Cambridge Literary Festival Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Cambridge Literary Festival on X🎈20 Year Anniversary🎈• Winter Festival 16-19 November Priority booking 29/08 • General sale 05/09 Spring • Winter • One-Offs Media partner @NewStatesman

Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
Gary YoungeGary Younge @garyyounge signing copies of his book "Dispatches from the Diaspora" after his brilliant talk at #camlitfest today! https://t.co/Jef5tg1B2G
Paperback, 2023
$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lincoln Highway
Amor TowlesAmor Towles LIVE in-person & online tomorrow eve in CAMBRIDGE. Tickets https://bit.ly/3GkW1Hx Cracking review here @ObsNewReview @ahmpreston The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles review – love letter to the road trip https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/24/the-lincoln-highway-by-amor-towles-review-a-love-letter-to-the-american-road-trip
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club)
Curtis SittenfeldThe excellent @csittenfeld will be joined by our very own @JoBrowningWroe this April to talk on her latest book, Romantic Comedy!💘 Tickets here: https://t.co/NgOaB0SBCY https://t.co/dQRRT3tmDv
Paperback, Large Print, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
George Monbiot#CLFWinter22 #FirstNamesAnnounced @Guardian columnist & environmentalist, @GeorgeMonbiot will be talking about #Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet. Priority Booking opens 1st Sept General Box Office opens 5th Sept #CLF @AllenLaneBooks https://t.co/bKzdtQoTTE
Paperback, 2022
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation
Simon ArmitagePoet Laureate Simon Armitage's The Owl and the Nightingale is a treat! 🦉 https://t.co/w8vfjx7E8M Mesmerizing illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Simon joins us in conversation with fellow poet @islomane, discussing the @laurelprize for environmental poetry! #AuthorsOfTwitter https://t.co/2hw9AaLiAu
Hardcover, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine
Sophie Duncan💘Happy #ValentinesDay!💘 Meet one of the most iconic romantic heroines of all time, as Dr Sophie Duncan @clamorousvoice joins us with @PretiTaneja to discuss her new book, Searching For Juliet. Tickets https://t.co/HxAOvnMeP4 #ForTheLoveOfBooks #Shakespeare #RomeoAndJuliet https://t.co/3NJmJe3itE
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars
Frances Spalding@RSLiterature Fellow and @HoArt_cambridge Prof @Francespalding, whose study of English Art Between Two World Wars will be published on May 26th, shows how art flourished in the shadow of war at our Spring Festival. Tickets >> https://t.co/wtqp3iAfuq @FitzMuseum_UK @clarehall_cam https://t.co/uq5xEQYdk6
Hardcover, 2023
$50.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Piranesi
Susanna ClarkeRT @BloomsburyBooks: TONIGHT | An amazing chance to see Susanna Clarke discuss her spectacular hit novel, Piranesi, with @AlexClark3 for th…
Paperback, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
Hugh Bonneville#CLFWinter22 #FirstNamesAnnounced! We are excited to be welcoming @hughbon to talk about his book Playing Under the Piano: from Downton to Darkest Peru @LittleBrownUK https://t.co/LDJnUfAyNu
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nadiya's Everyday Baking: From Weeknight Dinners to Celebration Cakes, Let Your Oven Do the Work
Nadiya Hussain#CLFWinter22 #FirstNamesAnnounced One of Britain's most beloved #bakers & winner of 2015's @greatbbakeoff @BegumNadiya will be joining us in November to discuss her new book #NadiyasEverydayBaking Priority Booking opens 1st Sept General Box Office opens 5th Sept @MichaelJBooks https://t.co/iPPSMcMUlv
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book