June Literary Festivals

Please check all dates with official sites. Have we missed any events? Let us know via the Organisers page. Extinct festivals noted for the record.

FEATURED

HowTheLightGetsIn - Powys, Wales - Arts festival with comprehensive literary component - 26th May - 5th June 2016

RS Thomas Literary Festival - Aberderon, North Wales - 24 - 27 June 2016

Sidmouth Literary Festival - East Devon -Friday 10 and Saturday 11 June 2016

St Clementin Bilingual LitFest -24 - 26 June 2016

Winchester Writers’ Conference Festival and Book Fair -17 - 19 June, 2016

June 2016

Althorp Literary Festival - 30th June– Sunday 3rd July , 2016

Ayot Literary Festival - A momentary manifestation in 2012. Not heard of since.

Balham Literary Festival - 10 – 12 June 2016

BeaconLit - The Beacon Villages festival of books and writing -2nd July, 2016

Belfast Book Festival - 9-19 June 2016

Beyond the Border - Wales International Storytelling Festival - 1-3 July 2016

Books Unbound Festival - Hammersmith, London - 25th – 26th June, 2016

Borders Book Festival -16th – 19th of June, 2016

Bridlington Poetry Festival - 2016 TBA

Broadstairs Dickens Festival - Mid-June (Saturday 18th to Friday 24th June 2016)

Chalke Valley History Festival - June 27th- 3rd July, 2016

Charles Causley Festival -3rd-5th June, 2016

Chichester Fesitval - 18 June – 17 July, 2016

Clayesmore School Festival of Reading -2016 TBC. Think it may have been a one-off in 2014? Please advise if you know status.

Crossing the Tees: Middlesbrough and Stockton Book Festival (formerly Middlesbrough Literary Festival) -10 – 25 June, 2016

Dalkey Book Festival - June 16-19, 2016

Derby Book Festival -3rd-11th June, 2016

Dinefwr Literature Festival - LAST FESTIVAL HELD IN 2014 AND NO SIGN OF FURTHER LIFE. PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU KNOW STATUS

Dublin Writers Festival - Running from 21-29 May in 2016

Eastbourne Book Fest - Bieennial. Next event June 2017

Felixstowe Book Festival -25th & 27th June 2016

Finchley Literary Festival -Friday 24th-Sunday 26th June 2016.

Flamstead Book Festival - 20th and 21st of May 2016 (sometime held in June)

Hay Festival Kells -23-26 June, 2016

Hebden Bridge Festival -Friday 24th June until Sunday 3rd July, 2016

HowTheLightGetsIn - Powys, Wales - Arts festival with comprehensive literary component - 26th May - 5th June 2016

Howth Midsummer Literary Arts Festival, Ireland -June 10th to 12th, 2016.

Ilminister Literary Festival - Somerset. June 1st – 9th, 2016. Inaugural event.

Immrama Lismore Festival of Travel Writing -June 16- 19, 2016

Kibworth Book Festival - Rolling events through June - Leicestershire

Leicester Book Festival - Now renamed Kibworth Book Festival

Listowel Writers' Week, County Kerry - 1-5th June, 2016

London Short Story Festival -Taking a break in 2016

Manchester Childrens Book Festival - 24th June – 3rd July 2016

Northwich River Weaver Literary Festival - Any news of status anyone?

Prestwich Book Festival - No vital signs in 2016. News anyone?

Proms at St Jude's Music and Literary Festival (Hampstead, London)- 25 June - 3 July 2016

RS Thomas Literary Festival - Aberderon, North Wales - 24 - 27 June 2016

Sidmouth Literary Festival - East Devon -Friday 10 and Saturday 11 June 2016

St Clementin Bilingual LitFest -24 - 26 June 2016

Stoke Literary Festival - 9-11 June, 2016 .

Stoke Newington Literary Festival - June 3-5, 2016

Hay Festival -May 26- June 5, 2016

Tiverton Literary Festival -8-12th June, 2016

University of Warwick Book Festival - 2016 TBA

Wembley Wordfest - Seems like it might be dead Jim. Any news anyone?

Winchester Writers’ Conference Festival and Book Fair -17 - 19 June, 2016

Worcestershire Literary Festival - Could possibly have been rebirthed as the Worcestershire LitFest & Fringe? in which case it is on June 10th-19th, 2016

Worlds Literature Festival (Norwich Writers Centre) - Become a rolling series and possibly the City of literature Weekend Saturday 21 - Sunday 22, May, 2016.

World Literature Weekend (London Review of Books)- Now a rolling series throughout the year. Well, at least last time we had a look.