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My Henley Literary Festival 2019 Reading List

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This year’s Henley Literary Festival takes place from Saturday 28th September to Sunday 6th October 2019.

As a Friend of the Festival (find out how you can become one here), I’ve been excitedly browsing my preview copy of the programme since it dropped through my letterbox yesterday. I’ve already spotted several events I really want to attend. More of those once I’ve secured the tickets! Tickets go on sale to Friends of the Festival on Tuesday 16th July and to the general public on Monday 22nd July 2019.

Since I won’t be able to attend everything I might like to (because of little things like time and money), I’ve been inspired to create a reading list of books I own but haven’t yet read by some of the authors appearing at Festival events.  I’ll try to read these between now and the start of the Festival and publish my (spoiler free) reviews during the Festival.

My Henley Literary Festival 2019 Reading List (event date)

 

 

 

Between now and the start of the Festival, I also plan to share reviews of books I’ve already read by authors appearing at the Festival.

Please note: I have no commercial relationship with Henley Literary Festival – unless you count spending my money on tickets for events! I’m just a book lover and book blogger keen to support my local literary festival. 

 

 

 

 

Throwback Thursday: A Look Back At Henley Literary Festival 2018

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This year’s Henley Literary Festival takes place from 28th September to 6th October 2019 and many of the fabulous authors who will be appearing have already been announced, including Kate Atkinson, Robert Harris and Jojo Moyes. Find out more here.

I attended a number of fantastic events during the 2018 Festival and I also created a reading list of books by some of the authors who appeared but I couldn’t get to see.

As a reminder of what a great programme the organisers put together last year – and in expectation of a similarly brilliant one this year – I thought I’d share again a selection of my reviews.

Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield | Book Review | Event Review
The Long and Winding Road by Alan Johnson | Book Review | Event Review
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson | Book Review | Event Review
Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce | Book Review
The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana
The Temptation by Vera Morris
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings

Look out for my 2019 Henley Literary Festival reading list and details of the events I hope to attend once the full programme is available.

Please note: I have no commercial relationship with Henley Literary Festival (unless you count giving them money for tickets to events 😀).  I’m just a book lover and book blogger keen to support my local literary festival.