🎥✨ A little flavour of what’s to come over the next few days…
The countdown is on! 🕰️
Get ready for another unforgettable #iwlitfest — where stories leap off the page, ideas spark, & inspiration fills every corner of Northwood House 📚💭
www.iwlitfest.com
www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/jamescrossland
Looking forward to talking about Robert Bruce Lockahrt's plots, misteps and legacy @iowlf.bsky.social this Friday!
🗃📚 #booksky #books
Tickets 🔽🔽
✨ Just over ONE DAY to go until the 2025 Isle of Wight Literary Festival! 8 - 12 October !✨
An incredible line-up of speakers, inspiring talks, and special events awaits. 📚
🎟 Tickets available from www.iwlitfest.com or in person on the day from our box office at Northwood House
🗞️ From paper to pullover! 🧶
“Wroxall Woolies” have turned the winning @iwcponline design into a jumper for @GylesB1, celebrating his new book “Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear”. 🐻📖
Unveiled for #iwlitfest — a perfect blend of stories, stitches & island spirit.
Thank you ladies!
🎨✨ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | ANNABEL FAIRFAX
Celebrated painter & author of “Delightful, Enchanting”, Annabel Fairfax joins #IWLitFest for an evening of colour, creativity & inspiration. 🌸📖
🗓 Sat 11 Oct | 6PM
📍 Royal Yacht Squadron
🎟️ TICKETS 👉 www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/annabelfairfax
📚✨ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | VASEEM KHAN
Bestselling crime writer Vaseem Khan brings Bond’s Q, gripping mysteries, and a puzzle challenge (with a prize!) to #IWLitFest 🕵️♂️🔍
🗓 Sunday 12 Oct | 3PM
📍 Northwood House, Cowes
🎟 TICKETS 👉 www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
#iwlitfest #literaryfestival
ONE WEEK TO GO!
We are so excited about our 2025 line up!
✨Just seven days left to grab your tickets for the 14th Isle of Wight Literary Festival!
Don’t miss captivating talks, brilliant authors & a weekend full of inspiration. 📚🎤
🎟️ Tickets 👉 iwlitfest.com
✨ The countdown is ON! ✨
The Isle of Wight Literary Festival returns NEXT WEEK — 8–12 October 2025 with an incredible lineup of writers, thinkers, and performers ready to inspire, entertain, and spark conversation. 📚🎤
🎟️ Tickets 👉 www.iwlitfest.com
🌟 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT 🌟
We’re excited to welcome Norman Baker — former Lib Dem MP, fearless interrogator, royal exposer & singer-songwriter — to #IsleOfWightLitFest!
🗓 Sat 11 Oct | 3PM
📍 Northwood House, Cowes
🎟 Tickets: www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/normanbaker
📚🎶 Isle of Wight’s Paul Armfield returns home!
Fresh from a UK/European tour, he brings “Songs for Bibliophiles” — a magical mix of music & literature. Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
📚 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan
Award-winning neurologist & author of It’s All in Your Head, The Sleeping Beauties & new book The Age of Diagnosis.
📅 Sat 11 Oct | 3PM
📍 Northwood House
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
#IWLitFest
@gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social
🍷🔪 RED WINE & BLOODY MURDER!
Join @drangelabuckley.bsky.social + crime stars Graham Bartlett, Martin Edwards & Vaseem Khan for a killer debate on crime writing.
📅 Sun 12 Oct | 4.30pm
📍 Northwood House
🎟️ Book: www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
#IWLitFest #CrimeFiction
📚 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | MAGNUS WHEATLEY
⛵ From Cowes Week to the America’s Cup!
Sat 11 Oct | 12pm | Northwood House
Hear untold stories of the 1851 race, royal intrigue & sailing’s most famous phrase.
🎟️ www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/magnuswheatley
📣 Few spaces left!
WALKING THE EDGE | WRITING THE ISLAND ✍️🌊
📅 Fri 10 Oct, 10.30–12.30
📍 Isle of Wight Lit Fest, Northwood House
Creative writing workshop on walking, memory & place. No experience needed!
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
📣 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | LAURA MAY 🪄🍰
From her narrowboat kitchen, Laura May blends folklore, witchcraft & seasonal cooking to turn meals into magic ✨.
📅 Sat 11 Oct | 4:30PM
📍 LitFeast Marquee, Northwood House
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
Kindly sponsored by HTP Apprenticeship College
✨ SPECIAL EVENT | WHY WE STILL LOVE JANE ✨
Jane Austen turns 250! 🎉
Join Allison Pearson, Amanda Craig & Ysenda Maxtone Graham as they explore her enduring magic & debate the best Austen novel 📚💡
📅 10 Oct | 1:40PM
📍 Northwood House, Cowes
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
📚 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | GRAHAM BARTLETT
🚨 An ex–Chief Superintendent turned bestselling crime author, Graham is also the go-to police advisor for 200+ writers incl. Peter James, Horowitz & the BBC.
📅 SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER | 12.00PM
📍 Northwood House
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
📚 WRITE ON WIGHT returns to #IWLitFest! ✨
Celebrating Island voices with readings, performances & panels.
📅 Fri 10 Oct 2025
🎟️ FREE tickets 👉 www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/write-on-wig...
#WriteOnWight #IsleOfWightWriters
Former diplomat & espionage expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey reveals the untold story of MI6’s top spy inside Nazi Germany in “The Spy and the Devil”—a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal & WWII secrets.
📅 Fri 10 Oct | 1:40PM
📍 Northwood House
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
✨ FIZZ QUIZ @ Island Sailing Club ✨
📅 Thu 9 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 7:30PM
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
Test your lit & general knowledge at our most popular quiz night! 🏆 Prizes incl. fizz + Festival Bookshop discounts. Teams up to 6.
#FizzQuiz #IWLitFest
Iconic British designer & entrepreneur Cath Kidston joins #IWLitFest!
She has published several best-selling books, her most recent being “A Place Called Called Home”.
📅 FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER | 11.00AM
📍 Northwood House
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
✨Music & Literary Heaven returns to #IWLitFest 2025! 🎭🎶
🌟 With Rula Lenska, poet Jeremy Robson & jazz legend Norma Winstone MBE + top UK musicians.
📅 Sun 12 Oct, 6:30pm | Northwood House
🎟 www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
🌟 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT | FRANCIS BENALI MBE 🌟
Saints legend ➡️ endurance hero, raising £1.4m for Cancer Research UK. Hear his inspiring story “Football Man to Iron Fran” at #IWLitFest.
🗓 Sun 12 Oct, 12pm | Northwood House
🎟 Tickets: bit.ly/4joGRMC
The countdown is ON! ✨
The Isle of Wight Literary Festival returns 8–12 Oct 2025 📚
✍️ 🎤 With writers & speakers to inspire, entertain & spark conversation.
🎟️ Tickets: www.iwlitfest.com
#IWLitFest #IWLF2025 #IsleOfWight #BookLovers
Our full 2025 line up!
🎟️ iwlitfest.com
#isleofwightliteraryfestival #isleofwight #visitisleofwight #literaryfestival #ilovecowes #iowlf #iwlitfest #booklover
Lady Glenconner — Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret & bestselling author — joins the Isle of Wight Literary Festival to share royal memories & her book “Picnic Papers”. 🍾📚🌿
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
📅 Here’s the Isle of Wight Literary Festival 2025 SCHEDULE!
www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/_files/ugd/b...
With so many incredible authors and speakers joining us for our 14th year, there’s something for every bibliophile - imagination, stories, big ideas & more. ✨📚
🎟️ www.iwlitfest.com
@visitisleofwight.bsky.social @redfunnelferry.bsky.social
✨ Paul Armfield — Songs for Bibliophiles ✨
Beloved IOW singer-songwriter & bookseller returns with “Between the Covers – 9 Songs for Bibliophiles”: warm baritone, haunting guitar & lyrical wit inspired by books.
📍 Sat 11 Oct | 🕗 7.30PM
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wigh...
