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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.

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🎈20 Year Anniversary🎈• Winter Festival 16-19 November Priority booking 29/08 • General sale 05/09 Spring • Winter • One-Offs Media partner @NewStatesman

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Book Cover for: Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter, Gary Younge

Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter

Gary Younge
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

Gary 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
Book Cover for: The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

Amor 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
Book Cover for: Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club), Curtis Sittenfeld

Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club)

Curtis Sittenfeld
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

The 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
Book Cover for: Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet, George Monbiot

Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

George Monbiot
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

#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
Book Cover for: The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation, Simon Armitage

The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation

Simon Armitage
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

Poet 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
Book Cover for: Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine, Sophie Duncan

Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

Sophie Duncan
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

💘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
Book Cover for: The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars, Frances Spalding

The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars

Frances Spalding
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

@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
Book Cover for: Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

RT @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
Book Cover for: Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru, Hugh Bonneville

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

Hugh Bonneville
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

#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
Book Cover for: Nadiya's Everyday Baking: From Weeknight Dinners to Celebration Cakes, Let Your Oven Do the Work, Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya's Everyday Baking: From Weeknight Dinners to Celebration Cakes, Let Your Oven Do the Work

Nadiya Hussain
Cambridge Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival

#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