Lavenham Literary Festival
Celebrating The Joy of Reading
We were delighted to welcome so many of you to the Eighth Lavenham Literary Festival. Taking place in the beautiful medieval village of Lavenham in Suffolk, we had an exciting programme to suit all literary tastes, from author presentations and interviews to creative writing and poetry workshops. These included both distinguished and debut authors from theatre and politics to literary fiction, poetry and prose.
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We were delighted to see such a large percentage of first-time attendees, some of whom travelled from Birmingham, London, Berkshire, Yorkshire and even the USA​.
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Our next festival dinner will take place in November 2025. Details will be released in the New Year.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Ninth Lavenham Literary Festival in 2026!
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Image left to right: Tracy Borman, Bill Alexander, Janet Ellis, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Annie Gray, Martha Kearney, Sheila Hancock
The Abbeygate Cinema in Bury St. Edmunds joined forces with the LLF to feature one of our star speakers over the Festival. On Sunday 3rd November, Louis de Bernières introduced "Captain Corelli’s Mandolin" at the Abbeygate after appearing at the LLF.
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It was a sold out affair for this popular author and we hope to be able to offer more of these types of event in the future.
'This is my favourite festival! I relished the chance to return to beautiful Lavenham, and this year's festival was even better than ever (if that's possible).' - Tracy Borman
'I had the best time and would be honoured to be invited again!' - Ashely Hickson-Lovence
'Tom Henry's workshop was a great inspirational day.'
'Janet Suzman, Bill Alexander, Paul Venables were great - it was like ear-wigging a delicious private conversation'
'Great festival - packs a big punch!'
'All sessions thought-provoking'
'A plethora of smiling volunteers'
'The event with Sheila Hancock was the best I've attended at any festival'
