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Foreword Festival UK
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Welcome to the Foreword Festival – the first literary fringe festival in the UK!
Join us for year-round literary events: http://forewordfestival.uk
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15 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair on December 7th!

#Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK
Christmas-themed graphic including book-shaped tree ornaments and torn-paper effect white blocks for text. Text: The John Peel Centre Local Author Book Fair Christmas Edition Sunday December 7th 10am-3pm FREE entry Books from 15 authors FREE craft sessions for kids Mulled wine and snacks John Peel Centre, Church Walk, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET Logos for the John Peel Centre, the JPC Writers' Group and the Foreword Festival.
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Find local author Rebecca Fox at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Rebecca is bringing her YA fantasy books, 'Leaping Beauty' and 'Missing Midnight' – perfect for holiday reads and Christmas gifts. 🎄 🎁

See you there!

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December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Find local author Julia Blake at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Julia is bringing fantasy, steampunk, sci-fi, short stories and poems, and her gripping romantic thriller series, 'The Blackwood Family Saga'. Christmas gifts for everyone! 🎁

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December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Find local author Rachel Churcher at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Rachel is bringing her award-winning YA dystopian series, her LGBTQ+ novel 'Angels', two illustrated books for children, and an anthology of Doctor Who spin-off stories.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Find local author and illustrator Rosie Andersen at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Rosie is bringing her gorgeous illustrated folk tales, suitable for all ages. Meet Rosie, and check out the books – they make amazing Christmas gifts. 🎄

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December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Find local author and Foreword Festival co-founder Jackie Carreira at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! Jackie is bringing contemporary and historical novels, as well as plays, short stories, and fabulous bookish postcards. See you there!

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December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Find local author Chris Foster Tolley, and his road-trip novel set in 1989, at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

If that sounds like your kind of book, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair!

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December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Find local Pushcart-nominated SFF poet AJ Deane at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

If that sounds like your kind of read, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair!

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#ChristmasShopping
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Find local author Lynda Brignall at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Lynda is bringing her beautiful and informative children's books about hedgehogs: 'When I Come Out at Night' and 'When I Come Out in the Day', illustrated by Megan Last.

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December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.

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#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Find children's publisher Epic Tales at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Epic Tales aims to inspire #children to read for pleasure, and to boost their reading confidence.

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#Booksky #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Find local author Helen Fisher at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Helen is bringing her acclaimed novels 'Space Hopper' and 'Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life', as well as her brand-new novel, 'Once Upon a Winter's Wood'.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Find local author Pauline Manders at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

Pauline is bringing her fantastic Suffolk-based crime novels: The Utterly Crime Series, and the Hatter Street Private Investigation Agency Series.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Find local poet and author Christopher Cotton at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!

If these look like your kind of books, head to the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on Sunday, 10-3pm, for our FREE book fair!

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December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Find local author A D Dumas at the John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY! A D Dumas is bringing her brand-new #Romantasy series-starter 'Bound by Secrets', featuring a neurodivergent female main character, family secrets, and a marriage of convenience.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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15 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair on December 7th!

#Booksky #Stowmarket #ChristmasShopping #ForewordFestivalUK
Christmas-themed graphic including book-shaped tree ornaments and torn-paper effect white blocks for text. Text: The John Peel Centre Local Author Book Fair Christmas Edition Sunday December 7th 10am-3pm FREE entry Books from 15 authors FREE craft sessions for kids Mulled wine and snacks John Peel Centre, Church Walk, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET Logos for the John Peel Centre, the JPC Writers' Group and the Foreword Festival.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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15 authors, loads of Christmas gifts, and FREE drop-in crafts for kids – don't miss the FREE Foreword Festival UK and John Peel Centre Christmas Book Fair on December 7th!
Christmas-themed graphic including book-shaped tree ornaments and torn-paper effect white blocks for text. Text: The John Peel Centre Local Author Book Fair Christmas Edition Sunday December 7th 10am-3pm FREE entry Books from 15 authors FREE craft sessions for kids Mulled wine and snacks John Peel Centre, Church Walk, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET Logos for the John Peel Centre, the JPC Writers' Group and the Foreword Festival.
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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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!
September 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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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!

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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!
September 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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We're in the press again! Thank you to the Bury St Edmunds Flyer for this fantastic coverage of last month's Foreword Festival UK!

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#booksky #alternativelitfest #stowmarket #suffolk
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September 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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What an opening weekend we had!

Here's to the next five days!

#ForewordFestival #books #fringe #festival #literature
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
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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It's going to be a blast!

#books #literature #fringe #festival #fair #suffolk #stowmarket #forewordfestival
August 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Foreword Festival opens TOMORROW!

And what's on a week today, Friday, 15th August?

Book now for the Performance Poetry Night at the John Peel Centre! An evening of funny, poignant, and hard-hitting words.

Plus, a writing workshop for teenagers at Stowmarket Library!

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Foreword Festival Saturday 9th August Love Your Local Author book fair St Peter's Hall, 11am-4pm Fast Foreword flash fiction adult-friendly storytelling trail Starts at the John Peel Centre, 12pm Both FREE events!
August 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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What do you do when your town has no bookshop?
Start a book festival, obviously.
And it’s about to start, with lots of free events for adults and children! Jackie Carreira enthuses
📖✨
How one crazy idea became an epic town-wide book festival
A wild idea in a pandemic sparked a nomadic fringe book festival – this time in a town without a bookshop
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August 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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A week today, 14th August!

Two more FANTASTIC author events!

Don't miss the #ForewordFestival, starting on Saturday!

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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)
August 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM