Photos from 2026 festival now on view!

Thank you to everyone who came to and took part in our 2026 festival!

More than 80 events across 10 days in various venues around Faversham

Our next festival will take place Feb 2027. Sign up to our newsletter for announcements about future events.

Faversham Literary Festival is an independent, not-for-profit annual event

Luke Wright


 
Poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos and silliness that has made Luke Wright one of the most popular live poets in England.
Katherine Carter
image © Phil Weedon

Ian McEwan


 
To close this year's festival, the masterful Ian McEwan spoke about his new novel, What We Can Know.
 

 
Robert Macfarlane
image © Phil Weedon
Andrew Lownie
image Hilary Newman
Shepherd Neame Beers
image © Frankie Julian
Bob Geldof
image © Frankie Julian

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