Literary-art Events in Cambridge

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Katherine Priddy | Junction 2, Cambridge | 19.4.26

Sun, 19 Apr at 07:00 pm Cambridge Junction

Transcribir: Transcribing - By Cristina Rivera Garza

Wed, 06 May at 05:30 pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre - Trinity College Free

Philippa Pearce Lecture 2026: Juno Dawson

Thu, 16 Apr at 04:30 pm Homerton College, University of Cambridge Free

Nourish & Nurture: A weekend of food, wellbeing and sustainable living

Sat, 16 May at 09:00 am Storey's Field Centre GBP 20 to 136

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky in Cambridge

Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 28

Death on the Nile

Tue, 12 May at 07:30 pm 6 St Edwards Passage, CB2 3PJ Cambridge, United Kingdom

Translation and Grieving - By Cristina Rivera Garza

Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Old Combination Room - Trinity College Free

New Routes – Amy Hollinrake and Maz O’Connor

Sat, 18 Apr at 07:30 pm Cambridge Junction

Charity event to launch the Cambridge Companion to Stand Up Comedy

Mon, 23 Mar at 06:30 pm Cambridge University Press Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

Breathing in Unison: The Archive and the Senses - By Cristina Rivera Garza

Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre - Trinity College Free

Joshua Idehen, live at Mash - Cambridge

Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm MASH Cambridge

The Great Maths Gameshow

Sat, 28 Mar at 03:00 pm Department of Pathology Free

Orpheus Dismembered by Ben Haggarty and Jonah Brody

Sun, 12 Apr at 07:00 pm Cambridge Junction

IWM History Festival - Saturday

Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Imperial War Museum Duxford, CB22 4QR Cambridge, United Kingdom

2026 Herman De Croo Lecture

Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm St John's College GBP 240

Hughes Hall Literary Day 2026

Fri, 20 Mar at 10:30 am Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge GBP 0 to 8

Cambridge Speechwriters' & Business Communicators' Conference 2026

Wed, 25 Mar at 10:00 am St Catharine's College GBP 1,283 to 2,458

An Evening of Suspense with Sarah Vaughan & Araminta Hall

Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm St. Paul's Church and Community Centre GBP 6

Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray

Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm The Old Library, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF GBP 0 to 10

From Page to Podium: A White House Speechwriting Masterclass

Wed, 25 Mar at 10:00 am St Catharine's College GBP 1,283

An Evening with Elle McNicoll in Cambridge

Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Cambridge Apologetics Summer Conference 2026

Fri, 12 Jun at 09:30 am Christ Church GBP 30 to 60

An Evening with Joe Abercrombie in Cambridge

Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 15

Noughts & Crosses

Wed, 15 Apr at 07:30 pm 6 St Edwards Passage, CB2 3PJ Cambridge, United Kingdom

Standing on a Mass Grave - By Cristina Rivera Garza

Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre - Trinity College Free

Make a fold-out fossil cabinet with Kate Winter

Sat, 28 Mar at 01:30 pm Department of Pathology Free

Love of Rumi – flow and spirit: a performative fashion show

Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm Mumford Theatre GBP 28

Ghost Writers on the Cam

Sun, 22 Mar at 02:00 pm Cambridge GBP 17

The Science and Secrets of Cambridge: Time-travelling with a duck

Sat, 21 Mar at 11:30 am Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Free

The Brontë Sisters: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey & more

Sun, 03 May at 04:30 pm Cambridge Junction GBP 14 to 32

An Evening with Katriona O’Sullivan in Cambridge

Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

War of the Worlds

Wed, 29 Apr at 07:30 pm 6 St Edwards Passage, CB2 3PJ Cambridge, United Kingdom

The life and works of William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge, UK GBP 5

Seascraper - Benjamin Wood, at Heffers Bookshop

Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 10

The Accoutrements of an Indian Dancer

Mon, 18 May at 05:30 pm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Free

From past to future: 50 years of the School of Clinical Medicine

Mon, 30 Mar at 08:00 pm Cambridge Union Society Free

Galahad and the Grail - Malcolm Guite, at Heffers Bookshop

Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 30

Offa - Rory Naismith, at Heffers Bookshop

Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 30

An Evening with James Hunt at Waterstones Cambridge

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Jane Eyre by This is My Theatre

Sun, 03 May at 07:00 pm St Michael's Church, Longstanton

Getting ready for school: Tips, stories & fun!

Sat, 28 Mar at 02:30 pm The Pitt Building Free

Selwyn Book Talks: Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good. With Eley Williams

Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Bartlam Reading Room, Selwyn College Bartlam Library Free

Ukrainian Literary Salon: Spring 2026

Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm Downing Place United Reformed Church GBP 0 to 15

Terror Tales of Cambridge, by Frederick Cowles

Fri, 03 Apr at 07:30 pm The Leper Chapel of Saint Mary Magdalene GBP 14

Richard Strauss - Enoch Arden

Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm Clare Hall Dining Hall, University of Cambridge GBP 0 to 20

Making Do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World

Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm Cambridge University Press Bookshop Free

Grimms Fairy Tales and nineteenth century superheroes

Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Alison Richard Building, SG 1-2 Free

Teaching and Writing Digital Methods

Mon, 20 Apr at 01:00 pm Cambridge University Library Free

ALEX REX + C JOYNES + NAOMI RANDALL

Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm The Alex

Classically Inclined Book Club in Cambridge

Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones Free

How Eastern thinking influenced Western culture

Fri, 20 Mar at 05:30 pm Ancient India and Iran Trust Free

An Evening with Mandy Morton in Cambridge

Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 12

An Evening with Bea Ingalls in Cambridge

Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing Symposium

Fri, 19 Jun at 10:00 am Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge GBP 0 to 25

Drama Queens of the Georgian Period: A tragi-comic entertainment

Thu, 02 Apr at 01:00 pm The Faculty of English, Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio Free

Zine Club

Sun, 01 Mar at 05:00 pm The Blue Moon GBP 7 to 14

Politics and Culture at the Late Stuart Courts, 1649-1714

Tue, 07 Apr at 09:30 am Christ's College, Cambridge Free

Villainous Saltpetre: an evening in celebration of Clifford Witting

Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm St Botolph's Church GBP 6

☕️ Café Olé

Sat, 24 Jan at 11:30 am 1 Red Cross Ln Free

How can I return to form now my formal thought has gone?

Sat, 21 Mar at 04:00 pm Judith E Wilson Studio Free

Talk - The Human and the Nonhuman in the Tragedies of Jean Racine

Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm 1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge Free car park (Bell Foundation) Free