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Petworth Festival 2020

Tuesday 14 July - Saturday 1 August

Petworth Festival Literary Week 2020

Saturday 24 October - Sunday 1 November


If you require a wheelchair access seat or extra assistance and/or are a carer for a disabled person please telephone our Festival Manager, Kate Wardle, 01798 343055, any weekday between 10am-5pm.

Our 2019 Literary Week speakers are listed below. To view previous events, please visit our archive section.

Saturday 26 October
Rachel Reeves in conversation with Gerry Foley
2:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Steve Richards - The Prime Ministers
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Sold Out
James Naughtie in conversation with Douglas Rae
7:30 PM
Seaford College
Available on Door
Sunday 27 October
Max Hastings - Chastise: The Dambusters Story
3:00 PM
Seaford College
Available on Door
Hugh Bonneville in conversation with Olivia Cole
7:30 PM
Seaford College
Available on Door
Monday 28 October
Jenni Murray in conversation with Gerry Foley
12:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
A. N. Wilson - Prince Albert
3:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
George Alagiah - The Burning Land
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Cancelled
Tuesday 29 October
Steve Jones in conversation with Matthew Stadlen
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Vic Marks in conversation with Mark Church
3:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Jenny Eclair in conversation with Stewart Collins
7:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Wednesday 30 October
Pat Davies and Christian Lamb in conversation with Simon Robinson
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Sophia Money-Coutts in conversation with Olivia Cole
2:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Charles Moore - Margaret Thatcher
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Sold Out
Lynne Truss in conversation with Simon Brett
7:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Thursday 31 October
David Whitehouse - Apollo 11: The Inside Story
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Tom Holland in conversation with Claire Armitstead
2:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Sold Out
Jonathan Glancey - The Journey Matters
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Mike Read in conversation with Stewart Collins
7:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Friday 1 November
Prue Leith CBE in conversation with Mandy Morton
12:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Jonathan Rugman in conversation with Matthew Stadlen
2:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Tristram Hunt - V&A: Preserving the past, curating the future
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Saturday 2 November
Christopher Tugendhat in conversation with Stewart Collins
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Amelia Gentleman in conversation with Matthew Stadlen
2:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Daisy Dunn - In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
David Suchet in conversation with Stewart Collins
7:30 PM
Midhurst Rother College
Available on Door
Sunday 3 November
The Petworth Poetry Breakfast
11:00 AM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Gillian Moore in conversation with Graham Sheffield
2:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Adrian Tinniswood - The House Party
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Tom Bower in conversation with Andrew Billen
7:30 PM
Leconfield Hall
Sold Out