The most engaging conversations; the most captivating books; the most beautiful location: this is the ultimate day festival for readers and writers showcasing the very best female talent within and related to the world of books.

Meet authors you’ve loved and admired for years, alongside new writers you’ll want to discover and spend time with, in the most stunning London garden on a blissful summer’s day.

Join us with a Day Pass to an incredible line-up of events, including your favourite authors in conversation, inspiring talks, book clubs led by special guests, and workshops to spark your creativity.

Check out the full programme!

Women’s Prize LIVE 2024 plays host to great writers, journalists and speakers including Julia Gillard, Monica Ali, Suzannah Lipscomb, Val McDermid, Louise Doughty, Dorothy Koomson, Emma Dabiri, Nina Stibbe and Kate Mosse, as well as all the shortlisted writers from the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. More speakers to be announced later in the Spring.

Please consider adding a donation to your ticket. This will help us, the Women’s Prize Trust, to continue our important work empowering all women to raise their voices and own their stories. The Women’s Prize Trust is a registered charity (1181253).

What’s in your Day Pass?

• Access to the beautiful gated gardens in Bloomsbury, steeped in London’s literary past, from 12pm–9pm
• Entry to the main programme of 10 Women’s Prize LIVE events across the day, including the hotly-anticipated 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction and Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlist Readings.
• A packed goody bag to take home filled with bookish treats
• Meet the speakers at the pop-up bookshop and signing station
• The opportunity to meet and mingle with fellow booklovers and writers
• Access to the Women’s Prize gift shop and pop-up bars with delicious food and drink

Writing workshops and publishing industry 1-2-1s will be available to purchase later in the Spring, at an additional cost. More details soon. Check out our FAQs for any questions you might have.

A limited run of evening tickets to the shortlist readings are available here. Don’t miss out for any subsequent drops, sign up to our newsletter to be the first in the know!

20 free places are available for this event for women on low-income, whose financial situation prohibits them from attending the event, resident in England or Wales, prioritising those from marginalised backgrounds (writers of colour, disabled writers, LGBTQ+ writers and other under-represented groups).

To apply, please email info@womensprize.com with the subject line: ‘WP LIVE subsidised place’, with a little bit about yourself, why you are interested, how you think you will benefit from the session, and attaching any relevant paperwork you have. The deadline for applications is Friday 10 May. We will reply to you by Wednesday 22 May at the latest.

The deadline has now passed and no more applications can be considered. Thank you for your interest.

If you are not sure what ‘low-income’ means, the Citizens Advice Bureau has some useful guidelines here, and there are some helpful calculations here to show how these margins are measured by the Government across the country. If you are a full-time student or pensioner, or in receipt of any kind of Universal Credit, you are eligible to apply. You may also submit HMRC self-assessment paperwork to show you are low-earning if you are self-employed and not in receipt of income support.