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Norwich Book Festival

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Fri 30 Oct

All day : The Forum

Norwich Book Festival Family Friendly School Holidays Festival

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Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

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The celebration of stories is back!

Norwich Book Festival returns 24-30 October 2026 with a celebration of stories for all kinds of readers!

We’re so excited to be back in October half-term bringing you brilliantly bookish talks, workshops, signings and interactive experiences across Norwich, City of Stories. Norwich Book Festival is a celebration of stories of all types, for readers of all types.

Discover award-winning writers, gripping storytelling, illuminating explorations of history and feats of imagination.

Two women dressed in post hats with rainbow background with the sign Dream World.
The Imaginarium
Author Ferdia Lennon talks to a crowd in a bookshop
Ferdia Lennon at Waterstones
A panel of speakers at the National Centre for Writing.
Subversive Women with Abie Dare, Helen Ivory and Naomi Wood
A mother and daughter smiling while in the Norwich Book Festival Imaginarium.
The Imaginarium
Author Joseph Coelho and illustrator Fiona Lumbers.
Luna Loves Library Day

Norwich Book Festival has been created by The Forum with key partners National Centre for Writing, Norfolk Libraries and University of East Anglia as well as booksellers including Waterstones, independents The Book Hive and Bookbugs & Dragon Tales, and with the support of Norwich School and Norwich BID amongst others.

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