Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK
9th-16th August 2025

Month: August 2024

Pay it Foreword TODAY!

The Foreword Festival team is back with a very special event TODAY! Join us at Bury St Edmunds Library for a book fair that makes a difference. Authors from all over East Anglia will be getting together to raise money and awareness for charities and other great causes. Every book makes a difference, and every visit raises…
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Pay it Foreword with the Foreword Festival!

The Foreword Festival team is back with a very special event this weekend! Join us on Saturday August 31st at Bury St Edmunds Library for a book fair that makes a difference. Authors from all over East Anglia will be getting together to raise money and awareness for charities and other great causes. Every book makes a difference, and…
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Young Adult Book Festival – meet the authors!

It’s a busy few weeks for the Foreword Festival UK! We’re running Pay It Foreword, a book fair to raise money and awareness for good causes on August 31st, and a Young Adult Book Festival in partnership with Stowmarket Library on September 14th. Today: Meet our YA Book Festival guest authors! As well as being…
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Young Adult Book Festival – meet the authors!

It’s a busy few weeks for the Foreword Festival UK! We’re running Pay It Foreword, a book fair to raise money and awareness for good causes on August 31st, and a Young Adult Book Festival in partnership with Stowmarket Library on September 14th. Today: Meet our YA Book Festival guest authors! Annaliese Avery has written…
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Young Adult Book Festival – meet the authors!

It’s a busy few weeks for the Foreword Festival UK! We’re running Pay It Foreword, a book fair to raise money and awareness for good causes on August 31st, and a Young Adult Book Festival in partnership with Stowmarket Library on September 14th. Today: Meet our YA Book Festival guest authors! Pam Smy is an…
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Young Adult Book Festival

We’re running a YA Book Festival! Join us on Saturday September 14th at Stowmarket Library, 10.30-4pm, for a day of meeting authors, author panels, interviews, activities and a YA book fair. The festival is for readers aged 11-16 – tickets are FREE and available now! Book your FREE ticket! We’re welcoming nine Young Adult authors to…
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Ten-word story challenge

Thank you to everyone who came and said hello to the Foreword Festival team at the Primadonna Festival in July! We had a fantastic weekend, meeting authors, readers, and festival-goers. Special thanks to everyone who took part in our ten-word story challenge – you can read the amazing entries here! Our pick of the best: