The King's Lynn Literature Festivals are held during a single weekend in March (Fiction) and September (Poetry) each year. Our guiding principle, initiated by co-founder, the late George MacBeth, is to present some of the best of contemporary writers in a congenial and informal setting.  You will see writers of international repute alongside new writers, from all age ranges and from locations across the world.

These festivals have been running in an unbroken annual series since 1984.

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The Green Quay   

The King's Lynn Poetry Festival 26th - 28th September 2008

Robert Crawford  ~  Ruth Fainlight
New Zealand Poet Laureate Elizabeth Smither
Helen Ivory  ~  Louis de Berni
ères  ~  Piers Alexander
Alan Sillitoe  ~  Alan Jenkins  ~  
Lorna Thorpe
Soleϊman Adel Guémar  ~  Will Stone  ~  Jackie Wills


New venue: The Green Quay

Full details are on the "
next festival" page of this site.


The King's Lynn Fiction Festival was held at the Town Hall over the weekend 14th - 16th March, 2008. Writers included Beryl Bainbridge, Louis de Berni
ères, Scarlett Thomas, Liz Jensen, Francis King, DJ Taylor, Irving Weinman, and Tom Phelan.

For a reminder, and biographies of the visiting writers, see the "
previous festival" page of this site.

  Town Hall from Saturday Market Place