Was gutted I was working when Francis Pryor was talking Cambridge Literary Festival but the wonderful Christie sorted out a dedicated copy and it’s beautiful. Can’t wait to dive in! Flag fen was the first archaeological site I went to as a child and time team cemented my love of history!

And SUNDAY at the festival - it's a wrap! Thank you to our wonderful, engaged audiences, our generous and incisive speakers, and our tireless volunteers and staff. We’ve had a blast and we hope you have too! For The Love Of Books. The CLF Team x 💛💛💛

Talking to the lovely Caroline Lucas at the recent Cambridge Literary Festival about her political life, her political future and her new book arguing that the progressive left need to discover Another England, through literature and tapping into an alternative set of stories about our nation.

The 2024 #Fiction Prize shortlist is out, with a variety of genres and incredible #writing. 📚 🔥 Congratulations to the six talented authors 👏 Meet them at lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/fiction-p… Who will take the top prize on May 23rd? Stay tuned to find out.

⭐️A brilliant opportunity for writers on years 9-11, the Litmus Project 2024 via Trinity College and launched by our honorary patron Ali Smith!⭐️

If you missed my talk with Margaret Drabble last month Cambridge Literary Festival you can now see it here: Catherine Taylor & Margaret Drabble | The Stirrings - Cambridge Literary Festival cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/clf-player/cat…

On Monday 27 May, be sure not to miss John Vaillant speaking to nature writer Robert Macfarlane about the remarkable story of Fort McMurray at Cambridge Literary Festival: cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/john-va… #literature #climate

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024 we've collated a selection of events on our CLF Player. With events from novelist & advocate Matt Haig to neuroscientist Camilla Nord's #TheBalancedBrain, understand mental wellbeing via literature💛✨ Explore here: cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/clf-player.../

Thank you to Peters Fraser+Dunlop who hosted our judges for the final round of the Lucy Cavendish #FictionPrize. The top prize will be awarded at the ceremony next week... stay tuned! Congratulations to all shortlistees! 💫

The new novel from ALI SMITH — it’s brilliant. I’ve read it twice — tiny nips and tweaks made yesterday by Ali —and it’s with the copy-editor now. Coming this October!

✨Special Bank Holiday offer from our partners the @university_arms✨ Stay at the hotel on Monday 27th May and get 1/3 off the price 🥂 Benefactors & Patrons will get a free upgrade + welcome gift (membership card required) Book marriott.com/en-gb/event-re…

🌟SPOTLIGHT: ELIF SHAFAK🌟 To coincide with the publication of an extract of her ‘A Room Of One’s Own Lecture’ in the The New Statesman, we’re spotlighting the amazing Elif Shafak The recording of the lecture is currently FREE to watch on our CLF Player💛 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/clf-player-wat…

“All of us have our plans for the day & they don’t include climate change” depressing , real yet hopeful conversation. Thank you John Vaillant Robert Macfarlane Cambridge Literary Festival #fireweather

Do you teach creative writing or art to UK students in year 9-11 at a non-fee paying school (or students in receipt of a full scholarship)? If so, ‘the Litmus’ project 2024, championed by writer Ali Smith, is open for entries thelitmus.trin.cam.ac.uk 📷 Cambridge Literary Festival Simon Prosser

Huge congratulations to the winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction, V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan and Naomi Klein! 🏆💐

☀️Summer readin’, had us a blast!☀️ Office books from our Spring Festival. Who are you reading this summer?

Don’t miss our friends The British Academy's Summer Showcase on 12-13 July 2024, a free festival of ideas #ForCuriousMinds. Be inspired to think differently about the world through engaging exhibits, workshops, talks, film screenings & performances. Explore: bit.ly/3zaHUFO

Privilege to be part of the The Bookseller marketing conference talking about the impact of festivals on outreach work, the publishing economy and our communities. Thanks for having us! Hay Festival Wimbledon BookFest Cambridge Literary Festival Edinburgh International Book Festival

Love to see recent festival authors on the Guardian Books’ summer reading list! 📚💛 Including #ColmTóibín, @ArmisteadMaupin, Hisham Matar, #AnneEnright, whose events you can watch on our CLF Player for just £15 per year: cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/clf-player-wat…