Trailblazing author Isabel Waidner discusses their new novel titled As If, an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition and the absurdity of modern lives. This session will be in conversation with Anna Whitwham. For more information and to get your tickets, visit our website.

With spring on its way, why not make gardening your new hobby in 2026!🌷 Queen of cut flowers Sarah Raven shares with Julia Wheeler everything you could possibly wish to know abou flowers. 🪻 Tickets via our website.🌺 #Gardening #Florals #FLF26 #FavershamLiteraryFestival #Events

Ben Okri, winner of the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road,talks to Steven Gale about his new novel, Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted. 📖 To learn more about the event, the authors and get tickets, visit our website. #FLF26 #FavershamLiteraryFestival #FavLitFest

Looking forward to heading to Faversham @favlit.org to talk about David Lynch with Nicholas Royal - details and tickets are here www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...

Slavc continues his walkabout through winter and spring - come find us. Links to tickets in bio

Jo Hamilton, one of the sub-postmasters wrongfully prosecuted by The Post Office for alleged financial shortfalls, will be talking about the shameful miscarriage of justice she endured – in conversation with Marg Mayne.📝 Visit our website for more info #PostOfficeScandal #FavershamLiteraryFestival

Pete Brown started pairing his favourite beers & songs as a joke, then discovered that scientists at Oxford University were doing something similar, and taking it seriously! 🍻 Don’t miss his talk with Henry Jeffreys about his new book: The Art and Science of Pairing Beer and Music. 🎶 #FLF26

We look forward to seeing you in February! Full programme available to view on the website 🤩 #FLF26 #FavershamLitFest #FavLitFest #Authors

A great selection of children & family events taking place 20 Feb–1 March See the festival website for details #FLF26 #FavLitFest #FavershamLiteraryFestival #ChildrensAuthors

Best-selling author of Chocolat, Joanne Harris, is making two appearances at this year's festival... talking about her latest novel Vianne and performing Storytime with her band. 📚 See the website for details #flf26 #favershamliteraryfestival #events

Wishing a happy new year to all! 🎉 #NYE #NewYear #Celebrate

A rare treat in the centre of Faversham... on Saturday 28 Feb join Ali Smith (1–2pm), Jung Chang (3–4pm) and Jeanette Winterson (5–6pm) for a celebration of storytelling, history, ideas and imagination

Tickets available now. More than 80 author talks and events including comedy, music, politics, literary fiction, nature, children's & family events... take a look at the website!

Tickets for FLF 2026 are now on sale! Lineup includes Bob Geldof, Jeanette Winterson, Ian McEwan, Charlie Higson & Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), Jenny Eclair, Sir Trevor McDonald, Rob Newman, Sarah Raven, Simon Armitage, Rachel Parris, Robert Macfarlane and much more See our website for details

Did you enjoy the festival? FLF 2025 photographs are now up on our website 😍

Sarah Lonsdale talks about her new novel, Wildly Different, to a packed Arden theatre

What a finish to @favlit.org with @dannyrobins.bsky.social talking about his book ‘Into The Uncanny’ 👻

St Mary of Charity church looks decidedly SPOOKY as we await the appearance of paranormal investigator Danny Robins

Next up Leeroy Thornhill gives the lo down on ten years of raving through 80s and 90s with The Prodigy

@buzzcocks.com legend Steve Diggle shares a few Rock n Roll stories with our host Sîan Pattenden @sian-superman.bsky.social

Sebastian Faulks discusses The Seventh Son with Alex Preston

Michael Rosen brings the magic at FLF25

Bettany Hughes takes us on a voyage to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

I'm saving up my @favlit.org commentary for a big reflection at the end, but it was splendid to meet @doctoroxford.bsky.social tonight! Blew the audience away with a very moving and patient centred focus. Nice to see @antonytiernan.bsky.social too.

Page vs. Stage: at @favlit.org THIS SATURDAY! Where does poetry live its best life, between the covers or on the boards? Join in with a lively panel discussion, then take the mic yourself! Open mic slots available (first come, first served). Sat 1 Mar, 12:30pm @ The Arden Theatre. £10.

Newsflash - A limited Michael Rosen tickets are available via the website

Pam Ayres.. what an absolute legend 😍

Had a great weekend of #rewilding, #folklore and #Shakespeare’s women @favlit.org ! Michael Rosen and Bettany Hughes to come.

Good to catch @jonathancoe.bsky.social at @favlit.org this evening. Interesting insight into the use of popular culture in his novels and how his biography of B.S. Johnson helped shape his sense of form. @richfrankrich.bsky.social

A fabulous bunch of Tedheads turned up at the @favlit.org for my talk with Clare Chambers about 'Picnic on Craggy Island', including the film researcher on the series, whom I hadn’t seen for 25 years!

Steve Crawshaw and Daniel Hahn tackle the pressing subject of geopolitics and accountability.

Iain Sinclair and Horatio Clare explore the life & work of photographer John Deakin this afternoon at FLF25.

What a blast we had on day one of FLF 2025. It's truly special to welcome back so many book lovers to Faversham. It's the biggest one yet and we can't wait to make it all happen!

Harry Baker was... Wonderful!

We’re looking forward to the fabulous Faversham Literary Festival @favlit.org which begins tomorrow with a cracking programme. Here are just a few of our favourites

This Sunday, Faversham Literary Festival, Wild Twin in conversation with Horatio Clare. Come! @favlit.org @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @horatioclare.bsky.social www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20... Details:

It's the first weekend of Faversham Literary Festival @favlit.org aka the most wonderful time of the year... looking forward to Xiaolu Guo tomorrow among many other things

There's a bustle of book lovers at the Assembly Rooms today in Faversham

Simply overjoyed to see THE STORY OF A HEART longlisted for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction. Huge congratulations to all 16 authors! The full, fabulous longlist is here: brnw.ch/21wQDrv #OrganDonation 🫀🫁💗

An unforgettable family story combined with the medical innovations behind transplant surgery. Dr Rachel Clarke @doctoroxford.bsky.social will be at the festival in conversation about her new book Tuesday 25 Feb Tickets via the festival website

Page vs. Stage: at @favlit.org Where does poetry live its best life, between the covers or on the boards? Join in with a lively panel discussion, then take the mic yourself! Open mic slots available (first come, first served). Sat 1 Mar, 12:30pm @ The Arden Theatre. £10.

Meet gold medal-winning paralympian Jonnie Peacock at the festival, where he will be talking about going for gold ... and getting it Saturday 1 March, 5–6pm See the festival website for info/ tickets

Wonderful opportunity to hear from @wildtwin.bsky.social at the @favlit.org next month. Ghost Town & Wild Twin are bloody brilliant www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/2025

@favlit.org has a stellar line up this year and I’m very proud to be part of it. Join me on Sunday 2 March. Tickets available here, see you there! www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20... #mudlarkingfinds #mudlark #mudlarking @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

The author of A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings, Helen Jukes, will be at the festival in conversation with Alex Preston about her new book, Mother Animal, a mix of personal memoir and scientific insight to ask how motherhood works in other species See the website for info/ tickets

Four weeks from today I'll be in conversation about Wild Twin with Horatio Clare at Faversham Literary Festival on Sunday 23rd February, 3pm. Come and see us! @horatioclare.bsky.social @favlit.org @littletollerbooks.bsky.social www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20... Details:

Will Self's latest... a brilliant portrait of a 1950s housewife, sexual freedom and sublimated desire, based on the diaries and life of his mother. This event will be a live link-up with Claire Armitstead on stage in Faversham, talking to Will Self via a live link-up at his home. Info via website

Last two tickets for Derek Gow talking about wolves, rewilding and species reintroduction into Britain Saturday 22 Feb – see the festival website for info/tickets

Another event! I'm delighted to be returning to the Faversham Lit Fest this year, one of my faves, where among other things I'll be reading I FOLLOW THE FOX and leading you all in a live Draw With Rob session. Tickets available now 👉https://tinyurl.com/52ukk6yz. More announcements coming soon...

Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party, delves into our literary heritage to explore what it can teach us about the most pressing issues of our time. She will be talking to Claire Armitstead, former associate editor of Guardian Culture See the festival website for info/tickets