Dame Prue Leith, Craig Revel Horwood and Dame Mary Berry are among the celebrities to be announced in this year’s line-up for the Cheltenham Literature Festival.
The 10-day event, which will take place from 9 to 18 October, will see more than 500 authors, journalists and celebrities appear at stages, halls and tents spread out across the market town.
This year’s line-up includes author Maggie O’Farrell, who will be discussing Hamnet, 2025 Booker Prize winner David Szalay, Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding, and Life of Pi author Yann Martel.
A panel will also pay tribute to Gloucestershire bonkbuster legend Dame Jilly Cooper, who died last year at the age of 88.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, Russell T Davies, Katherine Parkinson, Anneka Rice, Richard Osman, Marina Hyde, Sara Pascoe, and Sandi Toksvig have also been billed on this year’s programme.
During the festival, which is focused around Cheltenham’s Montpellier Gardens, The Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue will discuss “growing old gracefully” with Gyles Brandreth and Kathy Lette.
