Many apologies but we've had to postpone this event because Tim has been admitted for an appendectomy. (He's posted deets on Instagram Stories.) If you've bought tickets please contact @burylitfest.bsky.social. Get well soon, Tim!

Our young writers' schools just had the ultimate bookshop lock-in! 📚 Winners of the 2026 Creative Writing Competition, "To Be Continued...", gathered at Harris & Harris Books in Clare to choose £800 of new books for their school libraries, with the help of the shop's expert booksellers. ✨

There are a few tickets remaining for this @burylitfest.bsky.social event with the fabulous Jad Youssef from Lebnani restaurant. He's bringing food too! www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...

My column is devoted to @burylitfest.bsky.social first food programme. I'm its curator and I'm so thrilled these wonderful authors have agreed to appear. We'd love you to attend! www.suffolknews.co.uk/whats-on/fes...

We’re incredibly lucky to have both Waterstones and Harris & Harris Books joining us at the festival! 📚✨ 📍 Waterstones will be covering all UMH events. 📍 Harris & Harris will have their main festival pop-up shop at URC

📢 thank you to everyone in Bury St Edmunds who’s popped up a poster for us! 💛

I'm off to Felixstowe this morning for my noon food slot at @suffolksound.bsky.social radio. Listen in for book chat, info on my @burylitfest.bsky.social food programme and the best places to eat & drink in the town if you're visiting the festival.

Come and check out our Instagram for this incredible opportunity!

The wait is over! The box office is now open for you to purchase your tickets! Join Hugh and Emma for a lively in-conversation event full of storytelling, spies, secret codes and suspicious cups of tea. 📅 11th October 📍The Hunters Arts Club Don't miss out — grab your seats today!

📚 It's the National Year of Reading & Book Club Day! Our Headline Fiction Events line-up boasts Sunday Times & NYT Bestsellers, Award Winners & book club hits — talking new releases, backlists & craft. Meet renowned authors on your doorstep! 👇 www.burylitfest.co.uk/book-club-pi... --

I've organised what I think is a great programme of food-related events for this year's @burylitfest.bsky.social. We have a special offer running on tickets right now and I'd so love you to attend. www.burylitfest.co.uk/food-programme

Romantasy is EVERYWHERE right now — and three of its biggest voices are coming to BLF. Join Annaliese Avery, Melinda Salisbury and Kate Weston for a panel packed with world-building, swoon-worthy romance, and genre-bending twists. Your next favourite book is one panel away. Grab your ticket now.

✍️ Want to write like the pros? Now's your chance. Workshops with: 📖 Monique Roffey — Writing in Images 🔍 Guinevere Glasfurd — Researching Your Novel 🔪 Andrew Wilson — Writing Crime 🖋️ George Szirtes (T.S. Eliot Prize winner) — Writing Poetry 🎯 Annaliese Avery — Goal Setting for Writers

This year food writer Nic Miller, has curated a whole programme celebrating Bury's reputation as Suffolk's Foodie Capital. Whether you want to delve into the psychology of baking, or are keen to discover more about the flavours of Lebanon, you’ll find something that really appeals to you.

We're excited to announce that cinema tickets are now on sale with Abbeygate Cinema — three unmissable films on the big screen, alongside our author programme! www.abbeygatecinema.co.uk/2026/08/11/b...

⏰ Only a few days left! Don't miss our 10% OFF Early Bird Offer on Festival tickets. Still deciding what to book? A few events are already SOLD OUT — and more are selling fast. Don't delay, or you might miss out! 👉 Book now before midnight, 31st August, to lock in your discount.

I'm curating the food programme for @burylitfest.bsky.social and we have some amazing events with brilliant food writers for you. Tickets are on sale now- www.burylitfest.co.uk

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If you have a young person aged 5-17 and live in Bury St Edmunds, this one's for you. Ask your young person to pick their favourite book, imagine turning that final page... and write what happens next. What happens next is up to you. 🌟 www.burylitfest.co.uk/creative-wri...

SCAM ALERT ⚠️ We've been made aware of a fraudulent email doing the rounds, claiming to be from Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival and asking for money. 📧 It's coming from: info.burystedmunds.litfest@gmail.com This is NOT us. We will never contact you out of the blue asking for money via email.

Want to write like the pros? Now's your chance. In partnership with GoldDustMentor & PoetryAloud Spaces are limited. Grab yours 👇 www.burylitfest.co.uk

LIGHTS, CAMERA, LITERATURE! We’re thrilled to announce our screen partnership with Abbeygate Cinema 📽️ THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY 📽️ CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN 📽️ THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL 🎟️ Tickets £7.50 (or just £4.50 with code BURYLIT) — grab yours direct from Abbeygate Cinema

We've been staring at this thing on a screen for weeks and NOW look at it. Our brochure is printed, it's gorgeous, and if you're coming to see Patrick Gale, you'll be among the first to get your hands on one. Can't make it? We're dropping them across Bury next week, so keep your eyes peeled 👁️📖

I'm so proud of the food events programme for the @burylitfest.bsky.social and incredibly grateful to the authors, chefs, cooks and writers who have agreed to appear. Here's the full festival programme: www.burylitfest.co.uk/_files/ugd/7...

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I'm so proud of the food events programme at Bury St Eds Literature Festival. Book early so you don't miss out on listening to these amazing authors, chefs, and food writers. www.burylitfest.co.uk/_files/ugd/7...

We’re delighted to be part of and partnering with the @suffolkwildlifetrust Festival of Nature Programme #nature #books #author #environment

Still not a subscriber? Here's your sign. Sign up before Friday 3 July and unlock priority booking. This year's lineup is something else — fiction, non-fiction, writing workshops, a food programme, and voices spanning every theme and genre you love.

Please share- The @burylitfest.bsky.social is running a writing competition for children with some great prizes! www.burylitfest.co.uk/childrens-cr...

Children's Writing Competition 2026 | Bury St Eds Lit Fest

Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival’s Creative Writing Competition returns for 2025 welcoming entries from writers of all ages and experience with any forms of creative writing be it short story, micr...

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Our stellar programme for @burylitfest.bsky.social 2026 has opened for priority booking exclusively for members of our Support Scheme. Join now (and you'll get a sneak preview of the food programme, curated by meeeee!) www.burylitfest.co.uk

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📚 As a subscriber, you get priority booking access and our SUPER EARLY BIRD 15% discount — our biggest discount* of the year. But be quick: it ends on Friday 3 July. Go check your inboxes and happy reading until next time!

📚 TOMORROW'S THE DAY! Subscriber priority booking for Bury Lit Fest 2026 opens tomorrow. Don't miss your chance to secure tickets before general sale opens on 3 July. ✨ Priority booking ✨ Early-bird discounts ✨ First access to the full programme Subscribe TODAY. Book tomorrow.

We recently caught up with the brilliant Dr Amy Crawford from #Waterstones in Cambridge for a fun chat all about our wonderful literary festival From favourite reads to fun literary answers (and a few bookish questions in between!), Amy shared plenty of brilliant responses that we hope you enjoy!