109 talks, readings and book events
Get ready to get lost in the literary labyrinth of East Sussex this November, where words and wonder await around every corner.
AL Kennedy: Mercy and Memory
2 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
An evening with Leigh Cadno: Resistance & reflections on Palestinian liberation
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Ashley Hanson
1 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Kellie Miller Arts Gallery (Brighton)
Beyond Text Innovative Poetry Festival
1 Nov 2026 – 3 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
C4E'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Cory Doctorow: The Internet Is Broken. Now What?
2 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
FIEP
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Forbidden Nights
2 Nov 2026
Assembly Hall Theatre (Tunbridge Wells)
Ghosted at Preston Manor? Tell us about it.
28 Oct 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
Halloween Season
26 Oct 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Jarred McGinnis & Nell Stevens: Who Do You Think You Are?
2 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Join The Lounge Library
2 Nov 2026
Alcampo Lounge (Brighton)
Josh Flowers, Flea Watson and Claire Pitt-Wigmore
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Life Writing
28 Oct 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Neil Sullivan, Daisy Beau and Charlie Hannah
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The Book of Mormon
2 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Fisher Social Club
2 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
The Silver Book with Olivia Laing in conversation with Robert Diament
2 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
House Tours
3 Nov 2026 – 7 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Placeholder – Poetry Night
3 Nov 2026
The Hope & Ruin (Brighton)
Seed Talks - The Dark Origins of Christmas: Demons
3 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Brighthelm Centre (Brighton)
Babeslam: It's Raining on Prom Night
4 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Citizens Advice
4 Nov 2026 – 23 Jun 2027
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
Fantastic Days
4 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic
4 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Total Football: England Vs Denmark
4 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Ben Portsmouth: This Is Elvis
5 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Cohen, Leonard - Stranger Music
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Joshua Idehen
5 Nov 2026
Brighton Dome
Myers, Benjamin - Jesus Christ Kinski
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
The African Origins of UFOS
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
6 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Dr John Cooper Clarke
6 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Kent in 6 Witch Trials
6 Nov 2026
Sheppey Little Theatre (Sheerness)
Studio Sessions: Monthly Oils Club
6 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
The Reminiscence Book
6 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
WHO DID WHAT NOW?
6 Nov 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Courses
7 Nov 2026 – 13 Jun 2027
Depot (Lewes)
Folkestone Through Writers’ Eyes: A Literary Walking Tour
7 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
OH WHAT A FEELING!!! QUIZZES ARE BACK BABY!!!
7 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
Signalman (Brighton)
Roland Mouret in conversation
7 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Roland Mouret in conversation with Jack Guinness
7 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Roland Mouret in conversation with Jack Guinness The Butcher's Boy who Dressed the World
7 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Folk in The Barn: Richard Shindell with Danny Bradley
8 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
History of Bexhill Pubs (Volume 3) – Book Launch
8 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Iain MacGregor: How War Changed the World
8 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Noel Fitzpatrick - Medicine & Music
8 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Resident Music: An Evening with Rick Wakeman
8 Nov 2026
Wagner Hall (Brighton)
Romesh Ranganathan Will Change Your Life
8 Nov 2026 – 3 Mar 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Straight Talk: A Tribute to Dolly Parton
8 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Tours of the Duke of York's
8 Nov 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Hoffman, Dustin - Look At Me
10 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Bettany Hughes Uncovering Ancient Egypt
11 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
Miriam's Full English LIVE
11 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Comic Club
12 Nov 2026 – 8 Apr 2027
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
Festival History
12 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Folkestone Book Festival 2026
12 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Tim Etchells & Dr Sara Jane Bailes in conversation
12 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Bingo For Better
13 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Jarred McGinnis: The Art of Writing Together
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Jem Calder: The Debut Everyone is Talking About
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Philippa Perry: When Psychology Meets Murder
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Christine Dawood: A Journey to the Titanic
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dominic Gregory: Courage, Crisis & the Kent Coast
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Drag Bingo with Delilah Tickles and Anita Wee
14 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Ian McEwan: What We Can Know
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Juliet Sargeant: The Hidden Foundations of Life
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Paul Sinton-Hewitt: The parkrun Revolution
14 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Esther Ghey: Raising Children in the Digital Age
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Murderous Minds with Emma Kenny
15 Nov 2026 – 17 Jun 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Poorna Bell & Helen Thorn: Reinvention, Rage & Reclamation
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sajid Javid: The Making of Modern Britain
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dr Eleanor Drage: The Fight for a Better AI Future
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
London Writers’ Salon: Find Your Voice, Build Your Practice
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
We've Got A Bigger Problem Now : The Dead Kennedys Photographs
16 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Linda Smith Lecture: Jo Caulfield
17 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Rebecca Beattie: Winter, Witchcraft & Creative Renewal
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Victoria Bateman: The Hidden History of Money
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Alison Weir: Secrets, Queens and Tudor Power
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Autumn Light: Creative Photography
18 Nov 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Hazel Sheffield: Landscapes of Belonging
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Siri Hustvedt: Life After Paul Auster
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
DMX - The Gospel According to DMX
19 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Folkestone Voices
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sarah Perry: What Makes a Life Extraordinary?
19 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Scores for Meeting Otherwise
19 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Amy Abdelnoor: Women Rewriting the Map
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Harriet Tyce: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Jeremy Clarke
20 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Tessa Hadley: The Books That Changed My Life
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Astrid Goldsmith & Wendy Holden: The Holocaust & the Next Generation
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Ben Okri & Rosemary Clunie: The True Artist Breaks Out of Jail
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Bill McGuire: The Future of Humanity
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dan Schreiber – This Changes Everything
21 Nov 2026 – 2 May 2027
Komedia Brighton
Designer and Maker Fair 2026
21 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Marina Wheeler: Beyond Brexit – What Comes Next
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Robert Peston: The Political Thriller of the Future
21 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
The Night Sky Show
21 Nov 2026 – 14 Feb 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
Alasdair Gill: Knives, Spoons and Survival
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Caitlin O’Ryan: At What Point
22 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Komedia Brighton
Festival Finale: Billy Childish
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Robin Yassin-Kassab: Syria After Assad
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Saara El-Arifi & Naomi Ishiguro: The Future of Fantasy
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Sara Wheeler: The Many Lives of Jan Morris
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Whitstable Coastal Art
22 Nov 2026
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
An Evening with Sir Chris Hoy
23 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Book Club: Elif Shafak In Conversation - Broadcast
25 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
War is Interested In You: The Threat of World War Three, with Gideon Rachman
26 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
