Please note our new dates for 2018. The Festival has moved from July to June so get it in your diary. 14-17th June for the main Festival and then a finale on July 8th with Twelfth Night at the Old Mill.
BuckLitFest priority booking now OPEN to Festival Friends. Join as a Friend to get all the privileges including early booking and discounts. General ticket sale opens on April 21st. We have a very exciting line up this year. Take a look at the Festival Schedule.
JOHN JULIUS NORWICH LECTURE – rescheduled date – November 1st 2018
We are delighted to announce the date for the rescheduled John Julius Norwich lecture. He will be coming on Thursday November 1st. All tickets from the cancelled event in February will be valid for the new date. If however, you are unable to join us on November 1st, please let us know and we will refund your ticket price.
Our Spring Lecture Series 2018 runs from February right up to the main Festival in June It begins with the rescheduled visit from Simon Heffer on February 1st talking on aspects of the First World War and is followed on February 8th by Harvey Goldsmith talking to Anthony Seldon. All are ticketed events. Tickets https://www.bucklitfest.org/spring-2018-lecture-series/
Autumn Lecture Series 2017 – We are delighted to announce our Autumn Lecture Series in conjunction with the University of Buckingham and hosted by Sir Anthony Seldon. Anthony will be introducing fascinating speakers who will entertain us at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham. First on 29th November, come to hear John Lloyd, creator of QI and radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity. Then on 4th December, Nicholas Shakespeare will talk about his new book, Six Minutes in May. On December 11th, we welcome journalist, historian and commentator, Simon Heffer who has recently published The Age Of Decadence, his appreciation of the history of the late nineteenth century. All these events are free but tickets are limited so please book through the website or email [email protected]
Our Spring Lecture Series runs from February right up to the main Festival in June It begins with the rescheduled visit from Simon Heffer on February 1st talking on aspects of the First World War and is followed on February 8th by Harvey Goldsmith talking to Anthony Seldon. All are ticketed events. Tickets https://www.bucklitfest.org/spring-2018-lecture-series/
So BuckLitFest 2017 is over and what a weekend it was – almost 2000 people came to Buckingham to enjoy the pleasures of reading, writing, poetry, philosophy, drama, comedy and cartoons. Quote of the weekend – ‘that’s the wrong question’.
Hope to see you next year and thank you to all our authors, speakers, visitors, friends, sponsors, partners, benefactors, patrons, volunteers, and audiences – including those two mysterious cats!
Chris Patten is unfortunately unable to attend BuckLitFest for medical reasons. For all ticket holders, we hope you will still join us as we have arranged for political biographer and commentator, Sir Anthony Seldon to interview the speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt Hon John Bercow at 5.30 on Saturday instead. This will be an entertaining, enlivening and thought provoking discussion. All pre-bought tickets are of course valid for this event.
The organising team would like to apologise for the change and we would also like to wish Lord Patten a speedy recovery.
Bucklitfest now only a month away. Authors preparing, refreshments van booked, tickets selling fast. Don’t forget to plan your Festival weekend including our Festival partner, The Villiers Hotel, which is offering 10% off advanced booked meals during the Festival.
This week sees great reviews of Henry Hemming‘s M, Maxwell Knight, MI5’s greatest Spymaster, which is The Times‘ Book of the Week. and Raymond Tallis‘ Of Time and Lamentation, reviewed in yesterday’s Guardian. Don’t miss them at BuckLitFest June 30th – July 2nd.
Public Ticket sales opened on 21st April to a rush of customers. All events are selling fast so do plan your visit now and get tickets well in advance. Friends continue to get a 10% discount on all tickets – join as a Festival Friend on https://www.bucklitfest.org/festival-friends/
I See You, the gripping new novel from Clare Mackintosh comes out in paperback today. Available from the Buckingham Bookshop. Come to see Clare in Conversation with Louise Doughty of Apple Tree Yard fame, Saturday 1st July.
Festival Friends Box Office has been open for a week and ticket sales have taken off. Availability remains Friends only during the Easter weekend so join now as a Friend to book before general admission opens on April 21st!
Bucklitfest Friends Priority Booking is now open. All events are now listed on the website and available to book. General ticket release starts on April 21st. Join as a Friend now to take advantage of Earlybird booking. https://www.bucklitfest.org/festival-friends/
2016 Dead Good Reader awards were won by Sharon Bolton ( BuckLitFest 2016) and Peter James (BuckLitFest 2017).
Glad we are inviting all your favourite authors.
You can now vote for the 2017 winners at http://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/dead-good-reader-awards-2017/
