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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7.30pm - 8.30pm
Louise O'Neill: A Bigger Life
Dating, desire and the radical act of wanting more.
Politics & PeopleNon-fiction -
10am - 4pmNorwich PBFA Book Fair
Browse and buy a wide selection of secondhand, antiquarian and collectible books, prints and manuscripts offered by professional booksellers from around the country.
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10.30am - 2pmBookbugs Day
Come along to Bookbugs and Dragon Tales for a day of fun workshops and stories!
Children's EventIllustrationInteractiveFiction -
12.15pm - 1.15pmPicture Books for Lunch Pop Up Session
A meet up for adults who love picture books.
InteractiveIllustrationFree -
6pm - 7pmWhat the Wild Does to Us: Nick Acheson and Harriet Meads in conversation
In this far-reaching, light-hearted conversation, SWLA President Harriet Mead and Nick Acheson explore nature restoration in Norfolk, what wild habitats do to us as human beings, and why we have always needed to capture the living world in art, in words and in song.
Popular ScienceNon-fiction -
7pm - 8pmThe Salt King: Natasha Pulley
The Salt King is a gorgeous and creepy fusion of folk horror with biblical lore from the genre-disrupting author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Mars House.
Fantasy & HorrorUnder £10FictionFolklore, myths and magic -
7.30pm - 8.30pmAutumn: An Evening with Kate Mosse
A love letter to crisp mornings and orange leaves with award-winning novelist and founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction Kate Mosse.
Non-fictionPolitics & PeopleNature
