The Festivals

The Suffolk coast has always inspired creativity and innovation. The Leiston Book Festival brings together inspiring writers and enthusiastic readers, for a day of exploration, debate and discovery.

Each author on our programme has written from a different perspective about our changing landscape. Together they form a day-long programme that will inform, inspire and perhaps encourage you to see the world a little differently.

Hear leading voices from politics, history, journalism and culture. Three days of lively debate and great conversation in the heart of Lewes. An exciting chance to meet the thinkers shaping our world.

Founded in 1981, Lichfield Festival continues to be one of the Midlands’ most vibrant and inclusive celebrations of the arts. Each summer, our 11-day multi-arts festival transforms the historic cathedral city of Lichfield into a hub of creativity, presenting over 60 events that span mainstream, contemporary and classical genres. From comedy to classical music, folk to family workshops, our goal is simple: to ensure arts for all.

The Festival has now evolved into a year-round cultural programme that inspires, connects and delights audiences across Staffordshire and beyond. Alongside the flagship Summer Festival, we now present Lichfield Literature Festival; a four-day celebration each March exploring new ideas with 20+ critically-acclaimed writers and debut authors, an Autumnal Chamber Music Weekend; a return to our classical roots with four days of sublime music in intimate venues, and a festive Christmas concert in Lichfield Cathedral in early December.

Lincoln Book Festival connects audiences of all ages and interests with some of the UK’s best-loved writers. Events include intimate talks, readings, panel discussions, workshops and Q&As with acclaimed authors, journalists, academics, cultural commentators and public figures. This is complemented by a varied programme of events for fans of different literary genres and formats, including family-friendly activities.

Since 2006, we have been inspiring young readers from the village of Linton and surrounding communities in South Cambridgeshire. Our biennial festival is packed with FREE fun activities for children aged 2-12: creative workshops, storytelling, presentations by favourite authors, poets and illustrators, hands-on arts & crafts, music…and so much more!

Litfest is a volunteer board-run organisation operating in Lancaster and the surrounding areas. Originally founded in 1978, we’re the UK’s third-oldest literary festival!

We put on a full festival programme every year, and we’re also involved in a whole host of other events and projects. We’ve been lucky to have lots of exciting authors, poets and illustrators involved with the festival over the years, and we can’t wait to continue that legacy in the future.

Literary Leicester is the University’s annual free literary festival, open to all. Brought to you by the School of Arts, Media and Communication and the Centre for New Writing, the festival hosts events at the university and right across the city, in cinemas, theatres, community halls, schools and more. 

Since 2008, up to 5,000 attendees a year join us to participate in events with Booker Prize winners, celebrated cultural commentators, novelists, poets, historians, biographers and much more. We discuss important, fun and fascinating contemporary topics across a wide range of subjects. In our multicultural city, our ongoing themes include inclusivity, diversity and accessibility. We are a festival for everyone.

Pembrokeshire's newest literary festival, held in a beautiful former fishing village nestled on the Cleddau on the edge of the Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park.

London Literature Festival unites readers of every age to celebrate the written and spoken word.

The longest-running celebration of the written and spoken word of its kind in the capital presents prestigious names alongside rising literary stars, every autumn.

Love Stories Etc… launched in 2024 with a one-day festival held at Manchester Central Library, with panels, workshops and book signings, aimed at encouraging romance readers to discover new authors.

For 2025, there will be events across two days, with an impressive mix of bestselling brand authors, emerging stars and debuts writing in the romance space, including Taylor Dior-Rumble, Beth O’Leary, Mike Gayle, Mhairi Macfarlane, Alexandra Potter, Suzan Holder, Sareeta Domingo, Laura Wood, Justin Myers, Lizzie Huxley-Jones and Jendella Benson confirmed to appear.

We'll be hosting a series of events every weekend, highlighting local authors, poets, and historians. Each weekend, there will be artisan crafts & gifts, well-stocked book stalls, performances, and talks to look forward to.

A Write Highland Hoolie is Scotland’s friendliest book festival. It combines literature, poetry and music under one roof in a unique immersive, unforgettable weekend of fun, friendship and fine food. Guests describe the Hoolie as, ‘great craic’.

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We hope you will join us. You will be guaranteed A Write Highland Hoolie!

Manchester Literature Festival offers unique experiences for audiences to interact with some of the finest writers and thinkers from across the globe.

It’s a welcoming place where people come together to share their passion for language, to be entertained, to learn and reflect on their connections with place, politics and people.

Manchester Literature Festival is a two-week festival taking place each October in a variety of prestigious and atmospheric venues across the city and complemented by a programme of digital activities.

Big names. Great ideas.
Beautiful surroundings.
And a moat.

Curated by award-winning independent bookshop, The Book Hive.

The 2025 programme has something to tempt everyone from Jane Austen fans to lovers of biography, history, memoir, music, politics, nature and gardening. Topics range from Beethoven to Russian spies and Ukraine, from psychiatry to shopping and how to navigate modern day etiquette and our digital world.

Welcome to the uk's first romance book festival!

Meetcute book fest started in 2024 in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Our first year was in the Bushey Rose Gardens, and it was a free festival for writers and readers of romance. Joined together in our love of the genre, we celebrated with over 200 of us, watching 30 authors on 6 panels, 5 Q+As, 3 workshops, and some excellent stalls, cocktails and treats.

The Literary Festival of Mere in Wiltshire, UK has been held annually since 1997 and features unmissable events, where esteemed interviewers sit down with our authors to delve deeper into their work, ideas and inspirations. 

Expect lively discussion, thoughtful insight and the unique chemistry that only a great conversation can spark.

Milton Keynes Literary Festival is a fabulous festival of books, words, writers and ideas. Our year-round programme includes in-person and online author presentations and interviews, community and bookshop-based events, writing workshops and masterclasses, events for children, themed evenings of local and regional writing, literary walks, writing competitions and print/ebook anthologies with launch events. 

Our Raising Voices project is now curating poems, stories and non-fiction about our city to create an interactive audiovisual StoryMap. Visit the website to read more.

A new crime festival in Moffat, showcasing local authors and global bestsellers.

One of our key aims is to showcase writers who live in, write about and are passionate about Wales and the Welsh Borders and the diverse range of subjects and topics that matter locally. But, more than anything, we want to help connect writers with their readers.

We are committed to programmes that celebrate a diverse range of writing and appeal to a wide range of audiences. Our summer weekend festival takes place in the historic town of Montgomery.

 Also home to the Jill Kibble Monty Minifest for children's writers. All details at montylitfest.com