Festivals

Our local festivals are shown below, links are in the Partners section on the right hand side of this website

Portsmouth BookFest – February March 2025

We support this city wide festival with our partners Portsmouth City Library Service. This annual mass market festival runs in October/November and often features books brought out for the Christmas season. Past speakers have included Jacqueline Wilson, Josephine Cox,  Claire Tomalin, Lesley Pearse, Chris Ryan, Mark Billingham and many others. Events are often held in the many historic venues around the city.

Join Portsmouth BookFest 2025

GoodWoof – May 2025

 

We help to plan and run Literary Corner within this annual prestigious family dog themed Festival held on Goodwood Estate which is a unique sporting Estate set in 12,000 acres of beautiful South Downs countryside. Owned by the Dukes of Richmond since 1697, it is has become famous for three of the largest events in the British social and sporting calendar.

https://www.goodwood.com/goodwoof/