Participating Authors and Bookshops

Welcome to the Foreword Festival! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our very special book fair.

It was fantastic to meet authors of graphic novels, SF and fantasy, comedy, poetry, children’s books, non-fiction and more – and pick up new reads, signed editions and other goodies to take home. Plus we hosted three unique indie publishers, and offered help with getting your own work into print.


Click on an author’s name below for more information.
Who knows – you might find your new favourite book!

Matt Adcock
Tiffani Angus
Michael Anderson
Julia Blake
Lynda Brignall
Carol Carman
Jackie Carreira
Rachel Churcher
Rebecca Fox
Mark Fryday
MJ Glenn
Sadie Jade
Ruth Leigh
RI Maddams
Pauline Manders
MT McGuire
Josh Sutton
Emma Sweeney
Kevin Walker
Dunlin Press
Red Fez Books
Book Reality Experience
Softwood Self-Publishing


At the Foreword Festival we love to support independent bookshops because they support us! Books by our authors are available from these fantastic independent bookshops:

Dial Lane Books
Ipswich, Suffolk and Manningtree, Essex
www.diallanebooks.co.uk

Diss Publishing Bookshop
Diss, Norfolk
www.disspublishing.co.uk

The Halesworth Bookshop
Halesworth, Suffolk
www.thehalesworthbookshop.co.uk

Harvest Moon
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
www.harvestmoonhitchin.weebly.com

The Idler
Hadleigh, Suffolk
37 High Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5AF

Niche Comics
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
www.nichecomicsbooks.co.uk

The Nook Reader’s Cafe and Bookshop
Lavenham, Suffolk
25 Church Street, Lavenham, Suffolk

The Nose
Walton on the Naze, Essex
www.thenose.org

Wivenhoe Books
Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex
www.wivenhoebooks.com

Woodbridge Books
Woodbridge, Suffolk
www.woodbridgebooks.co.uk

You can also order books by some of our authors from our local Waterstones branches in Bury St Edmunds (36 Buttermarket and The Arc Shopping Centre).