We’re working hard to bring you a fantastic programme of fringe literary events in August! Keep checking this page – we’ll be adding more events and venues as they are confirmed.
We are very excited to announce our first author talk for 2025 – please welcome Larry Lamb to the Foreword Festival! The Gavin and Stacey and Eastenders actor will be telling stories from his career and talking about his new book, All Wrapped Up.
Tickets available soon!
All Wrapped Up is a compelling portrait of filmmaking under fire – the trials, tribulations, and hard-won successes of producing a piece of cinema, where the real battle isn’t just on screen …
Don’t miss our performance poetry night on Friday 15th August at the John Peel Centre! Tickets available now.
Foreword Festival 2025 – Provisional Programme
Saturday 9th August
Love Your Local Authors Book Fair, 11am-4pm
St Peter’s Hall, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET
FREE entry!
Pop-up storytelling for grown-ups, Noon-2.15pm
Various venues – drop in or follow the actors around Stowmarket!
* For a chance to hear your short story performed at the festival, enter our FREE Fast Foreword writing competition! Closing date: May 31st. *
FREE!
Writing and Publishing workshops with Softwood Books
St Peter’s Hall, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET
Tickets available soon
Sunday 10th August
Author panel and book signing, 12.30pm – TBC
The Regal Cinema, Stowmarket, IP14 1AY
Tickets available soon from the Regal Cinema – watch this space!
Author talk and book signing Larry Lamb and Camilla Barnes, 3pm
Gavin and Stacey star Larry Lamb in conversation with Camilla Barnes
The Regal Cinema, Stowmarket, IP14 1AY
Tickets available very soon from the Regal Cinema – watch this space!
Monday 11th August
TBC
Tuesday 12th August
Author talk and book signing – Dr Mike Walker, 5.30pm for a 5.45pm start
Join Dr Mike Walker to discover how an historian works, using a case study that brings to life the little-known but crucial local events of 1173.
Stowmarket Library, IP14 1EX
FREE entry!
Wednesday 13th August
Children’s event – Poetry Playhouse with Elisabeth Sherriff, 3pm
Stowmarket Library, IP14 1EX
FREE entry!
Thursday 14th August
Children’s event – All Things Hedgehog with Lynda Brignall, 3pm
Stowmarket Library, IP14 1EX
FREE entry!
Author talk and book signing – Jackie Carreira, 6.30pm
John Peel Centre Café, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET
Award-winning author and playwright, Jackie Carreira, introduces her new novel, Notebook Number Nine – the first novel to be set in Stowmarket for more than 120 years!
FREE entry – donations welcome
Friday 15th August
Writing workshop for teenagers/Young Adults (ages 12-16), 2pm
Stowmarket Library, IP14 1EX
Book FREE tickets
Performance Poetry Night, 7pm
John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET
Buy Tickets
Saturday 16th August
Fringe Book Fair, 11am-4pm
John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET
FREE entry!
YA and children’s bookstall
Stowmarket Family-Friendly Market, Market Place, IP14 1ET
FREE!
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