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 2022 festival will take place from Saturday 01 to Sunday 09 October at venues across Henley-on-Thames with talks, Q&As, workshops and performances for adults and children.
This line up for this year’s main festival, as well as the children’s festival, will be published here when it becomes available.
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.