Upcoming Literary Festivals in Suffolk

Here is a list of festivals happening in Suffolk for the remaining months of 2025, which are either solely devoted to literature, or which have literary events attached to them. 

Latitude: 24^th - 27^th July  https://www.latitudefestival.com/

Black Shuck Festival: Friday 1st – Sunday 3^rd August https://blackshuckfestival.com/

Foreword Festival 2025: 9^th - 16^th August at Stowmarket Suffolk

https://forewordfestival.uk/foreword-festival-2025-programme/

Folk East: Friday 15^th – Sunday 17^th August https://folkeast.co.uk/

Ipswich Book Festival: 3^rd - 5^th October https://www.ipswichbookfestival.com/

Bury St Edmunds Literary Festival: Sunday 5^th - Sunday 12 October https://www.burylitfest.co.uk/

Lavenham Literary Festival 2025: Our next festival dinner will take place in November 2025. Details will be released in the New Year. https://www.lavenhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival: Early November (Estimate) www.poetryinaldeburgh.org 

If you know of any other literary festivals happening in Suffolk in 2025 please email info@suffolkbookleague.org