We run festivals and book fairs for the whole community – and we’re giving local businesses the chance to get involved!
We’ll promote and support your business and your brand with sponsorship opportunities, and let your customers know that you’re part of our team. We’re already planning our events for 2027, so if you’d like to be involved, drop us an email. We’d love to work with you!
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The Foreword Festival isn’t just about running literary events. We work with fantastic authors who might not usually be invited to big festivals – perhaps because they write in more fringe genres, or about non-mainstream subjects, or because they don’t have a big publisher behind them to publicise their books. At the same time, we welcome all readers, including those who might not feel at home at big-name festivals.
We’re a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, and our Directors and volunteers are running this festival because we believe in the power of books and reading. We love discovering new authors and new stories, and we want to bring a weekend-long book-themed party to Eye. We’ll be attracting a bookish audience, who in turn will bring support and custom to local businesses.
We aim to bring writers and readers together, to introduce new books and new authors to new audiences, and to celebrate creativity across Suffolk.
Our June 2026 Sponsorship Opportunities – to be updated for 2027!
| Local Hero: Bronze Individuals and businesses | Local Hero: Silver Individuals and businesses | Local Hero: Gold Individuals and businesses |
| £50 + | £250 + | £500 + |
| Thank you for your support! For business sponsors, we’ll list your business name in our publicity, send you a Local Hero (Bronze) badge to display at your business and on your website and social media, and provide posters and flyers for you to distribute to your customers (as appropriate). For individual sponsors, we will list your name in our publicity, and send you a Local Hero badge to display in your window, and on your social media. | Thank you for your support! For business sponsors, we’ll display your business name and logo in our publicity, send you a Local Hero (Silver) badge to display at your business and on your website and social media, and provide posters and flyers for you to distribute to your customers (as appropriate). If you provide us with flyers or promotional items, we will distribute those at the festival. For individual sponsors, we will list your name in our publicity, and send you a Local Hero badge to display in your window, and on your social media. | Thank you for your support! For business sponsors, we’ll display your business name and logo in our publicity, along with a brief description/promotion of your services. We’ll also send you a Local Hero (Gold) badge to display at your business and on your website and social media, and provide posters and flyers for you to distribute to your customers (as appropriate). If you provide us with flyers or promotional items, we will distribute those to our audiences at the festival. For individual sponsors, we will list your name in our publicity, and send you a Local Hero badge to display in your window, and on your social media. |
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| Main Sponsor: Saturday Headliner (One available!) | Main Sponsor: Sunday Headliner (One available!) | Main Sponsor: Full Festival (One available!) |
| £1000 + | £1000 + | £1000 + |
| Thank you for your support! We have an AMAZING line-up for our performance poetry night on Saturday 20th June. We’re bringing Henry Normal (BAFTA winner, poet, comedian, TV producer and co-writer of The Royale Family and The Mrs Merton Show) to The Bank Arts Centre in Eye! With support from four entertaining poets, expect an evening of comedy, emotion, and wordplay. Sponsoring the Saturday night headliner will put your company name and logo on our publicity (posters, flyers, website, social media, and everything else we’re doing to promote the festival). We’ll make sure the event is associated with your brand, and distribute your flyers and promotional items to the audience on the night. We will reserve two free tickets for you to the Saturday night event, and make sure to thank you on the night. | Thank you for your support! On Sunday night, we’re bringing author, poet, and inspirational speaker Ashley Hickson-Lovence to The Bank Arts Centre in Eye! Ashley is the author of The 392, Wild East, and the award-nominated Your Show. He is a lecturer, tutor and mentor for creative writing courses and organisations. He’ll be in conversation with Eye-based author and Foreword Festival co-founder Jackie Carriera, both of whom have made the move from Hackney to East Anglia. Expect an evening of entertainment for readers, writers and book-lovers – and everyone who calls East Anglia home. Sponsoring the Sunday night headliner will put your company name and logo on our publicity (posters, flyers, website, social media, and everything else we’re doing to promote the festival). We’ll make sure the event is associated with your brand, and distribute your flyers and promotional items to the audience on the night. We will reserve two free tickets for you to the Sunday night event, and make sure to thank you on the night. | Thank you for your support! Sponsoring the full festival will put your company name and logo on our publicity (posters, flyers, website, social media, and everything else we’re doing to promote the festival). We’ll make sure the festival is associated with your brand, and distribute your flyers and promotional items to the audience throughout the weekend. We will reserve two free tickets for you to both the Saturday and Sunday night events, and make sure to thank you at each panel and performance. |
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Sponsor Individual Events: We’ll feature your name or company name and logo on our publicity, and at your sponsored event, and we’ll make sure to thank you for your support during the event. We’ll send you a Local Hero badge to display at your business and on your website and social media. If your sponsorship is for a ticketed event, we’ll reserve two free tickets for you.
| Our Other Events | Amount | |
| Fast Foreword Storytelling Trail (Saturday) | Ten winning stories from our Fast Foreword Flash Fiction competitions, suitable for all ages, performed by actors in locations around Eye. | £300 |
| Suffolk Day Book Fair (Sunday) | Meet the authors at our book fair, featuring a range of books and authors from Suffolk. | £300 |
| Children’s and YA Book Fair (Saturday) | Meet the authors at our book fair for children and teenagers. | £200 |
| Birthday picnic (Saturday) | A party for all the family to celebrate the King’s Birthday! | £200 |
| Storytellers (Saturday) | Storytelling sessions for children at the birthday picnic. | £150 |
| Launch Event (ticketed) | Our introductory event to promote the festival. | £150 |
| Open Mic Poetry Night (Friday) | Bring your poems to share, listen to poems by other local authors, and support Eye’s creative community. | £50 |
| Young Adult Author Readings (Saturday) | Readings from authors of books for teenagers. | £150 |
| Suffolk Folklore Author Panel (Saturday – ticketed) | Authors inspired by the folklore and traditions of Suffolk, in conversation about their books. | £150 |
| Suffolk Foodie Author Panel (Sunday – ticketed) | Authors of cookbooks and books about food in conversation about eating out, eating in, and what inspires their cooking. | £150 |
| Football Author Panel (Sunday – ticketed) | Authors of books about football – a Father’s Day event for all ages. Bring your dad, bring your kids, and immerse yourself in a world of football stories. | £150 |
| Nature Writing Panel (Sunday – ticketed) | Two East Anglian nature writers in conversation. | £150 |
Sponsorship in kind: We are very happy to consider sponsorship in kind. If you can provide something for our festival (signage, printing, festival branded products, small thank-you gifts for our authors, something that ties in with our individual events, or if you are able to provide overflow parking for our festival guests) we would love to hear about it.
We’ll list your business name in our publicity, send you a Local Hero badge to display at your business and on your website and social media, and provide posters and flyers for you to distribute to your customers. If you provide us with your own flyers or promotional items, we will distribute those at the festival.
Thank you for your support!