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LIST • LITERARY FESTIVALS UK
Incredible speakers, convivial conversation, the clink of a drink …
oh - the joys of a literary festival!
But where and when are they all?
I have put together a list of literary festivals below as best I can - it is not complete but might be a start for you to plan your visits!
There are two lists - MONTHLY … and scroll down to ALPHABETICALLY.
Please let me know any I have missed any or you spot details that need changing. There are probably many more that need to be added - just let me know.
Look forward to seeing you there! Belinda
PS Please check all details with each festival’s website - NO RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN for missed dates etc!
incredible speakers • convivial conversation • the clink of a drink
incredible speakers • convivial conversation • the clink of a drink
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Barnes Children’s Literature Festival • June • www.barneskidslitfest.org
Bath Children’s Literature Festival • Sept/Oct • bathfestivals.org.uk
Bath Festival Live • May • bathfestivals.org.uk
BeaconLit Festival, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire • July • www.beaconlit.co.uk
Belfast Book Festival, The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast • June • www.belfastbookfestival.com
Berwick Literary Festival, Berwick-upon-Tweed • October • www.berwickliteraryfestival.com
Birmingham Literary Festival, Birmingham • October • www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org
Bloody Scotland, Stirling • September • bloodyscotland.com
Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival, Liskeard, Cornwall • May • www.bodminmoorpoetryfestival.com
Books by the Beach, Scarborough • June • www.booksbythebeach.co.uk
Bradford Literature Festival • June/July • www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk
Bridport Literary Festival • November • www.bridlit.com
Brighton Book Festival • June • www.brightonbookfestival.co.uk
Buckingham Literary Festival, Buckingham • June • www.bucklitfest.org
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Devon & SW • March & September • budlitfest.org.uk
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Cambridge Literary Festival • April • www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
Chalfont St.Giles Literary Festival • May • chalfontstgilesliteraryfestival.org.uk
Charles Causley Festival, Launceston, Cornwall • May/June • causleytrust.org/causley-festival
Cheltenham Literature Festival • October • cheltenhamfestivals.com
Chipping Norton Literature Festival • April • www.chiplitfest.com
Chiswick Book Festival • September • chiswickbookfestival.net
Cliveden Literary Festival, Buckinghamshire • October • clivedenliteraryfestival.org
Cuckfield Book Festival • October • cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk
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Derby Book Festival • May • www.derbybookfestival.co.uk
DESIblitz Literature Festival, Birmingham • Sept/Oct • desiblitz.com
Durham Book Festival • October • durhambookfestival.com
Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival • November • visitdulverton.com/dulverton-exmoor-literary-festival
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Edinburgh Book Festival • August • www.edbookfest.co.uk
Essex Book Festival • June/July/August • essexbookfestival.org.uk
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Falmouth Book Festival • October • falmouthbookfestival.com
Faversham Literary Festival • February • www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
Felixstowe Book Festival • June • felixstowebookfestival.co.uk
Fowey Festival of Arts & Literature, Cornwall • May • www.foweyfestival.com
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Graham Greene International Festival, Berkhamsted • September • www.grahamgreenebt.org/festival
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Harrogate International Festivals • harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
Hastings LitFest, Sussex • Aug/Sept • hastingslitfest.org
Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye • May/June • hayfestival.com
Henley Literary Festival • October • henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk
Huddersfield Literature Festival • March • www.huddlitfest.org.uk
Humber Mouth Festival • Sept/Oct • humbermouth.com
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Ilkley Literature Festival • October • ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Isle of Wight LIterary Festival • October • isleofwightliteraryfestival.com
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Leeds Poetry Festival • July • www.leedspoetryfestival.com
Lincoln Book Festival • October • lincolnbookfestival.org
Looe Literary Festival, SE Cornwall • November • www.looeliteraryfestival.co.uk
London Literature Festival, South Bank Centre • October • southbankcentre.co.uk
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Newark Book Festival • July • www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk
Noirwich • September • noirwich.co.uk
North Cornwall Book Festival • September • ncornbookfest.org
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Oxford Literary Festival • March • oxfordliteraryfestival.org
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Penzance LitFest • July • https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk
Petworth Festival, West Sussex • Oct/Nov • petworthfestival.org.uk
Port Eliot Festival, Northants • July • www.elephant-camp.com
Port Elliot Festival, St Germans, Cornwall • July •
Primadonna, Suffolk • July/August • primadonnafestival.com
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Queen’s Park Book Festival, London • September • queensparkbookfestival.co.uk
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Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival • October • harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
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Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival • September • bloodyscotland.com
Sherborne Travel Writing Festival • April • www.sherborneliterarysociety.com
Small Publishers Fair, London • November • smallpublishersfair.co.uk
St Ives Literature Festival, Cornwall • May • stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
South Hams Literary Festival, Ivybridge • October • southhamsauthors.co.uk
South Warwickshire Literary Festival, Fenny Compton • September • www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com
Stoke Newington Literary Festival • June • stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com
Stratford Literary Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon • May • www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk S
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Thame Arts and Literature Festival (TAL), Thames • October • www.talfestival.org
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate • July • harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival, Thames • April/May
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Wantage Literary Festival • Oct/Nov • wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Wealden Literary Festival, Kent • June • wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk
Wolverhampton Literature Festival • February • wolvesliteraturefestival.co.
Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway • Sept/Oct • wigtownbookfestival.com
Wimbledon BookFest, London • June/Sept • www.wimbledonbookfest.org
Winchester Writers’ Festival • June • writersfestival.co.uk
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Yorkshire Festival of Story • July/August • www.settlestories.org.uk
York Literature Festival • March • yorkliteraturefestival.co.uk
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