Brighton Book Festival | We’re a grassroots festival with equity at our heart. A community where writers from underrepresented backgrounds are the main event and diverse audiences can see themselves reflected. A space that gathers together authors, poets, illustrators, musicians and other creatives from the UK and around the world for a book festival like no other.

Each year we deliver a series of fantastic events both across Brighton and online globally, all happening during the UK’s Independent Bookshop Week.

This year’s events take place at a number of venues across the city:
Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD
Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN
Sallis Benney Theatre 58-67 Grand Parade Brighton BN2 0JY (all Saturday’s events)
Jubilee Square, 17 Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE

Meet the Author: Zadie Smith – Wednesday 17th June 2026 7:00pm
Tell Your Tales: Stories Only You Can Write! – Thursday 18th June 3:30pm
Meet the Industry: Margaret Busby – Thursday 18th June 2026. 6.30pm
Workshops – Saturday 20th June 9:30am
Writing Home with author of six novels and director of Writers Mosiac host Colin Grant, Amy Abdelnoor, author of Ever Land, and Fatin Abbas, author of Ghost Season. – Saturday 20th June 11:00am
Books and TV – Saturday 20th June 2:00pm
How Are You Feeling? featuring, David Larbi, author of Frequently Happy, and Dr. Bruno De Oliveira, author of The Self-Help Industry. – Saturday 20th June 3:30pm
Notes from a Father featuring, radio presenter Richie Brave to host, and Amman Brar, author of Mr. Sidhu’s Post Office. – Saturday 20th June 5:00pm
Women in Power, a roundtable featuring a powerhouse of women who are taking charge in the industry. – Saturday 20th June 7:00pm
D.E.A.R Drop Everything And Read – Sunday 21st June 11:30am – 1:00pm
Look What’s Coming – Sunday 21st June 2026