Plan Your Visit

Norwich Book Festival is back 24-31 October 2025, with events for every kind of reader with brilliant authors talks, storytelling events and much more!

Booking tickets

Many events at Norwich Book Festival are free, and The Forum and our partners have kept prices to paid-for events as low as possible.

Norwich Book Festival event tickets can only be booked online via our website. Some bookings are made via our booking system Ticketsolve, and other events may be booked directly through our partner venues. We are not able to take bookings over the phone or in person.

Refunds are not offered for paid-for events, unless an event is cancelled or postponed.

Occasionally, events may be cancelled at short notice due to circumstances beyond the organisers’ control. In the event of cancellation of pre-book events, every endeavor will be made to contact ticket holders and refunds will be offered. We regret that we may not be able to offer an alternative for cancelled events. Please check the website for up-to-date event information.

Accessibility

You will find specific venue accessibility details on each event page. For events at The Forum, you can view our accessibility page which has information about all our spaces and facilities.

If you have access requirements and need someone to accompany you to make your visit to a Norwich Book Festival event easier and more comfortable, an Essential Companion ticket can be booked for our paid-for events. If you are booking tickets directly with Norwich Book Festival, our booking platform Ticketsolve will prompt you to enter any accessibility requirements during the checkout process.

You can also contact a member of the team to discuss access requirements at [email protected].

For events where tickets are purchased direct with the venue, e.g. Bookbugs and Dragon Tales, please check their website for details on how to book Essential Companion tickets.

Photography

Photography / filming will take place during many of the Festival events – please notify a Festival team member or the photographer if you do not wish to be included. We will ask those who are clearly identifiable in photographs, or their guardians, to complete a consent form.

Public Transport

The following links may be useful when planning your journey to Norwich by public transport.

Travel Norfolk | Beryl Bikes | First Buses | National Express | National Rail Enquiries | Greater Anglia | Norwich Park & Ride | The Trainline

Parking

The Forum Car Park is perfect for visits to the Norwich Book Festival Imaginarium, which takes place in The Forum’s Atrium. Parking at The Forum helps support our year-round programme of free events – including Norwich Science Festival.