Folkestone Book Festival
Welcome to Creative Folkestone Book Festival 2024. From Thursday 14 to Sunday 24 November, our annual festival of books, ideas, writing and literature will return to fill those gloomy winter months with conversation and debate.
Curated by award-winning author and journalist Sophie Haydock, the Creative Folkestone Book Festival returns bigger, better and brighter than ever.
Our guest speakers will cover an incredible range of topics that will cover everything from Comedy and Curiosity to Motherhood and Mayhem, Life and Loss to Rogues and Royalty, and everything in between.
Some of the writers, authors and thinkers appearing at this year’s festival include Alan Hollinghurst, Ali Smith, David Nicholls, Donal Ryan, Elizabeth Macneal, Emma Gannon, Helen Lederer, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Caldwell, Naomi Wood, Robin Ince, Rory Cellan-Jones, Tessa Hadley, Tracy Chevalier and many more to be announced.
Book your tickets and festival pass now.
Folkestone Book Festival 2024: Festival Pass
14th November, 12pm
Enjoy all of this year's Book Festival talks and events with your Book Festival Pass.Book your festival pass now and enjoy the whole festival...
Opening Night: Tracy Chevalier
14th November, 7pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of the 2024 Folkestone Book Festival, with this exclusive opening-night event – an evening with the acclaimed...
Helen Lederer: Getting Merry
15th November, 7pm
Kick off the festive season with laughter and cheer as comedian Helen Lederer, known for her role in Absolutely Fabulous, lights up the Old...
Rory Cellan-Jones: Dogs Can Change Your Life
16th November, 2pm
Join dog-lover Rory Cellan-Jones, author, former BBC News technology correspondent, and proud owner of the Twitter-famous rescue dog Sophie...
Ali Smith: Hidden Stories
16th November, 4pm
Join us for an illuminating evening with the acclaimed Scottish author Ali Smith, as she discusses her latest novel Gliff and delves into...
Alan Hollinghurst: Literary Luminary
16th November, 6pm
Join us for an enchanting evening with Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst as he discusses his much-anticipated new novel, Our Evenings....
