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?
Simon Armitage
image © Phil Weedon


 
There was an excellent line-up of spoken word and poetry at this year's festival
 

 
Luke Wright
image Simon Cole
Michael Morpurgo
image © Frankie Julian
Charlie Higson with Jim Moir
image © Phil Weedon
Katherine Carter
image © Phil Weedon

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