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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1pm - 2pmBear and Bird: Jarvis
Explore the world of Bear and Bird with Jarvis. Cosy, funny and with heaps of heart, this is the story of friendship from the creator of Alan’s Big Scary Teeth and The Boy with Flowers in his Hair.
Under £10Children's EventFiction -
3pm - 4pmThe Frozen King: Pari Thomson
Pari returns readers to the enchanting world of her Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning Greenwild series in this thrilling stand-alone adventure, set ten years later.
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7pm - 8pmSleepers in the Snow: An evening with Joanne Harris
Sleepers in the Snow is an astonishing, original and powerful novel of love, loss, mystery and dementia, from bestseller Joanne Harris.
Fantasy & HorrorFiction -
7pm - 8pmJames Mayhew: A Celebration of Childhood Reading
A captivating conversation and an awe-inspiring 'llustrated concert' with writer and illustrator James Mayhew — celebrating the life-changing importance of childhood reading.
Children's EventFictionIllustrationLocal stories -
7pm - 8pmJM Dalgliesh: Hidden Norfolk
The bestselling Hidden Norfolk crime series follows DI Tom Janssen and his team in the isolated Norfolk coast.
CrimeFictionLocal storiesUnder £10 -
7pm - 8pmRock Goes To College: Paul Sexton
The hectic, hugely entertaining, and definitive story of the wonderful & amateurish British university gig scene that launched the career of some of the world’s most famous bands.
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7.30pm - 9pmLive Podcast recording: Norfolk Folklore Society
Join the Norfolk Folklore Society inside the Octagon Chapel for a live podcast recording exploring the ghosts, folklore and strange encounters hidden within the nearby streets.
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11am - 12noonThe wonderful world of Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson is back for Norwich Book Festival! Don't miss your chance to see this bestselling author, former Children's Laureate, and icon of children's literature.
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6.30pm - 7.30pmHag: Modern folklore and fables
Discover the dark feminist fables of Hag, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing.
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7pm - 8pmHarriet Tyce and Sophie Hannah: Traitors, Twists and Turns
Discover tales of shock and deceit with bestselling authors of psychological thrillers, Sophie Hannah and Traitors contestant Harriet Tyce.
CrimeFiction