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

Category: Foreword Festival

Workshop tickets on sale NOW!

Workshop ticket sales for the Foreword Festival are now LIVE! Places are limited, so book your tickets now. Writing workshops on Saturday 7th October, Publishing Workshops on Sunday 8th, at the gorgeous Guildhall in Bury St Edmunds. Tell your friends! Tell your writing groups! And check out the workshop details.

How to create a Fringe Festival #5

We’re all in this together, and we really want everyone to succeed!

How to create a Fringe Festival #3

Every project needs a partner in crime. Preferably one with chocolate!

How to create a Fringe Festival #2

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How to create a Fringe Festival #1

If the book you want to read doesn’t exist, write it. If the event you want to attend doesn’t exist, make it happen!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Foreword Festival – the first literary fringe festival in the UK! It started with a question: ‘Why is there no such thing as a Fringe Literature Festival? We have them for film and theatre and music but not books. Why not?’ The question was asked by two Suffolk-based authors, Jackie Carreira and…
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