WHAT'S ON

We are so honoured to be able to offer such a wonderful array of talent for Burford Literary Festival 2026

Sue Leigh Poetry In The Chapel - The Lenthall Chapel, The Priory

All our other events will take place at The Old Baptist Chapel, Witney Street, Burford

SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER

Kate McCloughlin

Saturday 26 - 14.30

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Silence: A Literary History

Simon Mason

Saturday 26th - 10.00

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DI Ryan Mysteries

John Blair

Saturday 26th - 11.30

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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World

Sarah Clegg

Saturday 26th - 13.00

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Perilous Enchantment : The True History of Faeries

Sarah Ogilvie

Saturday 26th - 16.00

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The Dictionary People : The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

AG Hopkins

Saturday 26th - 1730

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The Land Where Nothing Works: How Britain Lost the Plot

Donal Ryan & Joanna Cannon

Saturday 26th - 19.00

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In Conversation

SUNDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER

Alison Marsh

Sunday 27th - 10.00

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Private Lies

Paul Harris

Sunday 27th - 11.30

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Warrior Walker

Nandina Das

Sunday 27th - 13.00

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This Little World : A New History of Tudor and Stuart England

David Woodman

Sunday 27th - 14.30

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The First King of England : Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

Elleke Boehmer

Sunday 27th - 16.00

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Southern Imagining : A Literary and Cultural History of the Far Southern Hemisphere

Sue Leigh

Sunday 27th - 17.30

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Poetry In The Chapel