The Queen's Reading Room Festival is hosting a book donation station, inviting festival goers to donate their favourite books to be gifted to users of The Elm Foundation, a charity based in Chesterfield.
Bring a good condition book from home, or purchase one from our on-site gift shops, and leave it in one of the donation stations located by the steps to The Orangery in the garden.
You are welcome to leave a kind message in the book for the recipient.
Learn more about The Elm Foundation using the link below.
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Book Signings
Buy a book from our Orangery gift shop and have it signed and dedicated by its author, such as Kristin Hannah, Gill Hornby, Alan Titchmarsh, Celia Imrie, Jilly Cooper, Julia Quinn, Robert Harris, Lady Glenconner, Rupert Everett, and more.
Share Your Favourite Books
Donate copies of books you have enjoyed to The Elm Foundation, and perhaps add a kind message for the next reader.
Drop them off at our dedicated book donation station by The Orangery.
Festival Food & Drink
Bring a picnic or buy sandwiches, snacks, light lunches, and drinks from one of our outlets.
About our talk venues
Heading to a talk? Familiarise yourself with our talk venues.
Visitor Information
Download a digital festival map or a Chatsworth grounds map, check accessibility, learn about shops and dining options, and how to get to Chatsworth.
Festival Headliners
View the full schedule of talks offered by visiting authors, experts, and special guests.
All talks are now sold out.
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The Queen's Reading Room Festival 2025
20 September 2025
A literary festival like no other, uniting literature enthusiasts for a day dedicated to celebrating the written word.
Festival Passes available.
The Queen's Reading Room Festival: Poetry Spectacular
20 September 2025
An enchanting evening of fine dining and poetry performed by Dominic West, Gyles Brandreth, Roger McGough CBE and Sir Ben Okri, staged in partnership with The Josephine Hart Foundation.
Separate ticket required.
Festival Cinema: Sense & Sensibility (1995)
20 September 2025
Watch Emma Thompson's captivating retelling of Austen's first novel 'Sense and Sensibility' in our open-air cinema in the garden. Directed by Ang Lee, it also stars Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman alongside a stellar British cast.
Separate ticket required.
The Queen's Reading Room Festival Afternoon Teas
20 September 2025
Add an elegant afternoon tea in the Old Duke's Glasshouse in the Chatsworth Garden to your Festival experience.
Sorry, sold out
Festival Cinema: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
19 September 2025
Spend an evening in the Chatsworth Garden watching an open-air screening of 'Pride & Prejudice' (2005) starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen and Chatsworth House as Pemberley.
Sorry, sold out
Please note: Please be aware that for technical, operational or safety reasons, some facilities may be removed or closed, or entertainment and event timetables cancelled and/or altered at any time, including at short notice. Chatsworth reserves the right to change the programme of attractions and entertainment if, at any time, it is deemed necessary or appropriate to do so, this may also include closing attractions or areas of the estate. We apologise in advance for any disappointment caused should this need arise.
