Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival 2022


The Literary Festival is back over the May Bank Holiday weekend!

We’re delighted to be once again running the Festival Bookshop – we will have all of the featured books for sale at the Festival or you can purchase them from us below in advance.

Tickets for the events are available from the Chiddingstone Castle website.


Sunday 1 May

For families

Rob BiddulphDraw With Rob.
Michael MorpurgoWhen Fishes Flew (due to be published 28 April) and Victoria HislopMaria’s Island

For adults

Nina StibbeOne Day I Shall Astonish the World (due to be published 21 April)
Miranda SeymourI Used to Live Here: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys (due to be published 12May)
Fi Glover and Jane GarveyDid I Say That Out Loud?
Philip ManselKing of the World
James FoxThe World According to Colour
Toby WilkinsonTutankhamun’s Trumpet (due to be published 12 May)
Keith Brymer JonesBoy in a China Shop
Cathy RentzenbrinkWrite It All Down


Monday 2 May

For adults

Robert HardmanQueen For Our Times
Simon ParkerRiding Out (due to be published 21 April)
Katherine RundellSuper-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne (due to be published 14 April)
Lulah EllenderGrounding (due to be published 7 April) and Marian BoswellSustainable Garden
Tom Heap39 Ways to Save the Planet
Justine PicardieMiss Dior
Patrick GaleMother’s Day
Adam NicolsonThe Sea is Not Made of Water
Iain DaleThe Presidents and Tom Tugendhat