Important: Tickets need redeeming through a third-party website after booking on our platform. Additional fees may apply (see details in the pricing information section below)

Join award-winning broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett for an honest, real-time exploration of maternity leave in her new book Maternity Service. Far from a restful break, maternity leave—or “maternity service” as Barnett calls it—requires women to be constantly on, juggling overwhelming responsibility, emotional highs, and challenging lows. This book is both a love letter and a lifeline to women navigating this complex, often misunderstood experience.

Written during Barnett’s second maternity leave, Maternity Service captures the unfiltered truth of this period, without the rose-tinted glasses often applied. Barnett shares her personal journey, revealing how the collective forgetting of what maternity leave truly entails can leave women unprepared for the demands it places on their bodies, minds, and identities.

How To Get Your Tickets

1. Book your desired number of vouchers (one voucher is equal to one ticket) and await an email from us confirming your order. This email will contain further information, this is NOT a ticket.

2. Open your booking confirmation and follow the instructions to redeem your ticket(s) using the unique link or code provided. You must redeem your ticket(s) as soon as you have purchased your voucher to avoid disappointment.

3. Once you have redeemed your ticket(s) and received them via email, take them with you and show them on entry
at the event. Ensure that you take personal ID with you or you may be turned away.

Pricing Information

• One voucher is equal to one ticket

• This voucher provides you with access to free tickets on a third-party site.

• There is an additional £2 booking fee on the redemption site

• No further payment applies beyond the TFG booking fee

Additional Information

• For further event information please visit https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/emma-barnett-maternity-service/

Accessibility Information

• Please note: We recommend all access bookings are made directly through the event organiser, however, we are here to assist where possible. Please get in touch with us prior to booking if you have access requirements. For accessibility information please visit https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/your-visit/