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

Category: Foreword Festival

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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Suffolk Sound Radio interview!

Did you miss our YA Book Festival interview on Suffolk Sound Radio? Listen again here!

Young Adult Book Festival

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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Christmas book fair TODAY!

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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Christmas book fair TOMORROW!

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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Christmas book fair!

This Saturday, join the Foreword Festival team for an awesome Christmas Book Fair in the heart of Bury St Edmunds! Festive Foreword is taking place on December 9th at the Constitutional Club in Bury St Edmunds, next door to the Guildhall and a couple of minutes walk from Market Square. 13 local authors will be…
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THANK YOU!

We want say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Foreword Festival, and made the event possible. Click the image for the larger version!