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Sat 26 Sept - Sun 4 Oct 2020

Russell Brand, 2017: full house at Christ Church Centre

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Ade Adepitan, 2018: children's event at Phyllis Court with Katherine Grainger

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Kristina Stephenson, 2019: Packed schools event at Henley Town Hall

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Pam Ayres reciting a poem to a full house in 2018

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Mary Berry, 2019: with Steph Douglas, Sarah Turner, Matt Coyne and Simon Williams​

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Theresa May, 2019: first public event after leaving No. 10

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Kate Mosse, 2018: sold-out event with Daniel Hahn at the Kenton Theatre

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22 Sep 2020

Something for all ages at Henley Literary Festival online

Events for all the family at #HenleyLitFest online We start on September 26 with an exclusive: Michael Morpurgo on his War Horse picture book, in […]
28 Aug 2020

Introducing the interviewers

Michael Grade, Katherine Grainger, Alan Johnson, Emma Freud, Nikesh Shukla and Louise Roe are among those who will be chairing our online events. Bryony Gordon is […]
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