Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival

Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival Celebrating Books & Writing in the Heart of East Anglia
8th-11th October 2026
Full programme and tickets available next month! Literature Festival

05/06/2026

📚 As a subscriber, you get priority booking access and our SUPER EARLY BIRD 15% discount — our biggest discount* of the year. But be quick: it ends on Friday 3 July.

Better still, this subscriber-only offer stacks with our multi-buy discounts, and both are applied automatically at checkout. The more tickets you book, the more you save. Bring a friend, gather your book club, or plan a festival-filled day out together.

This year's festival embraces the National Year of Reading's call to Go All In — celebrating not only reading and writing, but also community, food, nature, local stories and so much more.

Take a look through the Box Office, browse by genre or subject, explore each day's programme, and start building your perfect festival itinerary.

We'll be sharing more exciting news next month, including our programme of complimentary film screenings with Abbeygate Cinema and details of other special events. For now, pour yourself a cup of tea (or a glass of something chilled), explore the programme, and secure your tickets before general booking opens on 3 July.

Go check out your inboxes and Happy reading until next time!

📚 TOMORROW’S THE DAY!Subscriber priority booking for Bury Lit Fest 2026 opens tomorrow.Don’t miss your chance to secure ...
04/06/2026

📚 TOMORROW’S THE DAY!

Subscriber priority booking for Bury Lit Fest 2026 opens tomorrow.

Don’t miss your chance to secure tickets before general sale opens on 3 July.

✨ Priority booking
✨ Early-bird discounts
✨ First access to the full programme

📖 Subscribe today. Book tomorrow. Read all about it.

📚 Only 2 days to go!In just two days, Bury Lit Fest newsletter subscribers will get priority access to book tickets for ...
03/06/2026

📚 Only 2 days to go!

In just two days, Bury Lit Fest newsletter subscribers will get priority access to book tickets for Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival 2026.

Want to be among the first to secure your place for your favourite author event, poetry workshop, writing workshop or literary walk?

✨ Priority booking from 5 June
✨ Exclusive early-bird ticket discounts
✨ First access to our full 2026 programme

Since 2017, Bury Lit Fest has brought readers, writers and book lovers together in the heart of East Anglia. This year promises to be our biggest festival yet.

General ticket sales don’t open until 3 July—and the most popular events are likely to sell fast.

📖 Subscribe to our newsletter today and be first in line.

02/06/2026

This Pride Month, we celebrate LGBTQ+ voices, stories, and lives.

Pride is a celebration of authenticity, community, and the simple truth that everyone deserves to love and be loved without fear, shame, or compromise.
We honour those who have helped create a more inclusive world, and we remain committed to a future where every person can live openly, safely, and with pride.

At Bury Lit Fest 📚, we celebrate LGBTQ+ voices not only during Pride Month, but all year round, as we continue building a programme where everyone can belong, thrive, and be themselves.

This year’s festival brings a rich mix of stories, genres, and authors, including six events featuring LGBTQ+ writers and stories alongside a vibrant programme for all ages.

We’re especially excited to launch the festival later this month with bestselling author , who will be discussing his new novel LOVE LANE with our brilliant a Artistic Director — a moving story of family, secrets, and the meaning of home.

Full line-up coming soon ✨

Half term = more time for stories 📚✨What are the young people in your family reading at the moment?We’re super excited t...
26/05/2026

Half term = more time for stories 📚✨

What are the young people in your family reading at the moment?

We’re super excited to share that we have a fantastic preschool, children’s and young adult programme lined up for this year’s Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival this October.

More details coming soon… 👀

Sunshine, long weekends, and finally time to read ☀️📚We want to know — what’s on your Bank Holiday reading list?Drop you...
24/05/2026

Sunshine, long weekends, and finally time to read ☀️📚

We want to know — what’s on your Bank Holiday reading list?

Drop your recommendations in the comments 👇

And keep your eyes peeled… our upcoming programme will be announced soon, with tickets on sale this June 🎟️✨

Edmund Penman has a writing challenge for all 5–17 year olds in Bury St Edmunds…Ever loved a book so much you wished it ...
15/05/2026

Edmund Penman has a writing challenge for all 5–17 year olds in Bury St Edmunds…

Ever loved a book so much you wished it never ended?
What if the story carried on—what happens next? 👀✍️

Enter the Children & Young People’s Creative Writing Competition and bring your ideas to life!

📝 Write a story or poem (up to 800 words + 4 pictures)

📚ENTER BY 26 JULY!!

🎉 You could WIN:

📚 100+ books for your school
📰 See your work published in the Bury Free Press
🎟️ Up to £50 in books & tickets to see authors at the Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival
⭐ An Edward Penman badge
👨‍👩‍👧 Ticket discounts for your grown-ups

🏫 Entering as a school? Resources available online

https://www.burylitfest.co.uk/childrens-creative-writing-competition-26

We’ve had an incredible response to our June launch event — and we’re officially SOLD OUT! 🎉But don’t despair… we’ve got...
15/05/2026

We’ve had an incredible response to our June launch event — and we’re officially SOLD OUT! 🎉

But don’t despair… we’ve got an absolutely stellar programme lined up for this year’s lit fest, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

All will be revealed next month 👀✨

We delighted to share that the brilliant will be curating the programme of food events for Bury St Edmunds Literature F...
16/02/2026

We delighted to share that the brilliant will be curating the programme of food events for Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival 2026.

If you follow Nicola on social media, read her in the press or listen to her on the radio, you'll know that her passion for sharing good food and the people behind it knows know bounds. Nic was a member of the original founding committee for Bury Lit Fest, so we are over the moon to have her working with the Festival once more. We cannot wait to share what she's got in store for you!

Read more: https://www.burylitfest.co.uk/post/nicola-miller-to-be-food-programme-curator-for-blf-2026

Are there any food writers, cuisines or chef's that you'd like to see as part of the BLF2026 line-up? Let us know in the comments below! 🍜🍝🌮🍛🌯🍚🍢🍡🌭🍨

If you subscribe to our monthly newsletter, you'll have already seen the news: Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival has a...
09/02/2026

If you subscribe to our monthly newsletter, you'll have already seen the news: Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival has appointed its first Artistic Director.

Having worked with the festival for the past three years, local author, Kate Sawyer , has been appointed by the trustees to lead the artistic direction of this year's festival as part of our bid to GO ALL IN in supporting 's National Year of Reading 2026. Read more about Kate's appointment on our blog: https://www.burylitfest.co.uk/news

As we look towards the Festival's 10th anniversary, there will be some further organisational improvements and opportunities being announced soon. To be the first to find out, be sure to sign-up to our newsletter: https://burystedmundsliteraturefestival.eo.page/8ssx2

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