Have you got your tickets? Our early bird tickets offer ends this weekend. On Monday 3rd August tickets will increase from £12 to £15 each. If books are your bag or reading is your refuge don't miss out on the best bijou book fest in the UK. We may be small but we hit big with award winning authors including Donal Ryan, Joanna Cannon, Matthew Rice and Sarah Clegg. All but one of our events take place at the old Baptist Chapel, Witney Street, Burford. This venue has a max

When we were approached by the publicists at Penguin regarding hosting Donal Ryan at Burford Lit Fest we were, of course. thrilled to say yes please. Donal Ryan, from Nenagh, County Tipperary, has published seven number one bestselling novels and a short story collection. He has won several awards for his fiction, including the European Union Prize for Literature, the Guardian First Book Award and six Irish Book Awards, and has been shortlisted for several more, including th

We are delighted to welcome artist and illustrator, Matthew Rice, to Burford Literary Festival 2026. Matthew will open our Festival at 6.30pm on Friday 25th September at Old Baptist Chapel, Witney Street, where he will be talking about his life in art and books with focus on his new book, A Year In The Garden. Matthew fell in love with watercolours at the age of 14 after a friend of his godmother died, leaving him a ream of finest watercolour paper. He discovered the magical