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

Nydia Hetherington


 
Faversham author Nydia Hetherington's new novel reimagines the life of the powerful witch Sycorax before her banishment to the island in William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Katy Hessel
image © Phil Weedon

Ian McEwan


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

 
Andy Capon
image © Phil Weedon
Jenny Eclair
image © Phil Weedon
Michael Morpurgo
image © Frankie Julian
Rachel Parris
image © Phil Weedon

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