Dear friends of the festival,

I am delighted to tell you that the programme for the King’s Lynn Literature Festival 2025 is complete. Full details of all the writers and speakers are now on the website: kllitfests.com

The Festival will be held over the weekend of 26–28 September in our usual, welcoming venue, the magnificent King’s Lynn Town Hall.

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Friday 26th September · 6.45pm

Living in An Age of Uncertainty

• Prof. Sir David Spiegelhalter – Statistician and author of The Art of Uncertainty.
• Dr Patricia Fara – Historian of science; author of Life After Gravity, A Lab of One’s Own.
• Dr Helen Pilcher – Science communicator and author of Bring Back the King.

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Saturday 27th September

Morning: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: 300 Years of British Prime Ministers
Sir Anthony Seldon in conversation with Simon Lewis

Afternoon: Poetry
Featuring: Sarah Day, Martin Figura, and Lachlan Mackinnon

Evening: Unusual Storytelling
With: Sophie Hannah, Sarah Perry, and Rachel Hore

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Sunday 28th September

Morning: World War II and Literary Culture
A conversation between D.J. Taylor and Kate Macdonald

Afternoon: Biography and A Family of Writers (double session)
Part I: Patricia Fara, Rachel Hore, and Camilla Balshaw
Part II: Lisa St Aubin de Teran, Alex Macbeth, Iseult Teran interviewed by D.J. Taylor

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Support the Festival

This is the fortieth year of the Festival and we are enormously grateful to our sponsor Hawkins Ryan Solicitors and to the loyal supporters who donate £5 per month to keep us going.

Will you join them? Email me to sign up and be entered into a draw to win £100 in cash, drawn at the festival’s close. Every contribution makes a difference — the Festival is entirely independent and receives no government or charity funding.

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Tickets

• Season Tickets: £60 · On sale from 1st July
• Session Tickets: £16.50 · Available from 1st August

I’ll send reminders nearer the time, and future newsletters will include more session details and festival extras. We do hope you’ll join us for a weekend of conversation, inspiration and enjoyment.

With warm wishes,

Sherie
Sherie Naidoo, Chairman & Festival Director
King’s Lynn Literature Festivals