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Fraud Warning

June 6, 2026
Fraud Warning

Summary

Cheltenham Festivals has recently been made aware of fraudulent emails and messages circulating that falsely claim to represent Cheltenham Literature Festival .

Details

These communications appear to target authors, agents and speakers, inviting participation in the festival and, in some cases, requesting payment.

We would like to reassure our community that this activity is not connected to Cheltenham Festivals in any way .

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To help protect you, please note:

We do not charge authors or speakers any fees to participate in Cheltenham Literature Festival or any of our programmes.

We will only contact individuals using official email addresses ending in:

Any formal invitations or agreements are issued through our established programming processes and verified channels.

What You Need to Know

We will only contact individuals using official email addresses ending in:


Report source: Cheltenham Festivals

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