Literature Festival at Sea

An international bestselling crime and thriller author with over twenty critically-acclaimed novels to his name, Linwood Barclay's works are masterclasses in characterisation, plot, and the killer twist.

The author of numerous Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novels, Jenny has won various awards for her writing. Her books have sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide.

Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College.

A Sunday Times bestselling author and broadcaster. Her novel The Amber Fury was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, and she has written and presented ten series of BBC Radio 4's Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics.

Bettany is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. Her books include Venus and Aphrodite, Istanbul, and The Hemlock Cup, which were all shortlisted for various awards.

Lady Perry is a British integrative psychotherapist and bestselling author. She is The Observer Magazine's advice columnist, and is currently writing her first full-length novel, due to be published in 2026.

Sophie has worked on BBC1's national news bulletins for the past twenty years, presenting the BBC News at One, Six, and Ten. Before that she spent 5 years on BBC Breakfast with Justin Webb and then Jeremy Bowen.

Professor of Public Understanding of Law at UCL, visiting professor at Harvard Law School, and a practising barrister at 11KBW. Philippe has been involved in many significant international cases in recent years.