I hope you find the list below useful …and if you are travelling by train to a festival perhaps you might consider reading my novel! … PRECIOUS MATTER!

Poetic and gripping tale of a visionary child caught up in the beauty and bounty of the universe• ‘heartwarming, heartbreaking’ • ‘a pacy, effervescent style’ • ‘captures the wonder of the great and the small: astronomy, nature, gardening, cooking, love’

Longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Award

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 - which has links to the festival.
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!

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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

Well Read, Wasing, near Reading • May • www.wasing.co.uk/wellread

Wolverhampton Literature Festival • February • wolvesliteraturefestival.co.

Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway • Sept/Oct • wigtownbookfestival.com