Tickets are on sale NOW for our fantastic Sunday night headline author, Ashley Hickson-Lovence in conversation with Jackie Carreira – 21st June, 7pm at the Bank Arts Centre in Eye, Suffolk. Tickets are a BARGAIN at £10: www.thebankeye.org/store/p103/f...
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Don't miss this year's Foreword Festival in Eye, Suffolk – 19-21 June. Three days filled with book fairs, author talks, performance poetry, workshops, storytelling for kids and grown-ups, and CAKE, all sponsored by Mid Suffolk District Council.
www.forewordfestival.uk
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Don't miss this year's Foreword Festival in Eye, Suffolk – 19-21 June. Three days filled with book fairs, author talks, performance poetry, workshops, storytelling for kids and grown-ups, and CAKE, all sponsored by Mid Suffolk District Council.
www.forewordfestival.uk
#Booksky #ForewordFestival
The Foreword Festival logo on a white background, with sponsors' logos underneath: Gipping Press, Keep Governance and Safeguarding, The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, The Regal Cinema, Suffolk Community Libraries (especially Stowmarket Library), the Food Museum, Roughacre Brewery, Stowmarket Town Council, Fox Yard Studio. Text: A huge thank you to our amazing supporters and partners!
Yesterday we thanked our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. Today, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social
team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our supporters and partner organisations! We could not have run the festival without you.
#ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest
The Foreword Festival logo on a white background, with sponsors' logos underneath: Gipping Press, Keep Governance and Safeguarding, The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, The Regal Cinema, Suffolk Community Libraries (especially Stowmarket Library), the Food Museum, Roughacre Brewery, Stowmarket Town Council, Fox Yard Studio. Text: A huge thank you to our amazing supporters and partners!
Yesterday we thanked our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. Today, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social
team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our supporters and partner organisations! We could not have run the festival without you.
#ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest
The Foreword Festival logo on a white background, with sponsors' logos underneath: Softwood Books, Mid Suffolk District Council, The Friends of Stowmarket Library, Gudgeons Prentice Solicitors, Taller Books, QuirkHouse Theatre Company, East of England Co-op. Text: A huge thank you to our brilliant sponsors!
As we pay our final bills and tie up all the loose ends from this year's festival, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. We couldn't have done it all without you!
#ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest
The Foreword Festival logo on a white background, with sponsors' logos underneath: Softwood Books, Mid Suffolk District Council, The Friends of Stowmarket Library, Gudgeons Prentice Solicitors, Taller Books, QuirkHouse Theatre Company, East of England Co-op. Text: A huge thank you to our brilliant sponsors!
As we pay our final bills and tie up all the loose ends from this year's festival, the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social team is sending a huge THANK YOU to our brilliant sponsors for their generous support. We couldn't have done it all without you!
#ForewordFestival #Booksky #AlternativeLitFest
Larry Lamb, Camilla Barnes, Paul Bryars talking on stage
Storytellers about to set off on the story trail
Jenni Keer, Heidi Swain, Clare Marchant and Rachel Hore in the 1939 café at the Regal
What an opening weekend we had!
Here's to the next five days!
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What's on at the Foreword Festival TODAY, Monday 11th August?
Our art exhibition! (Actually, it's on all week, 9th-16th August at Fox Yard Studio in Stowmarket).
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Do you know a local legend ??
Will be taking notes to create a new local based tale when I’m in #Stowmarket on Saturday 16th selling books and comics at the funky #ForewordFestival @rachelchurcher.bsky.social
Find out more: forewordfestival.uk
The Foreword Festival kicks off TODAY!
What's on today, Saturday 9th August?
A FREE book fair, FREE storytelling trail for Grown-ups, and expert publishing workshops from Softwood Books!
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#booksky #ForewordFestival
It's going to be a blast!
#books #literature #fringe #festival #fair #suffolk #stowmarket #forewordfestival
The Foreword Festival kicks off TOMORROW!
What's on tomorrow, Saturday 9th August?
A FREE book fair, FREE storytelling trail for Grown-ups, and expert publishing workshops from Softwood Books!
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#booksky #ForewordFestival
Foreword Festival Thursday 14th August 3pm, Stowmarket Library All Things Hedgehog! with Lynda Brignall Free! Suitable for ages 3-7 7pm, John Peel Café, Stowmarket Author talk and book signing Free! (Donations to Foreword Festival welcome)
A week today, 14th August!
Two more FANTASTIC author events!
Don't miss the #ForewordFestival, starting on Saturday!
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Foreword Festival Director Jackie Carreira meets Babs Michel tonight on BBC Radio Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northampton, and Three Counties Radio! Listen between 6 and 8pm to find out more about next week's festival...
Don't miss our co-founder Jackie Carreira in conversation with #BabsMichel on BBC Radio Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northampton, and Three Counties tonight, sometime from now to 8pm.
#ForewordFestival begins Saturday, and Jackie will have the information you need to plan your visit!
#booksky
Photos of Jackie Carreira and Babs Michel on a purple background with white text. Text: Foreword Festival Director Jackie Carreira meets Babs Michel tonight on BBC Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northampton, and Three Counties Radio! Listen between 6 and 8pm to find out more about next week's festival ...
Don't miss #ForewordFestival co-founder Jackie Carreira in conversation with #BabsMichel on BBC Radio Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northampton, and Three Counties THIS EVENING, 6-8pm.
The festival begins THIS SATURDAY, and Jackie will have the information you need to plan your visit!
#booksky
Foreword Festival A Window on a Word Special art display for one week only 9th-16th August Art Exhibition at Fox Yard Studio 6 Old Fox Yard, Stowmarket, IP14 1AB
Less than a week to go until the Foreword Festival opens on Saturday, including our art exhibition!
#ForewordFestival #art #exhibition
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Foreword Festival presents Love Your Local Authors Book Fair Saturday 9th August 11am-4pm St Peter's Hall (next to the library) Your chance to meet amazing authors from across East Anglia, discover crime fiction, romance, folk tales, historical fiction, fantasy, contemporary stories, non-fiction and more. Pick up signed and special editions, chat to the authors, meet the Foreword Festival team, and discover our home-grown writing talent!
Foreword Festival presents Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition 2025 Adult-friendly storytelling trail Saturday 9th August 12-2.15pm 12pm John Peel Centre The Cottage by Des Lavender The Guest by Helen Cross 12:30pm Food Museum Fed & Watered by Rory Griffin Inside My Gate by Chris Teather 1pm Regal Cinema In the End, the Love You Take by Patrick Bell The Choice by Morag Clarke 1:30 Royal Oak Pub Garden The Highwayman by Mai Black The Rollercoaster Life of a Hiccup by Sarah D. 2pm St Peter's Hall The Saviour of Camford Row by Gary Milsom The Sorting of Susan Jones by Julia Blake
Foreword Festival TV legend, star of Gavin & Stacey, Eastenders, & the Feud Larry Lamb In conversation with Camilla Barnes, author of 'The Usual Desire to Kill' August 10th, 3pm Regal Cinema Stowmarket Tickets: £12.50, from www.regalstowmarket.co.uk
Foreword Festival presents Heidi Swain Clare Marchant Jenni Keer Rachel Hore A Writing Room with a View Four of East Anglia's best-loved authors of Romantic and Historical Fiction, in conversation about their lives in literature. Sunday 10th August, 12:30 (doors open 12pm) Tickets £10, available from www.regalstowmarket.co.uk
In just three weeks' time, we'll be enjoying the first weekend of the Foreword Festival, in Stowmarket!
Here's what's happening *just* that weekend.
(see www.forewordfestival.uk for the full programme)
Hope to see you there!
#ForewordFestival #books #literature #fringe
Foreword Festival Poetry Playhouse with Elisabeth Sheriff 13th August, 3pm Stowmarket Library, Stowmarket Milton Rd, Suffolk IP13 1EX Join author Elisabeth in this fun workshop to create your own wild and wonderful words, be it your pet, doughnuts, or your favourite dinosaur. Your imagination is the limit! Suitable for children of any ability aged 5 to 10, including those on the autism spectrum. This event is FREE but donations are welcome. Signed copies of Elisabeth's books will be available to buy too!
Your child can explore their creativity and imagination with the poetry workshop for children aged 5-10, with the brilliant Elisabeth Sheriff!
We'd write about dinosaurs.
Autism-friendly.
FREE
#ForewordFestival #poetry #workshop
Our co-founder, Rachel, will be in Stowmarket this weekend!
#ForewordFestival #ThePowerOfStorytelling
Foreword Festival Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition 2025 Announcing the Shortlist! Winners will be announced on the 7th July Two QuirkHouse actors will read the ten winning entries to the story-loving public at five locations around Stowmarket www.forewordfestival.uk
57 Philosophies - B. Barnett A Hug Too Far - Richard Stainer Ashes to Ashes - Virginia Betts Character in a Car - Samantha Tassera The Choice - Morag Clarke The Cottage - Des Lavender The Dove - Olive Adamson Fed & Watered - Rory Griffin The Guest - Helen Cross The Highwayman - Mai Black How the Swift Got its So Very Sharp Wings - Nicola Warwick Inside My Gate - Chris Teather In the End, the Love You Take... - Patrick Bell The Journey - Annie Louise The Rollercoaster Life of a Hiccup - Sarah D The Saviour of Canford Row - Gary Milsom The Shepherd's Hex - R.E.C. Woods The Showstopper - Morna Clements The Sorting of Susan Jones - Julia Blake Spot On - Sharon Williams
We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the Fast Foreword Flash Fiction Competition!
The winning ten will be announced on the 7th of July - stay tuned!
#flashfiction #competition #ThePowerOfStorytelling #forewordfestival
Well, the entrants for the Fast Foreword flash fiction competition haven't made it easy for the judges to choose!
They're wrangling the submissions down to a short list of 20, which we'll announce on Monday.
Stay tuned!
#FlashFic #WritingCompetition #FastForeword #ForewordFestival
It's shaping up to be a great festival!
#books #literature #stowmarket #suffolk #ForewordFestival
An article in the Diss Express, featuring Foreword Festival talks at the Regal Cinema, Stowmarket: one with Larry Lamb, the other a romance panel with Heidi Swain, Jenni Keer, Rachel Hore, and Claire Marchant
We're in the @dissexpress.bsky.social !
Talks at the Regal Cinema, Stowmarket: one with Larry Lamb, the other a romance panel with Heidi Swain, Jenni Keer, Rachel Hore, and Claire Marchant
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IT'S DEADLINE DAY!!
If you live in East Anglia, we want YOUR flash fiction for our @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social competition! Send us your #stories, 400-500 words, BY MIDNIGHT, and you could see your writing performed live at the #ForewordFestival in August.
forewordfestival.uk/fast-foreword/
ONE DAY LEFT!
If you live in East Anglia, we want YOUR flash fiction for our @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social competition! Send us your #stories, 400-500 words, BY TOMORROW, and you could see your writing performed live at the #ForewordFestival in August.
forewordfestival.uk/fast-foreword/
Two days left!
Just 200-250 words a day!
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ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT! If you live in East Anglia, we want YOUR flash fiction for the @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social Fast Foreword competition! Send us your #stories, 400-500 words, and you could see your writing performed live at the #ForewordFestival in August.
forewordfestival.uk/fast-foreword/
