Eye, Suffolk, UK
19th-21st June 2026

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…
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Welcome to Sunday at the Foreword Book Festival!

Welcome to SUNDAY at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye! Join us today for: 📚 11am-4pm – FREE Suffolk Day Book Fair at Eye Town Hall 🖋️ 10am-noon – Finding Stories Writing Workshop at the Bank Arts Centre 🥘 12.30-1.45pm – Suffolk Food Stories – Four food writers and chefs in conversation with Georgy Jamieson…
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Welcome to Saturday at the Foreword Book Festival!

Welcome to SATURDAY at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye! Join us today for: 👑 9.30-11am – FREE children’s crafts at Eye Library 🎉 11am-3pm – FREE Family Party at Eye Community Centre, with crafts, cake, and live storytelling! 📚 11am-3pm – FREE Children’s and YA Book Fair at Eye Community Centre 🎭 Noon –…
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Our Poetry Open Mic is TONIGHT!

Our Poetry Open Mic is TONIGHT! 7pm for 7.30, Caféye, IP23 7AF. No need to book. Pay What You Feel at the event. Join us to perform your poems, or come along to listen. Our Poetry Open Mic Night is for everyone! We’re celebrating local poets and giving you the chance to take part and…
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Foreword Festival on the Radio!

Last week, Suffolk Radio presenter Jules Button spoke to one of our festival speakers, Richard Negus, about this weekend’s Foreword Book Festival in Eye. Listen here …

We’re part of the Go All In Campaign

Did you know – the Foreword Book Festival is part if the National Year of Reading Go All In campaign? And we’re part of the Go All In Summer of Sport, too! Don’t miss our amazing Eat, Sleep, Read, Play Football! event for all ages, THIS SUNDAY! Meet three children’s authors with a passion for…
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We’re in the national press!

The Foreword Festival has made it to the national press! We’re thrilled to have a mention in The I newspaper. Check out the article, all about the lovely town of Eye!

Substitute price!

Great news! We’ve made our Eat, Sleep Read, Play Football! event even more accessible for families by bringing on a substitute price, so tickets are now only £5! Space is limited, so book now to avoid disappointment. Join three football-obsessed children’s authors at this all-age family event for Father’s Day! (Everyone welcome – Dads optional!) Ever…
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Support us!

We’re really excited about bringing the Foreword Festival to Eye, and we know that some of our followers would love to join us, but for various reasons can’t make it. Good news – there’s now a way to support us even if you can’t come along in person! We’re a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, so any…
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Wild Words Suffolk

The Wild Words Suffolk box is coming to Eye Library, 15th-19th June as part of the Foreword Book Festival! Complete novice or an experienced writer, YOU are invited to write something, and post your Wild Words in the Post Box. Participation is free, and everything and anything goes! You are welcome to post anonymously, or…
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