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Henley Literary Festival 2024

28 September 2024 to 06 October 2024

Market Place, RG9 2AQ
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2AQ
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About the Henley Literary Festival 2024

Founded in 2007, the Henley Literary Festival has firmly established itself as one of the UK’s most-popular literary festivals, bringing together punters and pundits from far and wide in an annual meeting-of-minds set across its stunning riverside hometown.

Henley Literary Festival is established as one of the UK’s biggest book festivals. Previous speakers have included John Mortimer, Doreen Lawrence, John Major, Julia Donaldson, Richard E. Grant, Candace Bushnell, John Sentamu, Cressida Cowell and Graham Nash.

The Henley Literary Festival 2024 festival will take place from Saturday 28 September to Sunday 06 October at venues across Henley-on-Thames with 130 talks, performances and conversations for adults and children, with the majority available to watch online as well as in-person.

Speakers at Henley Literary Festival 2023 included Theresa May, Ben Okri, Sophy Henn, Robert Peston, Jacqueline Wilson, Gary Younge, Judy Murray, Timothy West, Shaparak Khorsandi, Sebastian Faulks, Salena Godden, Victoria Hislop, Stephen Mulhern, Emily Gravett and Simon Schama, among many more.

Pop-up events in September and October 2024 featured Rick Stein, Sara Pascoe, Liam Brady, Philippa Gregory, James O’Brien and Phil Tufnell.


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Visit the events website for the full line up of this year’s main festival, as well as the children’s festival.


Image gallery

Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 01 - Dame Stephanie Shirley
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 02 - David Suchet
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 03 - Gerald Scarfe
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 04 - Konnie Huq and Friends
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 05 - Kristina Stephenson
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 06 - Mary Berry
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 07 - Shahidha Bari
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 08 - Siana Bangura Roy McFarlane
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 09 - Sir Alastair Cook
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 10 - Sophy Henn
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 11 - Theresa May inteviewed by Katherine Grainger
Henley Literary Festival Gallery Image 12 - Tim Rice interviewed by James Runcie

From left to right, top to bottom: Dame Stephanie Shirley, David Suchet, Gerald Scarfe, Konnie Huq and friends, Kristina Stephenson, Dame Mary Berry, Shahidha Bari, Siana Bangura and Roy McFarlane, Sir Alastair Cook, Sophy Henn, Theresa May inteviewed by Katherine Grainger, and Tim Rice interviewed by James Runcie.