Holiday booked? Staycationing this year? Don’t forget your most important summer accessory – a story to sweep you away! Find your perfect beach read at the Foreword Festival Beach Reads Book Fair. Escape into books from local authors, buy signed copies to slip into your suitcase, and treat yourself to bookish gifts and goodies. Pack…
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We are very excited to announce our first author talk for 2025 – please welcome Larry Lamb to the Foreword Festival! The Gavin and Stacey star will be telling stories from his career and talking about his new book, All Wrapped Up, at the Regal Cinema in Stowmarket on Sunday August 10th. All Wrapped Up…
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We are really excited to announce the Foreword Festival Poetry Night at the John Peel Centre, Friday 15th August 2025! Check out our line-up, and keep checking our blog and social media for ticket announcements. Put the date in your diaries – tickets available soon!
Our flash fiction competition, Fast Foreword, is back for the 2025 festival! We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words – prose, not poetry. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Just remember that this…
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