97 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.
Beyond Text Innovative Poetry Festival
1 Nov 2026 – 3 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
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)
House Tours
1 Nov 2026 – 7 Nov 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Josh Flowers, Flea Watson and Claire Pitt-Wigmore
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Life Writing
28 Oct 2026 – 8 Dec 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
Neil Sullivan, Daisy Beau and Charlie Hannah
1 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
The Book of Mormon
31 Oct 2026 – 23 Jan 2027
Theatre Royal Brighton
OH WHAT A FEELING!!! QUIZZES ARE BACK BABY!!!
2 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Signalman (Brighton)
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 – 9 Jun 2027
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support centre
Fantastic Days
4 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Stranger Music
4 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Total Football: England Vs Denmark
4 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
An evening with Leigh Cadno: Resistance & reflections on Palestinian liberation
5 Nov 2026
Where Else? (Margate)
Ben Portsmouth: This Is Elvis
5 Nov 2026
White Rock Theatre (Hastings)
Jesus Christ Kinski
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
My Pressures
5 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
The Reminiscence Book
5 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
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 – 27 Nov 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
WHO DID WHAT NOW?
6 Nov 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Folkestone Through Writers’ Eyes: A Literary Walking Tour
7 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Roland Mouret in conversation with Jack Guinness
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)
History of Bexhill Pubs (Volume 3) – Book Launch
8 Nov 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
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)
GCSE ART & DESIGN: Home-Ed Art School (Ages 14-16)
12 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
The Horsebridge Arts Centre (Whitstable)
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 & Nell Stevens: Who Do You Think You Are?
13 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
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)
AL Kennedy: Mercy and Memory
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Esther Ghey: Raising Children in the Digital Age
15 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Felicity Cloake & Claire Cohen: Dogs and Dinners
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)
Cory Doctorow: The Internet Is Broken. Now What?
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Dr Eleanor Drage: The Fight for a Better AI Future
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Iain MacGregor: How War Changed the World
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
London Writers’ Salon: Find Your Voice, Build Your Practice
16 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Rebecca Beattie: Winter, Witchcraft & Creative Renewal
17 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
We've Got A Bigger Problem Now : The Dead Kennedys Photographs
17 Nov 2026
Resident Music (Brighton)
Alison Weir: Secrets, Queens and Tudor Power
18 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
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)
Amy Abdelnoor: Women Rewriting the Map
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Harriet Tyce: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
20 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
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
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)
Festival Finale: Billy Childish
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Robin Yassin-Kassab: Syria After Assad
22 Nov 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Saara El-Arifi and 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
The Book Club Social
23 Nov 2026
Rockwater Hove
Screen Shot x CINECITY x Fabrica presents: Film Programmers Get Together
24 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Book Club: Elif Shafak In Conversation - Broadcast
25 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
6 Witch Trials
26 Nov 2026
Sheppey Little Theatre (Sheerness)
War is Interested In You: The Threat of World War Three, with Gideon Rachman
26 Nov 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
Christmas Party Night
27 Nov 2026 – 25 Dec 2026
The Pavilion (Broadstairs)
Monthly Pay What You Can Days
29 Nov 2026 – 27 Dec 2026
Charleston (Lewes)
