What's On

Thu 12 Nov 2026, 7pm - 8pm

Few figures have delighted British audiences for as long, or with such warmth, wit and infectious curiosity, as Sir Tony Robinson. Actor,...

Fri 13 Nov 2026, 10am

What stories do we carry about ourselves – and what might someone else remember differently? In this bold and original creative writing...

Fri 13 Nov 2026, 3pm - 4pm

Two brilliantly original novelists come together for a sharp, psychologically rich conversation about identity, reinvention, self-deception...

Fri 13 Nov 2026, 5pm

Few debut authors are generating as much excitement as Jem Calder. Named one of The Observer’s best debut novelists of 2026 and championed...

Fri 13 Nov 2026, 7pm - 8pm

How well do we ever really know the people around us? For decades, Philippa Perry has helped millions of readers better understand themselves...

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 10.30am - 11.30am

When the call comes in, would you run towards the storm? In this gripping conversation, Dominic Gregory discusses Lifeboat at the End of the...

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 12pm - 1pm

What if one small act of hope could change millions of lives? Join Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of the global parkrun movement, for an uplifting...

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 2pm - 3pm

What sustains a landscape? What allows a garden, a community or an ecosystem to flourish? And what might we learn from looking beneath the...

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 4pm - 5pm

In June 2023, the disappearance of the Titan submersible gripped the world, as millions followed the desperate search unfolding in the Atlantic....

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 6pm

What does it mean to offer refuge – and who gets to belong? In this major cultural conversation, acclaimed writer, mythographer and historian...

Sat 14 Nov 2026, 8pm - 9pm

Few writers have shaped contemporary fiction quite like lan McEwan. For more than forty years, readers have been captivated by novels including...

Sun 15 Nov 2026, 12pm - 1pm

What kind of world are young people growing up in online – and how do we keep them safe within it? Following the murder of her daughter...

Sun 15 Nov 2026, 2pm - 3pm

What happens when life falls apart – how do you rebuild something stronger from the wreckage? Join bestselling authors, broadcasters and...

Sun 15 Nov 2026, 4pm

What if the recipe for a better life began with a badly behaved dog? Multi award-winning food writer Felicity Cloake joins journalist and...

Sun 15 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

What does it take to defy the limits others place on you? In this candid and compelling conversation, former Chancellor and Home Secretary...

Sun 15 Nov 2026, 8pm - 9pm

AL Kennedy is one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary writers. Winner of the Costa Book of the Year, and author of Day and the Booker...

Mon 16 Nov 2026, 10am

For the first time, the globally celebrated London Writers’ Salon comes to Folkestone. With thousands of writers joining their workshops,...

Mon 16 Nov 2026, 2pm - 3pm

Why does every app, website and platform seem to get worse over time? Writer, activist and technology critic Cory Doctorow joins us to discuss...

Mon 16 Nov 2026, 4pm

Are we asking the wrong questions about artificial intelligence? While headlines swing wildly between utopia and apocalypse, AI ethicist Dr...

Mon 16 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

Why did some armies fight on when defeat seemed certain? How did leaders such as Alexander the Great, Robert the Bruce and Horatio Nelson...

Mon 16 Nov 2026, 8pm - 9pm

Where did conspiracy culture really begin? Long before QAnon, online rabbit holes and shadowy internet myths, there was the Illuminati: a...

Tue 17 Nov 2026, 10am - 1pm

Step into the darker half of the year for a restorative and imaginative workshop with author Rebecca Beattie, inspired by her book The Season...

Tue 17 Nov 2026, 2pm - 3pm

Can you make it as an artist without going to art school? Can you return to creativity after raising children, changing careers, illness or...

Tue 17 Nov 2026, 4pm - 5pm

Join Viktor Wynd, Britain’s high priest of the peculiar, for an hour of wicked enchantments, grotesque transformations and deliciously dark...

Tue 17 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

What happens to women who become trapped inside other people’s myths? Acclaimed novelists Emily Howes and Julie Owen Moylan come together...

Tue 17 Nov 2026, 8pm - 9pm

What if we’ve been telling the story of global economic history all wrong? In Economica, economic historian and critically acclaimed author...

Wed 18 Nov 2026, 10am - 1pm

What if you could build a thriving audience around your work without relying on social media algorithms? Join creative business mentor Claire...

Wed 18 Nov 2026, 2pm - 3pm

Across Britain are places once central to our economy and communities, but now abandoned or neglected: silt-filled harbours, overgrown forests,...

Wed 18 Nov 2026, 4pm - 5pm

She wrote more than 700 novels, sold hundreds of millions of books and became one of the most recognisable women in Britain. But who was Barbara...

Wed 18 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

What remains after the person you love most is gone? Joining us live from New York, internationally acclaimed novelist, essayist and thinker...

Wed 18 Nov 2026, 8pm - 9pm

Few historians have done more to bring Britain's royal past to life than Alison Weir.The bestselling author of more than thirty books, read...

Thu 19 Nov 2026, 10am - 1pm

Join Selina Barker, acclaimed author, coach and experienced podcaster, for an inspiring, practical and hands-on masterclass that will take...