Book Festivals UK & Ireland

BOOK FESTIVALS - UK & Ireland

There is a more detailed list on the laptop version of this site. Please take a look round while you’re here, and at my blog.

I do my best to keep the list up to date but please check each festival’s website for up to date information.

DATES	EVENT
Regular throughout year	Noir at the bar edinburgh
Regular throughout year	Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival
Regular throughout year	Hull Noir
Regular throughout year	Oundle Festival of Literature
Regular throughout year	Manx Litfest
Apr 10-12, 2026	Sherborne Travel Writing Festival
Apr 10-11, 2026	Chipping Campden Literature Festival Part 1
Apr 11, 2026	Fishbourne Literary Festival
Apr 17-18, 2026	Abergavenny Writing Festival
Apr 17-19, 2026	Granard Booktown festival
Apr 17-19, 2026	Winchester Books Festival
Apr 19, 2026	Warrington Crime Festival
Apr 21-26, 2026	Cúirt International Festival of Literature
Apr 22-24, 2026	Milton Keynes Literary Festival
Apr 22-26, 2026	Cambridge Literary Festival (Spring)
Apr 23-May 8, 2026	Guernsey Literary Festival
Apr 24-26, 2026	Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Apr 24-May 1, 2026	Wrexham Carnival of Words
Apr 25-27, 2026	Wirksworth Book Festival
Apr 25-26, 2026	Colonsay Book Festival
Apr 29 - May 3, 2026	Deepings Literary Festival
Apr 24 - May 3, 2026	Hexham Book Festival
May 1-10, 2026	Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival
May 1-3, 2026	Crime and Thriller Weekend
May 1-9, 2026	Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
May 4-9, 2026	Chipping Campden Literature Festival Part 2
May 4-10, 2026	Swindon Festival of Literature
May 5-17, 2026	Chalfont St Giles and Jordans Literary Festival
May 6-17, 2026	Huddersfield Literature Festival
May 7-10, 2026	Stratford Literary Festival
May 8-10, 2026	Boswell Book Festival, Dumfries House, Ayrshire
May 8-24, 2026	Norfolk and Norwich Festival
May 12-Jun 14, 2026	Chester Literature Festival
May 15-17, 2026	Paisley Book Festival
May 15-24, 2026	International Literature Festival Dublin
May 16-27, 2026	Linton Children's Book Festival
May 16, 2026	Beyond the Book Festival
May 16-24, 2026	Bath Literary Festival
May 17-18, 2026	Herts Book Festival
May 21-31, 2026	Hay Festival
May 22-31, 2026	Derby Book Festival
May 27-31, 2026	Listowel Writers' Week
May 27-Jun 25, 2026	Orwell Festival of Political Writing
May 28-Jun 28, 2026	Essex Book Festival
May 29-31, 2026	Girvan Arts Festival
May 29-Jun 13, 2026	Northwich Literature festival
31 May 2026	Wantage Literary Festival
Jun 4-11, 2026	Belfast Book Festival
Jun 5-7, 2026	Cymera
Jun 5-7, 2026	Books by the Beach
Jun 5-7, 2026	Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas
Jun 5-6, 2026	Warminster Book Festival
Jun 6-14, 2026	Leeds Lit Fest
Jun 11-14, 2026	Borders Book Festival, Melrose
Jun 12-14, 2026	Clevedon Literary Festival
Jun 12-14, 2026	Montgomeryshire Literary Festival
Jun 12-21, 2026	Sturminster Newton Literary Festival
Jun 12-28, 2026	Crossing the Tees Book Festival
Jun 14, 2026	Well Read at Wasing
Jun 18-21, 2026	Dalkey Book Festival
Jun 18-21, 2026	Capital Crime
Jun 18-21, 2026	Dundee book festival
Jun 19-21, 2026	Brighton Book Festival
Jun 19-21, 2026	Aberford Literature Festival
Jun 20-21, 2026	Wealden Literary Festival
Jun 22-28, 2026	Chalke Valley History Festival
Jun 26-28, 2026	Evesham Festival of Words
Jun 27-28, 2026	Barnes Children's Literature Festival
Jun 27-28, 2026	Felixtowe Book Festival
Jun 26-27, 2026	Garden Museum Literary Festival
Jun 2026 TBA	Redwings’ Book Festival
Jul 3 – 5, 2026	The Repton Festival
Jul 3 – 12, 2026	Bradford Literature Festival
Jul 3 – 12, 2026	Frome Festival
Jul 4, 2026	MeetCute Book Fest 2025
Jul 4 - 5, 2026	Hertford Club Literary Festival
Jul 4 - 5, 2026	Glasgow Film & Comic Con
Jul 4 - 5, 2026	Ennistymon Book Town Festival
Jul 6-10, 2026	Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
Jul 7 -11, 2026	Penzance Literary Festival
Jul 9-26, 2026	Buxton International Festival
Jul 9 - 12, 2026	Newark Book Festival
Jul 10-17, 2026	West Cork Literary Festival
Jul 11, 2026	BeaconLit Book Festival
Jul 17-19, 2026	Flash Fiction Festival
Jul 23-26, 2026	Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
Jul 31-Aug 9, 2026	Fringe by the Sea
Jul 2026 TBA	BIG LIT: The Stewartry Book Festival
Aug 7-9, 2026	Bute Noir
Aug 7-9, 2026	Llangwm Literary Festival
Aug 15-30, 2026	Edinburgh Book Festival
Aug 27-30, 2026	Islay Book Festival
Aug 29-30, 2026	Beyond Borders International Festival
Aug 29-Sep 6, 2026	Nairn Book and Arts Festival
Aug 2026 TBA	Durham Children's Book Festival
Sep 4-6, 2026	St Hilda’s College Crime Fiction Weekend
Sep 4-6, 2026	McLellan Book Festival
Sep 5-6, 2026	Queen's Park Book Festival
Sep 6, 2026	Marlow Indie Book Fair
Sep 8-13, 2026	St Duthac Book & Arts Festival
Sep 9-14, 2026	Chiswick Book Festival
Sep 18-22, 2026	Bloody Scotland
Sep 18-27, 2026	Appledore Book Festival
Sep 18-27, 2026	Richmond Walking and Book Festival
Sep 18-20, 2026	Dartmouth Book Festival
Sep 18-27, 2026	Jersey Word Fest
Sep 19, 2026	Leiston Book Festival
Sep 23-27, 2026	Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
Sep 24-26, 2026	Shoreham Wordfest
Sep 24-27 2026	Marlborough literature festival
Sep 24-27 2026	Tidelines Book Festival
Sep 24-27 2026	Byres Road Book Festival
Sep 24, 2026	Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival
Sep 25-27, 2026	Barnes BookFest
Sep 25-27 2026	Write by the Sea
Sep 25-Oct 4, 2026	Wigtown book Festival
Sep 25-Oct 4, 2026	Big Dog book Festival
Sep 25-27, 2026	Braemar Literary Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Ness BookFest
Sep 2026 TBA	Outwith Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Chorlton Book Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Rye Arts Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Hastings Book Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	North Cornwall Book Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Bath Children's Literature Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Gryffe Valley Book Festival
Sep 2026 TBA	Belper Book Fair
Oct 2-4, 2026	Cuckfield Book Festival
Oct 2-18, 2026	Ilkley Literature Festival
Oct 2-11, 2026	Henley Literary Festival
Oct 3, 2026	Chiltern Kills
Oct 3-11, 2026	WayWORD
Oct 4-11, 2026	Shoreham Wordfest - Celebrating Shakespeare
Oct 5-11, 2026	Berwick Literary Festival
Oct 8-12, 2026	Birmingham Literature Festival
Oct 8-11, 2026	Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Oct 9-18, 2026	Cheltenham Literature Festival
Oct 9-25, 2026	Manchester Literature Festival
Oct 9-25, 2026	Off the Shelf
Oct 10-11, 2026	Bookmark Book Festival
Oct 10-11, 2026	Cliveden Lit Fest
Oct 12-18, 2026	Mere Literary Festival
Oct 15-25, 2026	Wimbledon Literary Festival (Sunset)
Oct 16-24, 2026	Wells Festival of Literature
Oct 17, 2026	Burnham on Sea Book Festival
Oct 17-19, 2026	Death in the Dales Book Festival
Oct 17-24, 2026	Dorchester Literary Festival
Oct 5-18, 2026	The Coast is Queer
Oct 17-18, 2026	Wokingham Children’s Book Festival
Oct 19-25, 2026	Falmouth Book Festival
Oct 21-Nov 1, 2026	London Literature Festival
Oct 21-31, 2026	International Storytelling Festival
Oct 22-25, 2026	Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
Oct 22-26, 2026	Yeovil Literary Festival
Oct 23-24, 2026	West over Sea
Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026	Stratford Literary Festival Winter Weekend
Oct 2026 TBA	Lincoln Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Portobello Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Moffat Crime and Mystery Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Guildford Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Caithness Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Durham Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Clapham Book Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Murder One Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Litfest Autumn Weekend
Oct 2026 TBA	South East London Bookfest
Oct 2026 TBA	Black British Book Festival
Nov 2, 2026	Berkofest Adult Book Festival
Nov 4-8, 2026	Stroud Book Festival
Nov 4-8, 2026	Dublin Book Festival
Nov 6-8, 2026	Mallaig Book Festival
Nov 7-14, 2026	Bridport Literary Festival
Nov 7-15, 2026	Todmorden Book festival
Nov 12-22, 2026	Creative Folkestone Book Festival
Nov 15-17, 2026	Blandford Literary Festival
Nov 18-22, 2026	London St Andrew's Book Festival
Nov 19-22, 2026	Whitby Lit Fest
Nov 19-22, 2026	Kendal Mountain Book Festival
Nov 26-29, 2026	Hay Festival Winter Weekend
Nov 2026 TBA	Bristol Literary and film Festival
Nov 2026 TBA	Aye Write
Nov 2026 TBA	Pentland Book Festival
Nov 2026 TBA	Derby Book Festival (Autumn edition)
Nov 2026 TBA	Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival
Nov 2026 TBA	Angus BookFest
Nov 2026 TBA	South Devon Book Festival
Nov 2026 TBA	Cambridge Literary Festival (Winter)
Nov 2026 TBA	Oxford Indie Book Fair
Nov 2026 TBA	Cove & Kilcreggan Book Festival
Nov 2026 TBA	Tring Book Festival
Dec 2026 TBA	Newcastle Noir
Feb 2026 TBA	Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature
Feb 2026 TBA	Macclesfield Book Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	Stanfords Travel Writers’ Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	Portsmouth BookFest
Feb 2027 TBA	Faversham Literary Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	Winter Words Festival, Pitlochry
Feb 2027 TBA	Granite Noir
Feb 2027 TBA	Bay Tales Live
Feb 2027 TBA	Jewish Book Week
Feb 2027 TBA	York Literature Festival
Feb 2027 TBA	York Literature Festival (Autumn Fest)
Mar 2027 TBA	Wee Write
Mar 2027 TBA	Oundle KidLit
Mar 2027 TBA	WORDfest Crawley
Mar 2027 TBA	Aldeburgh Literary Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Kirkcudbright Book Week
Mar 2027 TBA	Ennis Book Club Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	London Book Fair
Mar 2027 TBA	Words by the Water
Mar 2027 TBA	Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival (Spring)
Mar 2027 TBA	Litfest
Mar 2027 TBA	Lichfield Literary Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Oxford Literary Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Deptford Literature Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Morpeth Book Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Helensburgh Book Festival
Mar 2027 TBA	Black British Book Festival
Apr 2027 TBA	Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
May 2027 TBA	Barnet Libraries Literary Festival
May 2027 TBA	WOWFest
Jul 2027 TBA	Primadonna Festival
Aug 2027 TBA	Wee Mac Arran Children's Book Festival
Sep 2027 TBA	South Warwickshire Literary Festival
Oct 2027 TBA	Orkney Storytelling Festival
Oct 2026 TBA	Small Publishers Fair

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