Events
Book fairs, festivals, prize nights and reading events we think are worth your time, in London and beyond.
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Poetry Buildings
On nowExhibition / National Poetry Library, Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
A free group exhibition at the National Poetry Library on visual poets and artists who make work in response to buildings.
Henley Literary Festival 2026
On nowFestival / Henley-on-Thames, England
Henley-on-Thames hosts ten days of author talks in October, in person and online, with a schools programme.
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026
On nowBook fair / Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
The 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair, the main international meeting point for book rights, with Czechia as Guest of Honour.
Nobel Prize in Literature 2026 announcement
On nowPrize ceremony / Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced by the Swedish Academy on Thursday 8 October 2026, streamed live.
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2026
Festival / Cheltenham, England
The world's longest-running literature festival returns to Cheltenham for ten days with a programme of more than 500 events.
FantasyCon 2026
Convention / Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, UK
The British Fantasy Society's FantasyCon 2026 will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow from 9 to 11 October 2026.
Bookshop Day 2026
Reading campaign / Bookshops across the UK and Ireland
Bookshop Day 2026 is on Saturday 10 October, with a limited-edition bag designed by Jane Foster and a Birmingham City Spotlight.
Publication day: Dreamscape Code
Publication / Bookshops and online retailers
Nima Golsharifi's novel is published in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Wimbledon BookFest 2026
Festival / Wimbledon, London SW19
Ten days of author events in south-west London, with over 100 talks spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry and music.
Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City
Exhibition / Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX
A Charles Dickens Museum exhibition on the London Dickens lived in and the one he created, from his journalism to his late novels.
Green Libraries Week 2026
Reading campaign / Libraries across the UK
Green Libraries Week 2026 runs from 21 to 28 October, focusing on climate facts and tackling mis- and disinformation.
London Literature Festival 2026
Festival / London, England
The Southbank Centre's annual festival of the written and spoken word, running for twelve days in late October.
World Fantasy Convention 2026
Convention / Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, California, USA
The 52nd World Fantasy Convention will be held in Oakland, California, from 22 to 25 October 2026.
The Hackney Indie Press Fair
Book fair / Meeting House, 39 Newington Green, London N16 9PR
A free one-day fair in Newington Green with around 30 independent publishers, talks on translation and a publishers' panel.
Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery
Exhibition / British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
A major British Library exhibition on Agatha Christie's life and writing process, drawn from notebooks, letters, drafts and recordings.
Goldsmiths Prize 2026
Prize ceremony / London, UK
The winner of the 2026 Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction will be announced on 4 November 2026.
Sharjah International Book Fair 2026
Book fair / Expo Centre Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The 2026 Sharjah International Book Fair, a twelve-day public fair with a professional rights programme for Arabic and international publishing.
Booker Prize 2026 ceremony
Prize ceremony / Old Billingsgate, London, UK
The 2026 Booker Prize winner will be announced at Old Billingsgate in London on Monday 9 November 2026.
Cambridge Literary Festival Winter 2026
Festival / Cambridge, England
Cambridge Literary Festival's winter weekend: around 30 author events across the city's venues in late November.
Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2026
Festival / Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Talks, music, comedy and ideas in Hay-on-Wye over four days in late November, alongside the town's Christmas celebrations.
Guadalajara International Book Fair 2026
Book fair / Expo Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
The 40th FIL Guadalajara, nine days of Spanish-language publishing at Expo Guadalajara, with Italy as Guest of Honour.
Jaipur Literature Festival 2027
Festival / Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, India
The 20th Jaipur Literature Festival, returning to Hotel Clarks Amer for five days of talks, readings and debate.
IPG Spring Conference 2027
Trade event / The Shaw Theatre, Pullman London St Pancras, 100–110 Euston Road, London NW1 2AJ
The Independent Publishers Guild's flagship spring gathering for independent publishers, held in London on 10 February 2027.
World Book Day 2027
Reading campaign / Bookshops, libraries and schools across the UK and Ireland
World Book Day 2027 falls on Thursday 4 March, with £1/€1.50 tokens redeemable from 11 February to 21 March 2027.
Oxford Literary Festival 2027
Festival / Oxford, England
Oxford's spring literary festival returns for nine days in March, with events across the city's colleges.
FutureBook Conference 2027
Trade event / ExCeL London
FutureBook moves to spring for its first international edition, at ExCeL London the day before the 2027 London Book Fair opens.
London Book Fair 2027
Book fair / ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
The London Book Fair moves to ExCeL London in 2027, bringing the spring rights market to the Royal Docks for the first time.
Eastercon 2027: Unconfined
Convention / Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, UK
Unconfined, the 78th Eastercon, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow from 26 to 29 March 2027.
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2027
Book fair / BolognaFiere Exhibition Centre, Bologna, Italy
The 64th Bologna Children's Book Fair, the main rights fair for children's books, with Poland as Guest of Honour.
Festival du Livre de Paris 2027
Festival / Grand Palais, Paris, France
The Festival du Livre de Paris returns to the Grand Palais in April 2027 for three days of author events, signings and publishers.
Firsts London 2027
Book fair / Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's Square, King's Road, London SW3 4RY
London's rare book fair at the Saatchi Gallery, run by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, with first editions, manuscripts and ephemera.
Hay Festival 2027
Festival / Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Hay Festival marks its 40th anniversary with its spring edition in Hay-on-Wye, running for eleven days from late May.
Independent Bookshop Week 2027
Reading campaign / Independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland
Independent Bookshop Week 2027 runs from Saturday 12 to Saturday 19 June across the UK and Ireland.
Montréal Worldcon 2027
Convention / Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
The 85th World Science Fiction Convention will be held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal from 2 to 6 September 2027.
Chiswick Book Festival 2027
Festival / St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London W4
The community book festival in Chiswick returns for six days in September 2027, with dates already announced by the organisers.
Past events
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LL185: Archives, Edmund de Waal in conversation with Kavita Puri
Talk / The London Library, 14 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LG
Edmund de Waal talks with Kavita Puri about archives and collections, part of The London Library's 185th anniversary programme.
National Poetry Day 2026
Reading campaign / Schools, libraries, bookshops and venues across the UK
National Poetry Day 2026 is on Thursday 1 October, on the theme of Wonder.
The Carmen Talks: Getting the Good Stuff Out There
Talk / The London Library, 14 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LG
Kit de Waal gives the third Carmen Talk, Virago's lecture series honouring Carmen Callil, on writing, publishing and inclusion.
American Writers' Week
Festival / British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB (and online)
A week of talks with leading American writers at the British Library, presented with Festival America, Vincennes.
Wigtown Book Festival 2026
Festival / Wigtown, Scotland
More than 200 events over ten days in Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town, including a children's programme.
Gothenburg Book Fair 2026
Book fair / Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
The 2026 Gothenburg Book Fair, with Québec as Guest of Honour and 106,578 visits reported by the organiser.
GLUE Book Fair 2026
Book fair / Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
The ICA's annual weekend fair of independent and artist publishing, with over 90 publishers, talks, workshops and launches.
Chiswick Book Festival 2026
Festival / St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London W4
The 18th Chiswick Book Festival, a six-day community literary festival in west London raising money for its host church and charities.
LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon
Convention / Anaheim, California, USA
LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, took place in Anaheim, California, from 27 to 31 August 2026.
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026
Festival / Edinburgh, Scotland
Around 600 events with writers from 41 countries over sixteen days in August, under the theme Changing Your Mind.
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026
Prize ceremony / UK
E.J. Swift's When There Are Wolves Again was announced as the 40th winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award on 12 August 2026.
Bradford Literature Festival 2026
Festival / Bradford, England
Bradford's ten-day festival of books and ideas, which drew more than 200,000 attendances to 762 events in 2026.
Independent Bookshop Week 2026
Reading campaign / Independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland
The 20th Independent Bookshop Week, with 20 Bookshop Champions named to mark the anniversary.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 ceremony
Prize ceremony / Bedford Square Gardens, London, UK
Virginia Evans won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction for The Correspondent, announced in Bedford Square Gardens, London.
Hay Festival 2026
Festival / Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Hay Festival's flagship spring edition in Hay-on-Wye, with more than 600 events across eleven days.
International Booker Prize 2026 ceremony
Prize ceremony / Tate Modern, London, UK
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, won the 2026 International Booker Prize at Tate Modern.
Bath Literature Festival 2026
Festival / Bath, England
Nine days of author talks, poetry and conversation in Bath, organised by the charity Bath Festivals.
Offprint London 2026
Book fair / 180 Studios, 180 Strand, London WC2R 1EA
A free three-day fair of independent and experimental publishers in art, architecture, design and visual culture, at 180 Studios.
British Book Awards 2026
Prize ceremony / JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London, UK
The 2026 Nibbies named Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre Book of the Year and gave a first Science Fiction and Fantasy award.
World Book Night 2026
Reading campaign / Libraries, bookshops, workplaces and homes across the UK
World Book Night 2026 marked 20 years of Quick Reads and took place during the National Year of Reading, centred on the 7pm Reading Hour.
These events are run by their organisers, not by Tingle Press. Dates and details come from each organiser's own announcements; check their website before you travel.
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