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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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:
Foreword Festival co-organiser Jackie Carreira will be at the Primadonna Festival this weekend, 26-28 July. Find the official Foreword Festival table in the Community Tent, and pick up information about our book fairs and events for the rest of 2024. Sign up for our mailing list, take part in our flash fiction activity, and pick…
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Check out this fantastic coverage of our Love Your Local Authors Book Fair in the Bury St Edmunds Flyer. We’ll be running more book fairs later in 2024. If you’d like to attend as a reader or as an author, sign up for our mailing list, and we’ll make sure you hear about all our future…
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to our Love Your Local Authors Book Fair in Bury St Edmunds yesterday! It was a fantastic event, and a brilliant opportunity to bring local authors together with local readers. We’ll be running more book fairs later this year. If you’d like to attend as a reader…
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TODAY: meet 14 local authors and publishers at the Constitutional Club in the centre of Bury St Edmunds, 11-4pm. You’ll find signed books and bookish gifts (perfect for Valentines Day!) at the Love Your Local Authors Book Fair. Entry is FREE! Come along, meet the authors, grab a drink from our fully licensed bar, and discover your next…
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Don’t miss the Love Your Local Authors Book Fair, this Sunday (11th February, 11-4) at the Constitutional Club in the centre of Bury St Edmunds! Meet 14 local authors and publishers, and find signed books and bookish gifts (perfect for Valentines Day). Entry is FREE! Come along, meet the authors, grab a drink from our fully licensed bar,…
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Happy Christmas from the Foreword Festival team! We had a great day on Saturday at Festive Foreword, our Christmas Book Fair. 13 local authors shared their books and literary goodies with the readers of Bury St Edmunds, who supported us in spite of the terrible weather! A huge thank you to everyone who came to…
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Don’t miss today’s awesome Christmas Book Fair in the heart of Bury St Edmunds! Join 13 local authors for Festive Foreword at the Constitutional Club – next door to the Guildhall and a couple of minutes walk from Market Square. FREE entry, open 11-4. Our special guest authors will be signing books and selling gifts,…
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The team behind this year’s Foreword Festival is back to bring you an awesome Christmas Book Fair in the heart of Bury St Edmunds! Join 13 local authors for Festive Foreword TOMORROW at the Constitutional Club in Bury St Edmunds – next door to the Guildhall and a couple of minutes walk from Market Square.…
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