Don't miss this year's FREE Fast Foreword Storytelling Trail for grown-ups at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye! Ten Suffolk authors, ten original flash-fiction stories – performed by two actors from QuirkHouse Theatre Company across five venues in one afternoon. 📚💙 www.forewordfestival.uk

Our Foreword Festival UK merch has arrived! Mugs and tote bags will be on sale at our book fairs in Eye on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June. Supplies are limited – don't miss out! (We love them!! ❤️) forewordfestival.uk 📚💙

🎉 This year's Foreword Festival UK events are now live on the Visit East of England website! 🎉 Visiting East Anglia this summer? Find the Foreword Festival and more fantastic events and tourist attractions on the Visit East of England website, at visiteastofengland.com 📚💙

Don't miss this year's headliners at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye! 🎙️ Saturday 20th June: BAFTA-winning writer, poet, TV and film producer Henry Normal! 🚌 Sunday 21st June: author of 'The 392', multi-award-winning Ashley Hickson-Lovence! 📚💙 Tickets available now from forewordfestival.uk

We're going all in on our #poetry events at this year's Foreword Book Festival in Eye! 🎙️ Saturday night's headliner is writer and performance poet Henry Normal! ✒️ The amazing John Hegley is running a poetry workshop! 🎙️ Bring your poems to perform at our Open Mic Night! forewordfestival.uk 📚💙

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What's on for Father's Day at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye this summer? ⚽ Eat, Sleep, Read, Play Football! Don't miss our Father's Day event for football-mad kids and dads. 🥘 Suffolk Food Stories Our Father's Day author event for foodie dads and aspiring young chefs! forewordfestival.uk/

What's on for children and teenagers at the Foreword Book Festival in Eye this summer? 📚💙 Check out our website for tickets and more information! forewordfestival.uk

Our Open Mic Night is for everyone! We’re celebrating local poets and giving you the chance to take part and share your writing. Whether it’s your first time at the mic, or you’re a regular performer, we’d love to welcome you to the opening event of our festival: forewordfestival.uk

We’re having a festival party! Bring a picnic and join us on June 20th. Live storytelling for kids and grown-ups, free craft activities for kids, book fair for children and teenage readers, book-themed costume competition, and more. Plus the WI will be running the cake stall! 🍰 forewordfestival.uk

Don't miss our fantastic FREE Children's and Young Adult Book Fair, 11am-3pm, Saturday 20th June, at the Community Centre in Eye. Find brilliant books for children and teenagers, for all ages from 0 to 15+. Pick up signed copies, and chat to the people who wrote them! 📚💙 www.forewordfestival.uk

We have some AMAZING events lined up for the Foreword Book Festival in Eye, Suffolk, 19-21 June! Find fantastic authors from Suffolk, Suffolk-based books, and bookish treats at our FREE Suffolk Day Book Fair, 11am-4pm on Sunday 21st June. 📚💙 forewordfestival.uk

The Foreword Book Festival programme is up on our website! Check out our events, plan your perfect bookish weekend, and buy tickets for our author panels and workshops. See you there! forewordfestival.uk/foreword-fes...

Explore the magical side of stories from Suffolk at the Foreword Book Festival. Join three local authors, Helen Fisher, Julia Blake, and Gerry Donlon, all inspired by Suffolk folklore, strange stories, and ancient tales of the deep, dark woods ... Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/f/18918

Join four Suffolk authors for the Foreword Book Festival Father's Day lunchtime panel on food, drink, cooking, and the joy of sharing meals with our friends and families! Meet the authors, bring your questions, and buy signed books after the event. Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/f/18910

Ever wondered about the funniest thing that's happened on a football pitch? Or how it feels to follow your footballing dreams? And what about the history of your favourite club? If football is your passion, this is the Father's Day event for you! ⚽ 📚 Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/f/18914

Tickets for the Foreword Book Festival author events at the Hexagon in Eye are now on sale – Suffolk folklore, Suffolk foodies, and a special Father's Day football panel for all ages! ✨🍽️⚽ It's a small venue, so tickets are extremely limited. Don't miss out: wegottickets.com/forewordfest...

The Foreword Festival team is excited to announce our VERY special poetry workshop, run by legendary performance poet John Hegley! To give you the best experience, we're keeping workshop numbers small, so tickets are EXTREMELY limited. Don't miss out: www.thebankeye.org/store/p104/f... #JohnHegley

Tickets are on sale NOW for the 2026 Foreword Book Festival 'Writing Our Countryside' author talk – 21st June, 4pm at the Bank Arts Centre, Eye, Suffolk. Tickets are a BARGAIN at £10: www.thebankeye.org/store/p102/f... #Booksky #Countryslide #BookFestival

Tickets are on sale NOW for our fantastic Sunday night headline author, Ashley Hickson-Lovence in conversation with Jackie Carreira – 21st June, 7pm at the Bank Arts Centre in Eye, Suffolk. Tickets are a BARGAIN at £10: www.thebankeye.org/store/p103/f... #BookFestival #ForewordFestival #Booksky

Tickets are on sale NOW for this year's Foreword Festival poetry headliners! Don't miss BAFTA Award winner Henry Normal, performance poet Tim Barlow, punk poet James Domestic, post-menopausal poet Nancy T, and compere AJ Deane. Tickets are a BARGAIN at only £15! www.thebankeye.org/store/p101/f...

Don't miss this year's Foreword Festival in Eye, Suffolk – 19-21 June. Three days filled with book fairs, author talks, performance poetry, workshops, storytelling for kids and grown-ups, and CAKE, all sponsored by Mid Suffolk District Council. www.forewordfestival.uk #Booksky #ForewordFestival

If you're an author or small press in East Anglia, indie or trad, don't forget to apply for your table at the 2026 Foreword Festival book fairs TODAY! We'd love to feature you and your books if we can! Apply here: forms.gle/inGFRyEDPuqQ... www.forewordfestival.uk

If you're an author or small press in East Anglia, indie or trad, don't forget to apply for your table at the 2026 Foreword Festival book fairs BY FRIDAY! We'd love to feature you and your books if we can! Apply by April 3rd: forms.gle/inGFRyEDPuqQ... www.forewordfestival.uk #booksky #authors

We’re really excited to announce that the Foreword Festival has been nominated for the East Anglian Festival Network FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR AWARD! If you enjoyed our volunteer-run, week-long alternative literature festival, please consider giving us your vote! eafn.co.uk/2026/01/19/a...

It's TODAY! 10am-3pm, 17 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK

17 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair TOMORROW! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK

Find local author Muriel Driver at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair TOMORROW! Muriel is bringing her books for children and teenagers – and she's helping to run our fantastic FREE children's craft activities! ✏️ ✂️ 📚 🎄 johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Elisabeth Sherriff at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair TOMORROW! Elisabeth is bringing her brilliant children's stories and poems – and she's helping to run our fantastic FREE children's craft activities! ✏️ ✂️ 📚 🎄 johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

17 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK

Find local author MT McGuire at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! MT McGuire is bringing her comedic sci-fi and her eyebombing photo books, along with postcards and Christmas cards. Perfect gifts for the whole family! 🎄 🎁 johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Rebecca Fox at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Rebecca is bringing her YA fantasy books, 'Leaping Beauty' and 'Missing Midnight' – perfect for holiday reads and Christmas gifts. 🎄 🎁 See you there! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Julia Blake at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Julia is bringing fantasy, steampunk, sci-fi, short stories and poems, and her gripping romantic thriller series, 'The Blackwood Family Saga'. Christmas gifts for everyone! 🎁 johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Rachel Churcher at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Rachel is bringing her award-winning YA dystopian series, her LGBTQ+ novel 'Angels', two illustrated books for children, and an anthology of Doctor Who spin-off stories. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author and illustrator Rosie Andersen at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Rosie is bringing her gorgeous illustrated folk tales, suitable for all ages. Meet Rosie, and check out the books – they make amazing Christmas gifts. 🎄 johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author and Foreword Festival co-founder Jackie Carreira at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Jackie is bringing contemporary and historical novels, as well as plays, short stories, and fabulous bookish postcards. See you there! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Chris Foster Tolley, and his road-trip novel set in 1989, at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! If that sounds like your kind of book, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local Pushcart-nominated SFF poet AJ Deane at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! If that sounds like your kind of read, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #ChristmasShopping

Find local author Lynda Brignall at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Lynda is bringing her beautiful and informative children's books about hedgehogs: 'When I Come Out at Night' and 'When I Come Out in the Day', illustrated by Megan Last. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter

Find children's publisher Epic Tales at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Epic Tales aims to inspire #children to read for pleasure, and to boost their reading confidence. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent... #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #kidlit

Find local author Helen Fisher at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Helen is bringing her acclaimed novels 'Space Hopper' and 'Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life', as well as her brand-new novel, 'Once Upon a Winter's Wood'. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author Pauline Manders at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Pauline is bringing her fantastic Suffolk-based crime novels: The Utterly Crime Series, and the Hatter Street Private Investigation Agency Series. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local poet and author Christopher Cotton at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! If these look like your kind of books, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair! johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

Find local author A D Dumas at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! A D Dumas is bringing her brand-new #Romantasy series-starter 'Bound by Secrets', featuring a neurodivergent female main character, family secrets, and a marriage of convenience. johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...

15 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair on December 7th! #Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK

15 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair on December 7th!

Yesterday we thanked our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. Today, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our supporters and partner organisations! We could not have run the festival without you. #ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest

As we pay our final bills and tie up all the loose ends from this year's festival, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. We couldn't have done it all without you! #ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest

We're in the press again! Thank you to the Bury St Edmunds Flyer for this fantastic coverage of last month's Foreword Festival UK! e-magazine.flyeronline.co.uk/p/bury-st-ed... #booksky #alternativelitfest #stowmarket #suffolk