October Literary Festivals -

Appledore (continues) Sept 23rd – Oct 2nd 2016

ArchWay With Words Book Festival, London - 13th - 23rd October 2016

Athlone Literary Festival - LAST SIGHTING 2014. News anyone? Contact us please ED

Banbury Literary Live - 2016 TBC

Bath Festival of Children’s Literature (continues) -30th September – 9th October 2016

Berwick Literary Festival -Berwick Literary Festival 21-23 Oct 2016

Beverley Literature Festival - 5 - 21 October, 2016

Blairgowrie, Rattray & The Glens Book Festival -7th -9th October 2016

Black Hut Festival of Writing, Music & Film- Hastings, East Sussex - 2016 TBC

Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature Film and Music - October 13-16th, 2016

Birmingham Literature Festival -6 – 15 October, 2016

Borderlines Carlisle Book Festival 7th - 9th October, 2016

Bournemouth Literary Festival - what on earth is going on in Bournemouth? News anyone? Contact us please

Brighton and Hove City Reads - TBC in 2016

Bristol Festival of Literature - October 21 – 29th, 2016

Burnham Market Book Festival - Looks like a one-offer in 2013 ed. News anyone? Contact us please

Canterbury Festival - October 15 - November 5th, , 2016

Charmouth Literary Festival - October 2016

Cheltenham Literature Festival - 7-16 October 2016

Chester Literature Festival -2016 TBA

Crystal Palace Children's Book Festival (One off in 2012 )

Cuisle Limerick City International Poetry Festival - Information anyone? Contact us please.

Dalkey Creates - (Republic of Ireland) - 2016 TBC

Dorchester Literary Festival - 19th -23rd October, 2016

Dromineer Literary Festival -2016 TBC -News anyone? Contact us please

Dundee Literary Festival -19th-23rd October 2016

Durham Book Festival - 7- 16 October 2016

Dylan Thomas Festival - 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Essex Poetry Festival - Rollling series through September/October

Everybody’s Reading - Leicester - 1st October – 9th October, 2016

Exeter Poetry Festival - 2016 TBA

Festilitt - Parisot Literary Festival (France) - 21, 22 & 23 October 2016

FlipSide Festival - 2016 TBA -

Frinton Literary Festival -Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th October 2016

Gibraltar International Literary Festival -The next festival will be held between 20th-23rd October, 2016

Guildford Book Festival - 22 September - 25 September 2016. Runs into October some years.

Havant Literary Festival - Website has vanished as of May 2016. News anyone? Contact us please

Henley Literary Festival - 26th September -2nd October, 2016

Hillingdon Festival of History and Literature

Hillingdon Literary Festival -7-9 October 2016

Ilkley Literarture Festival - 30th September- October 16, 2016

Islay Book Festival - Traditionally the first weekend in October 2016 TBC News anyone? Contact us please

Isle of Lismore Book Week -2016 TBC - last event was held in 2014.

Jersey Festival of Words - Wednesday September 28th and Sunday October 2nd, 2016

Isle of Wight Literary Festival - Generally October. 2016 TBC

Kilburn Literary Festival - Generally end October -begining November. 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

King's Lynn Poetry Festival -September 30th -2nd October, 2016

Knutsford Literary Festival - Generally early to mid-October. 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Lincoln Book Festival -Tuesday 27th September – Sunday 2nd October 2016

lichfield literature - October 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Literary Footprints - London - October 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Literary Kitchen Festival - Peckham, London - October 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Literary Dundee - Dundee Literary Festival 19th-23rd October 2016

Liverpool Literary Festival - Merseyside, North- West England - 2016 28th-30th October

London Welsh Literature Festival Generally October. 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Lowestoft Library Literary Festival (September some years) - 2016 - Saturday 1st October

Marlborough Literature Festival -30 September – 2 October 2016

Manchester Literary Festival -7th- 23rd October, 2016

Manx Litfest - Tuesday, September 27 until Sunday, October 2, 2016

Mere Literary Festival -2016 marks the 20th running of the Mere Literary Festival 10th-16th October.

Morley Arts Festival (formerly Morely Literature Festival) - September 23rd -October 9th, 2016

New Lanark Book Festival - 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

New Writers UK -Saturday, 1st October, 2016 10.00am - 4.30pm

North Cornwall Book Festival - October 20-23, 2016

Off the Shelf Festival of Words

Penarth Book Festival - 2016 TBC

Plymouth International Book Festival -Generally October. 2016 TBC

Poole Literary Festival - Seems have been a one-off affair in 2010. News anyone? Contact us please

Revolving Words - the Festival of Railway Literature - Never quite made it to the staion in the first-place in 2015! Shame

Rochester Literature Festival - Generally October - 2016 TBC. News anyone? Contact us please

Ryedale Book Festival - 7th-10th 0ctober, 2016

Scottish International Storytelling Festival -Friday 23 - Sunday 30 October, 2016

Sentinel Literature Festival - Took place in 2009 and 2011. Tis' no more it seems. News anyone? Contact us please

Sevenoaks Literary Celebration -23rd September – 7th October, 2016

Sherborne Literary Festival -Wednesday 12 October to Sunday 16 October, 2016

Shoreham Wordfest -Generally end of September - October. 2016 TBC

SO: To Speak - Southhampton's Festival of Words - 2016 TBC

South Asian Literature Festival (SALF) -NO sign of life in 2015 OR 2016. News anyone?

Suffolk Libraries Bookfest -21-30 October 2016

Thame Arts & Literature festival -12th to 16th October 2016

Times Literature Cheltenham Festival - 7-16 October 2016

Wakefield Lit Fest - 23 September - 2 October, 2016

Wantage (not just) Betjeman Literary Festival -Saturday 22 October – Sunday 30 October 2016

Warwick Words History Festival. 3 to 9 October, 2016 (formerly Warwick Words)

Wellington Literary Festival - Incorporated ino the Wellington Festival which runs October 7th - 20th in 2016

Wells Festival of Literature - 14th-22nd October, 2016

Wessex Children’s Book Festival -Seems that 2013 was the swansong affair. News anyone?

Wigtown Book Festival -23 Sept - 2 Oct - Wigtown Book Festival, 2016

Wimbledon Book Festival -30 September to 9 October 2016

Winchester Poetry Festival - Next festival Friday 7 - Sunday 9 October 2016

Wirral Bookfest - Rolling series through October

Wiv Words - Wivenhoe -One-off in 2013 it seems? News anyone?

Wolds Word (Louth, Alford and Lincolnshire Wolds) -1st to 31st October 2016

Word Up, London - A oncler in 2012.

Words in Walden - Saffron Walden, Essex Rolling Series (previously Saffron Walden Literary Festival )

Words over Waltham Forest -Looks like a oncler in 2013. ed. News anyone?