Book Festival News
Folkestone Book Festival 2026: The Full Lineup Revealed
Folkestone Book Festival is back - and this year’s programme is full of big conversations, brilliant writers and stories that...
Sophie Haydock, Festival Curator: Notes from Folkestone Book Festival 2025
One of my highlights of the Folkestone Book Festival 2025 began with a confession. Not the polite, pre-approved kind, but the risky,...
Exclusive Dining Offers for Book Festival Ticket Holders
Folkestone Book Festival is nearly here - and this year, your ticket doesn’t just unlock brilliant conversations, ideas, arguments,...
Plans Proposed to Save Folkestone Library
Together, with community partners we have today proposed plans to restore Folkestone Central Library as a community and cultural hub Folkestone’s...
International icons and powerful new voices added to Folkestone Book Festival 2025 line-up
Creative Folkestone has announced an expanded line-up for Folkestone Book Festival 2025, confirming its place as one of the UK’s...
Press release: Folkestone Book Festival 2025
Joanne Harris, Irvine Welsh, Lisa Jewell, Rupert Everett, Amanda Knox and Jung Chang lead most ambitious programme yet 13-23 November...
Folkestone Is a Library: A Whole Town of Stories
Published Tue 1 July 2025 Thanks to funding from Arts Council England’s Place Partnership fund, Creative Folkestone is launching...
Behind the Scenes: Curating Folkestone Book Festival 2025
It’s my second year as curator of the Folkestone Book Festival, and as the programme goes to press, I finally get to take a deep...
Creative Folkestone Announces Exciting Line-Up for Folkestone Book Festival 2024
Creative Folkestone has unveiled a stellar line-up of authors, writers, and thought leaders for the 2024 edition of the Folkestone...
Sophie Haydock on this year's Folkestone Book Festival!
After moving to Folkestone and experiencing the festival as an attendee, then as an author, Sophie Haydock is now honored to be the...
Important Information About Book Festival Events
As we welcome the return of the Folkestone Book Festival there have been some changes to some events that ticket holders should be...
Folkestone-Based Talent at This Year’s Book Festival
Folkestone is home to all kinds of artistic talent and creative excellence. Writing, poetry and literature are no exception. At this...