Borderlines is back for 2025 and we are very excited to be hosting some of the events:

Saturday 15 November

10am: Eleanor Tweddell – Another door opens: five steps for navigating change in work and life

12pm: Jenny Uglow – A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer

2pm: Graham Robb – The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History

4pm: Mike Berners-Lee – A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It and How To Get It

Sunday 16 November

11am: Dave Felton – Cumbria 1,000 Years of Maps

1pm: Jenn Ashworth – The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North

3pm: Alan Johnson – Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man

Event information

£2 off all tickets for under 25s

Events last 55 minutes (unless otherwise stated), with additional time for authors to sign books (venues permitting). Seating is unreserved and doors will open 20 minutes before an event.

In the event of a talk or workshop being cancelled, refunds will be offered. No other refunds or exchanges are available.

The festival bookshop is run by Bookends, Carlisle’s independent bookshop.

For queries, email borderlinescarlisle@gmail.com