14th – 17th May 2025
14th – 17th May 2025
AN INAUGURAL LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE FLEET STREET QUARTER
The Festival programme will feature events spanning current affairs and journalism, fiction, screenwriting, poetry and spoken word, and family and children’s events.
EXPLORE THE HEADLINERS
Discover London's newest literary festival celebrating the culture and history of this iconic part of the City. Join us over four days with a programme of 40+ events for all ages.
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SATURDAY 17TH MAY
Authors Jojo Moyes is joined by Mike Gayle to discuss their latest books, writing relationships, and creating memorable characters.
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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY
Booker Prize winning author Ben Okri discusses his brand new novella Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken-Hearted with Fee Mak.
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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY
Chief Historian of Historic Royal Palaces, Tracy Borman sheds light on one of the most powerful and fascinating men of the Tudor period, Thomas Cromwell.
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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY
Julia Wheeler speaks to broadcaster and Radio 2 DJ Jeremy Vine about his recently published book, Murder on Line One
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THURSDAY 15TH MAY
Iain Dale joins authors Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Richard Evans, from his new book, The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History
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THURSDAY 15TH MAY
Professor Kate Loveman explores Samuel Pepys’ infamous diary, its history, hidden secrets, and impact, 200 years on from its first publication.
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THURSDAY 15TH MAY
Author Mick Herron and screenwriter Ed Docx discuss adapting Slow Horses for TV, exploring creative input, challenges, and inspirations.
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FRIDAY 16TH MAY
Journalists Caroline Wheeler and Nick Wallis discuss their investigations into NHS blood disaster and the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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SATURDAY 17TH MAY
Larry Lamb & Camilla Barnes discuss their paths to publication, from Larry's All Wrapped Up, to Camilla's debut The Usual Desire to Kill
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WEDNESDAY 14TH, THURSDAY 15TH MAY & FRIDAY 16TH MAY
Join journalists from The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Telegraph for breakfast briefings as they review the headlines of the day.
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Advisory Board
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Lady Lucy French OBECEO, Fleet Street Quarter BID
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Damian Collins OBEFestival Director
Author, former Chair of the House Select Committee for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, and MP for Folkestone and Hythe from 2010 to 2024 -
Nick AddymanFounder and Chair of Laurus Law and former board member of the English National Opera
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Diane BanksLiterary agent and Chief Executive of Northbank Talent Agency
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Lord Black of BrentwoodDeputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group
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Tim BouverieHistory writer and broadcaster
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Baroness Beeban KidronFilm and television director (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; Oranges are Not the Only Fruit) and member of the House of Lords
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Florence KingLady Mayoress of the City of London
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Simon KingstonManaging Director, Russell Reynolds Associates and creator of the West Cork History Festival
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Alex MacqueenFilm and television actor (The Thick of It; The Inbetweeners)
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John NicolsonJournalist, broadcaster and politician
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Sarah RichardsonSenior advisor to the Global Innovation Fund and former Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster
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Dr Damian TambiniDistinguished Policy Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE
