2027 @sykhalid.bsky.social & @timcoulson.bsky.social creators of @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social discuss Tim's latest book Predators. For more news on our 2027 📚 Festival www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Tim Coulson @timcoulson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great to be recording season 2 of @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast. One thing that has amazed me is how many people tell me and @sykhalid.bsky.social that they listen. Latest episode, all about mites, is out. Snippet in video, full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3Zp4....
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please spread the word @classicsatstannes.bsky.social Henry Power St Peter's College Oxford is bringing #HomerHaunted to our 18th Festival 3-8th May 2027 Learn more by signing up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Author of Preditors @timcoulson.bsky.social below will be with us in 2027. Festival dates 3-8th May 2027 Learn more by signing up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In 2027 @drgavin.bsky.social brings William Morris and His Gardens @yalepress.bsky.social to our 18th Festival 3-8th May To keep up with our 2027 Festival news sign up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good luck with 19 Oct launch of William Morris & His Gardens 🥂@drgavin.bsky.social and looking forward to meeting you at our 3-8th May Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
'Dark and compelling . . . brilliant' Bill Browder 'War reporting at its finest' Serhii Plokhy 'More gripping than a thriller' Andrey Kurkov Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social is out today in hardback, ebook and audio. linktr.ee/luke_harding
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Slightly Foxed @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Indeed, the seasons change all too quickly! It always brings to mind that Dr Seuss quote: 'How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn.' We hope issue 91 brings some cheer during the cooler months ahead!🦊
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chipping Campden Literature Festival writers in order of first appearance (many authors return again and again) … #chippingcampden #literaturefestival
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Congratulations 🥂 to one of our 2026 authors @drmjwarren.bsky.social below who is on @wainwrightprize.bsky.social shortlist. To find out about our 2027 authors sign up to our newsletters: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
See @prospectmagazine.co.uk article blow. @arusbridger.bsky.social will be talking to @lukeharding1968.bsky.social about BETRAYAL at our 18th Festival on Sat 8 May To receive newsletters www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
AND @lukeharding1968.bsky.social is bringing BETRAYAL to us in May. To join our mailing list go to: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/contact
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... Author of Betrayal @lukeharding1968.bsky.social will be with us in 2027. Festival dates 3-8th May 2027 Learn more by signing up to our Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Chipping Campden Literature Festival was founded in 2010 by Vicky Bennett, and since that time has become renowned for presenting a series of thought provoking, original, and wide-ranging events featuring some of the world’s greatest writers. From 2024 onwards she was joined by her husband Charlie.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Chipping Campden Literature Festival was founded in 2010 by Vicky Bennett and since that time has become renowned for presenting a series of thought provoking, original, and wide-ranging events featuring some of the world’s greatest writers. From 2024 onwards she was joined by her husband Charlie.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Many thanks to all our sounder this year. We really appreciate your support.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 17/08/2026
Kemptown Bookshop is celebrating 50 years in business with the publication of an anthology exploring the role and significance of bookshops. 👇
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Kemptown Bookshop marks 50th anniversary with new anthology
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
'And fling the new moons through his stormy banner, And the full moons and the dark moons.' Ted Hughes was born on this day in 1930.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Save the date! The Chipping Campden Literature Festival 2027 Monday 4th May - Saturday 8th May Sign up to our newsletter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter #books #Cotswolds
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This year's production of Private Lives 🎭 with fab professional cast. Want to know about our 2027 play? Sign up to our newsletter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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