A HUGE THANK YOU!
A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing authors, sponsors, venues, and volunteers, and to everyone who came along and supported The Foreword Book Festival this weekend – from a grateful but exhausted organising team!
We’ll be posting photos of the event on our website and social media this week, but for now we’re sleeping off the last few months of preparation, and the last few days of making the festival happen.
Tune in again when we’ve all woken up, rehydrated, and checked our camera reels!
This year’s Foreword Book Festival has been generously sponsored by Mid Suffolk District Council, Hartismere School, and local businesses in Eye – thank you, thank you, thank you!
DON’T MISS OUR NEXT BOOK FAIR!
We’re running another book fair in Stowmarket!
Holiday booked? Staycationing this year? Don’t forget your most important summer accessory – a story to sweep you away! Find your perfect beach read at the John Peel Centre Beach Read Book Fair. Escape into books from eighteen local authors, buy signed copies to slip into your suitcase, and treat yourself to bookish gifts and goodies.
Saturday 11th July, 11-3. See you there!
HELP US START PLANNING OUR NEXT EVENTS!
SUPPORT US!Help us to keep organising Foreword Festival events in 2026 and beyond by becoming a supporter!
Head to our KoFi to buy a Supporter Ticket, and help us start planning – and funding – our next event.
Buying a Supporter Ticket doesn’t give you access to any of our events, but it does earn you the sincere gratitude of the entire organising team!
THANK YOU!
NATIONAL YEAR OF READING
We’re part of the 2026 Go All In Campaign
Did you know – the Foreword Book Festival is part of the National Year of Reading Go All In campaign? And we’re part of the Go All In Summer of Sport, too!
Into football? Go All In this summer!
LATEST NEWS
Foreword Festival author’s book is national Indie Bookshop Book of the Month!
Congratulations to Foreword Book Festival guest author Mitch Johnson, whose new book, Strike, is the official Indie Bookshop Book of the Month for June! Mitch came along to our Eat, Sleep, Read, Play Football! event on Sunday 21st June to talk about both his football-themed books, Kick and Strike.
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A huge THANK YOU to our 2026 Sponsors:
Sponsorship Opportunites
We’re looking for businesses in Suffolk to support our not-for-profit, volunteer-led festival events, in 2026 and beyond. We’re a Community Interest Company, and we believe in working together to make sure everybody benefits from their involvement in our events.
If you would like to add your logo to our publicity, and sponsor the work of the festival team, we’d love to work with you!
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