Creative Director, Kim Harvey,  owner of The Madhatter Bookshop on Burford High Street, Oxfordshire, wanted to establish a Literary Festival that not only bought the community together but most importantly was accessible to all.  

Set in the stunning historic town of Burford in Oxfordshire, Burford Literary Festival presents an inspiring programme of events, with authors covering a wide range of topics and genres including history, politics, the natural world, poets, pioneers, innovators and of course children’s literature.

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Events take place in bijou rooms with their own special ambience.  Numbers are kept small and personal to enable events to feel like a conversation  between author and audience.  

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"the best literary event we have attended bar none"

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