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

Month: May 2025

Flash fiction competition deadline day!

It’s the Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition deadline day! The competition closes AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Entry is…
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Flash fiction competition – enter by TOMORROW!

Don’t forget to enter our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition for 2025. The competition closes TOMORROW – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Entry is completely free!…
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A Window on a Word

We are really excited to announce that we are working with Fox Yard Studio to bring artwork inspired by writing and authors to the Foreword Festival! A Window on A Word will run 9th-16th August, featuring two amazing artists – Josh Sutton and Colin Latter. Both artists will be exhibiting word-inspired paintings in the Fox…
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Flash fiction – time is running out!

Don’t forget to enter our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition for 2025. The competition closes THIS SATURDAY – May 31st 2025!  . We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre.…
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One event, FOUR best-selling authors!

HOT NEWS! We’re bringing four of East Anglia’s best-loved and best-selling writers of contemporary and historical romantic fiction to Stowmarket’s Regal Cinema, live and in person, as part of this year’s Foreword Festival! . Join best-selling and award-winning authors Heidi Swain, Clare Marchant, Jenni Keer and Rachel Hore, in conversation about life, love, and their…
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Announcing Two New Author Talks!

FREE tickets are now available for two more Foreword Festival author talks at Stowmarket Library! History in Haughley and FornhamOn Tuesday 12th August, join us for a special evening talk from local historian Dr Mike Walker. Discover the fascinating story behind the events of 1173 in nearby Haughley and Fornham, and find out why this…
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