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109-111 Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 7LS, United KingdomThe world’s oldest Literature Festival (est. 1949) and the Autumn’s premier literary event. Each year we welcome close to 1,000 writers, thought-leaders and agenda-setters from around the world for a 10-day celebration of the written and spoken word in the centre of regency Cheltenham, a beautiful spa town on the edge of The Cotswolds.
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