Sep 25

Join us at Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival 2025

Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival returns from 9 to 19 October 2025 with another enthralling literary lineup.  The Festival once again celebrates great writing and leading thinkers, sharing their stories and featuring a programme designed to entertain, inspire, educate, challenge and amuse.

At the forefront of the literary scene thanks to its stellar line-up of literary names, the Festival was picked out as ‘One of the Top 3 Literary Festivals in the UK’ by The Guardian.

This year’s speakers include former Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative MP and former chancellor Jeremy Hunt, TV personality Chris Tarrant, presenters John Suchet and Patrick Grant, comedian, actress and author Helen Lederer, and sporting legends Graham Gooch and Martin O’Neill.

Also appearing is historian Kate Vigurs, philosopher A. C. Grayling, the creators of the popular audio drama podcast Victoriocity Chris and Jen Sugden. Plus comedian and travel writer Dom Joly, neurodiversity advocate and podcaster Alex Partridge, journalist Sarah Vine, and comedian and novelist Mark Watson.

There’s fun for all the family with the popular Children’s Festival featuring popular authors including Steve McRae, Anne and Steve Brusatte, Mama G, Susannah Lloyd and Tom Vaughan.

The popular Literary Lunch guest speaker is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondence Lyse Doucet.

Full details and to book tickets please visit the Harrogate International Festivals website.

Browse What’s On and look out for more exciting programme announcements coming soon.  Tickets are available from the Harrogate International Festivals website or by calling the Box Office on 01423 562 303

Curated and produced by Harrogate International Festivals

Updated and republished 19 September 2025

Photo credit: Richard Maude