Become A Friend
Join the Festival as a Friend and enjoy the benefits of early booking, discounted ticket prices and an invitation to…
Sponsor the Festival
We need your support. Please join our sponsors in helping the Festival continue its year-round literacy projects in local schools….
Festival Weekend Finale
Online ticket sales close at 3pm today, so be sure to book before then to be sure of a seat….
2025 Short Story Results
Congratulations to Myra Scott for her winning entry Along Came a Spider in the Short Story Competition. Our thanks go…
2025 Book for Children Results
Congratulations to Mel Darbon for her winning entry Owl in the Attic in the Book for Children Competition. Our thanks…
Fine Food at the Festival
Eight local eateries just a short walk from Cedars Hall are offering Discounted Dining for festivalgoers who book in advance….
Still time to book the Quiz
Brainy bookworms have the chance to test their literary know-how at the Festival’s fun quiz night at Cedars Hall. Once…
Small boats, big Hearts
We Came By Sea, by Horatio Clare, gives a different side to the small boats crisis from the one we…
Top award for Masud Husain
Festival speaker, neurologist Masud Husain, has won the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize for his book Our Brains,…
justice for war crimes
Will we ever see Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu on trial, asks Steve Crawshaw in Prosecuting the Powerful. As someone…