Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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.
This video shows highlights from the 2025 festival, alongside the names of some of the headline speakers for 2026, including Clare Balding, Harlan Coben, Lee Child, 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.
The festival takes place Saturday 19 September and Sunday 20 September, and tickets are selling fast, find out more here: chatsworth.org/events/the-queens-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.
This video shows highlights from the 2025 festival, alongside the names of some of the headline speakers for 2026, including Clare Balding, Harlan Coben, Lee Child, 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.
The festival takes place Saturday 19 September and Sunday 20 September, and tickets are selling fast, find out more here: chatsworth.org/events/the-queens-reading-room-festival
