Photos from 2026 festival now on view!

Thank you to everyone who came to and took part in our 2026 festival!

More than 80 events across 10 days in various venues around Faversham

Our next festival will take place Feb 2027. Sign up to our newsletter for announcements about future events.

Faversham Literary Festival is an independent, not-for-profit annual event

Katy Hessel


 
Katy Hessel, host of podcast Great Women Artists, spoke to Sarah Shaffi about the experiences and wisdom she has gleaned from some of our greatest artists, gathered from interviews, personal conversations, books and talks, including Marina Abramović, Nan Goldin, Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin.
Jeanette Winterson
image © Phil Weedon

Robert Macfarlane


 
Bestselling nature writer Robert Macfarlane took us on a deeply personal, political and provocative journey, inviting us to radically reimagine both rivers and life itself.
 

 
Katherine Carter
image © Phil Weedon
Simon Armitage
image © Frankie Julian
Root Veg Heroes
image Susan Tingle
Paul Vallely and Bob Geldof
image © Frankie Julian

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