A brand new festival of writers and writing coming to Cumbria’s  Cartmel Racecourse in June 2026.

Featuring talks from – among others:

Sebastian Faulks, Sarah Hall, Rory Stewart, Sam Leith,  Zeynab Badawi, Matt Frei, Lamorna Ash, Margaret MacMillan, Hallie Rubenhold, David McWilliams, Justin Marozzi, Avi Shlaim,  Jane Horrocks, Sophie Ambler, Lyse Doucet, Candice Carty-Williams, Philip Marsden, Lee Schofield, Lindsey Hilsum, Irini Tzortzoglou,  Samira Ahmed, Jon Lee Anderson,  Frances Wilson, Graham Robb,  Bee Wilson, Michael Heseltine & Christopher de Bellaigue

Talks, panels & interviews  with much-loved authors & commentators on politics, Beatrix Potter, Afghanistan, children’s literature, Central Asia, Sultan Suleyman, France, Barrow-in-Furness, slavery,  the Antarctic, the psychology of food, Persian poetry, Windermere, The Beatles, minerals, Indian poetry, assisted dying, celebrity bunfights, money, the future of farming, Versailles, true crime, the history of Britain & much, much more

With food & drink from: Bowness Bay Brewery, Cartmel Cheeses, Coffee Bug, Cross Apiary, Eden Yard, Fiery Mamma’s, Furness Fish, Ginger Bakers, Hawkshead Relish, Ice Cream Wrayholme, Mac in the Lakes, Matson Ground, Northern Baked, Pennington’s Spirits, Rogans, Sweet Treats, Rin Tin Thai

For all information & tickets, visit: www.lakedistrictbookfestival.co.uk