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

Category: Foreword Book Fairs

Thank you!

A huge THANK YOU to all the East Anglian authors who have applied to take part in this summer’s Foreword Festival events! We’re excited to check out your books, and we’ll be selecting authors for our books fairs over the next week or so. We’ll let you know our decision by the end of April.…
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East Anglian Authors – Last Chance To Apply!

We’re running THREE book fairs in 2026, and we need YOU to bring your books, meet readers, and fill our author tables. Apply today! . Applications close TODAY! Don’t miss out! . . Join the Foreword Festival at our book events this year to meet readers, sell books, and help us to celebrate creativity in…
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East Anglian Authors – Apply Now!

We’re running THREE book fairs in 2026, and we need YOU to bring your books, meet readers, and fill our author tables. Apply now for your table – applications close on Friday. Don’t miss out! . Join the Foreword Festival at our book events this year to meet readers, sell books, and help us to…
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Calling East Anglian Authors …

… we’re running THREE book fairs in 2026, and we need YOU to bring your books, meet readers, and fill our author tables! . Join the Foreword Festival at our book events this year to meet readers, sell books, and help us to celebrate creativity in Suffolk and Beyond! Head to our online application form…
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Announcing our 2025 Christmas Book Fair!

The Foreword Festival is partnering with the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket, and the John Peel Centre Writers’ Group, to bring you a fantastic line-up of authors, books, and activities for children – and entry is FREE! Join us at the John Peel Centre on Sunday December 7th, 10am-3pm for a Christmas event with a Foreword Festival twist. We’ve lined up 17 local authors for the…
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We did it!

We had an amazing day at the Young Adult Book Festival on Saturday! A huge THANK YOU to Stowmarket Library for hosting the event, and to all the staff, volunteers and authors who spent the day making our celebration of Young Adult books and readers happen. There are more photos on the YA Book Festival…
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Young Adult Book Festival TODAY!

It’s TODAY! Join us at Stowmarket Library, 10.30-4pm, for our very first Young Adult Book Festival – a day of meeting authors, author panels, interviews, activities and a YA book fair. The Mayor of Stowmarket will be opening the event at 10.30 – don’t miss your chance to take part. The festival is for readers…
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Young Adult Book Fair – don’t miss out!

If you’re not in the target audience for tomorrow’s Young Adult Book Festival at Stowmarket Library, don’t despair! You are very welcome to join us in the library for our FREE Young Adult Book Fair, running alongside the festival events. Meet our fantastic authors, ask questions, pick up signed books, and find your new favourite…
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Young Adult Book Festival

We’re running a YA Book Festival TOMORROW! Join us 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 eight Young Adult authors to Stowmarket, to bring…
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Young Adult Book Festival – Activities!

Don’t forget to book tickets for our Young Adult Book Festival in Stowmarket THIS SATURDAY! Tickets are FREE, and the event is for readers aged 11-16. We’ll have author panels, interviews, writing activities, and opportunities to meet the authors. It’s going to be a fantastic day! Booking for the FREE tickets is now live on…
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