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

Jeanette Winterson


 
In her unique style, Jeanette Winterson cracked open the legendary tale of Shahrazad in One Thousand and One Nights to reveal timeless questions: Who should we trust? What makes us happy? Is love the most important thing in the world?
Ali Smith
image © Phil Weedon

Robert Macfarlane


 
Bestselling nature writer Robert Macfarlane took us on a deeply personal, political and provocative journey, inviting us to radically reimagine both rivers and life itself.
 

 
Kenan Malik and Yvonne Singh
image © Phil Weedon
Dragon
image FLF
Ian Leslie
image © Phil Weedon
Charlie Higson with Jim Moir
image © Phil Weedon

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