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

Jon King


 
Post-punk band Gang of Four's Jon King spoke about how music took him from a south London slum and impoverished working-class background to international success in the legendary band, which performed its final tour in 2025.
Sarah Raven
image © Phil Weedon

Dame Marina Warner


 
Dame Marina Warner spoke to Daniel Hahn about her latest work Sanctuary
 

 
Rob Biddulph
image Chad Gazi
Refreshments
image Caroline Rake
Simon Armitage
image © Frankie Julian
Alex Preston and Vaseem Khan
image © Phil Weedon

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