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.
Charlie Higson and Jim Moir
image © Phil Weedon

Mark Kermode & Gavin Esler


 
The UK's favourite film critic Mark Kermode joined Gavin Esler at FLF 2026
 

 
Katherine Carter
image © Phil Weedon
Simon Armitage
image © Phil Weedon
Siân Pattenden and Jenny Eclair
image © Phil Weedon
Ian McEwan
image © Phil Weedon

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