What's on
Author events, talks, readings, interactive experiences: bookish fun for everyone 24-30 October 2026!
Featured events
Have I Said Too Much: Iain Dale
7.30pm - 8.30pm : Octagon Chapel
Festival opening event: Adele Parks
11am - 12noon : The Auditorium
Frequently Happy: David Larbi
3pm - 4pm : The Auditorium
Fact vs Fiction: Louise Doughty & Jill Dawson
6.30pm - 7.30pm : The Enterprise Centre UEA
Greg Jenner & Rikin Parekh: Roman Britain Gets Totally Chaotic!
11am - 12.15pm : St Peter Mancroft
Draw with Rob
11am - 12noon : Norwich Theatre Playhouse
The Make-Believe: Hannah Murray
7.30pm - 8.30pm : Octagon Chapel
I Shop, Therefore I Am: Mary Portas
6pm - 7pm : Jarrolds
Rock Goes To College: Paul Sexton
7pm - 8pm : The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
The wonderful world of Jacqueline Wilson
11am - 12noon : Norwich Theatre Playhouse
Harriet Tyce and Sophie Hannah: Traitors, Twists and Turns
7pm - 8pm : Octagon Chapel
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Sat 21 Nov10am - 5pmJohn Berger: 1926-2017
‘A LIFE OF DRAWING’ - A Centenary Celebration
Non-fictionFree -
9am - 5pmNorwich Independent Book & Zine Fair
Come along for a browse and find your favourite new author!
Free -
11am - 12noonFestival opening event: Adele Parks
Author of 25 bestselling novels translated into 31 languages, and a long-standing ambassador for the National Literacy Trust, Adele Parks MBE opens Norwich Book Festival 2026.
CrimeFiction -
11.30am - 4pmHuman Library
Have comfortable conversations about uncomfortable subjects with the Human Library.
FreeInteractiveHow we live now -
1pm - 4.30pmNorwich Bookshop Crawl
Take a tour of our best bookshops with Bookshop Crawl UK! Spend the afternoon chatting books, swapping recommendations, and exploring the wonderful bookshops of the City of Stories.
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1pm - 2pmThe Cate Austin Casefiles: Ruth Dugdall
Crime fiction fans won't want to miss this fascinating event with Suffolk-based author Ruth Dugdall, whose acclaimed Cate Austin series has recently been reissued for a new generation of readers.
CrimeLocal storiesUnder £10Fiction -
3pm - 4pmFrequently Happy: David Larbi
An afternoon with TikTok poetry sensation and perennial optimist David Larbi.
Politics & PeopleUnder £10Non-fictionPoetryHow we live now -
3pm - 4pmJohn Berger From Life: Tom Overton
An illuminating new life of the peerless thinker, artist and author of Ways of Seeing.
Non-fiction -
5pm - 6pmMillie Gooch: Hangxiety
How alcohol messes with your mind.
Popular ScienceUnder £10Non-fictionHow we live now -
6.30pm - 8pm
‘Do you know what I watch?’
Animal traces in John Berger’s work with Yves Berger and Katya Berger Andreadakis.
Politics & PeopleNon-fiction
