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

Nydia Hetherington


 
Faversham author Nydia Hetherington's new novel reimagines the life of the powerful witch Sycorax before her banishment to the island in William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Ian Leslie
image © Phil Weedon

Jon King, Gang of Four


 
Post-punk band Gang of Four's Jon King spoke about how music took him from a south London slum and impoverished working-class background to international success in the legendary band, which performed its final tour in 2025.
 

 
Andy Capon
image © Phil Weedon
Charlie Higson and Jim Moir
image © Phil Weedon
Adam Weymouth
image © Phil Weedon
Ali Smith
image © Phil Weedon

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