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

Tag: Meet the authors

Tickets now on sale!

Tickets are on sale now for our author panels and workshops! Numbers are limited, so don’t miss out – book now and reserve your seats. We’ve done our best to keep ticket prices as low as possible, while bringing some big names and headliners to Eye. At the Bank Arts Centre, choose from our Performance…
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Here’s our teaser poster!

We’re putting copies of our teaser poster up around Eye on Friday! Keep an eye out for our bright pink event posters, appearing over the coming weeks, and look out for our first ticket links on Facebook, too. We’re looking forward to seeing you at the festival!

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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A Window on a Word

We are really excited to announce that we are working with Fox Yard Studio to bring artwork inspired by writing and authors to the Foreword Festival! The exhibition, A Window on A Word, will run 9th-16th August, featuring two amazing artists – Josh Sutton and Colin Latter. Both artists will be exhibiting word-inspired paintings in…
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One event, FOUR best-selling authors!

HOT NEWS! We’re bringing four of East Anglia’s best-loved and best-selling writers of contemporary and historical romantic fiction to Stowmarket’s Regal Cinema, live and in person, as part of this year’s Foreword Festival! . Join best-selling and award-winning authors Heidi Swain, Clare Marchant, Jenni Keer and Rachel Hore, in conversation about life, love, and their…
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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 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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