The Queen's Reading Room Festival

About The Queen's Reading Room Festival

The Queen's Reading Room Festival returns to Chatsworth for a second year with an extended two-day celebration of books and ideas, promising up-close talks, lively conversations, and memorable performances by acclaimed writers, thinkers, and literature lovers.

Within a new Festival Hub, located on the South Lawn in the Chatsworth Garden, you can experience dedicated talk theatres and an exclusive programme of festival entertainment, including The Writers' Room and The Poetry Room.

This year's headliners include Clare Balding, Harlan Coben, Cecelia Ahern, Meg Mason, Elif Shafak, Ann Cleeves, Louise Penny, Jeffrey Archer, Kate Atkinson, William Boyd, Jessie Burton, Reeta Chakrabarti, Daisy Fancourt, Lucy Foley, Jane Harper, Louise Kennedy, Philippa Perry, Jennifer Saint, Nussaibah Younis, and Louisa Young.

We'll also be welcoming guest appearances from Ken Follett, Kate Mosse, and Jojo Moyes at a special event with Lee Child, on Saturday evening, and actor Larry Lamb will be joining The Poetry Room, supported by the T. S. Eliot Foundation.