Falmouth Book Festival

05/05/2026

This will be a wonderful evening - we're sorry to miss it!

🗣️ THUNDERY AT TIMES:
LOSS, HOPE AND AN UNFINISHED KAYAKING ADVENTURE BOOK LAUNCH
WITH KATIE CARR
📅 Thursday 14th May, 7.30pm

Enjoy captivating readings and stories from this memoir—as seen on BBC Travel Show—as Katie traces her shift from Barcelona motherhood to tackling her late brother Toby's unwritten book and Shipping Forecast kayaking challenge.

Beginning in Flushing where Toby lived, she confronts grief, identity shifts, and inelegant paddles to uncover resilience, joy in nature and a sense of hope in adversity. Followed by a Q&A.

🖥️ Book online https://buff.ly/Y3uFrte
📞 01326 319461

19/01/2026

The Winston Graham Prize shortlist has been announced!

24/10/2025

We are so looking forward to this one! will be reading from his latest poetry collection L.A.BABY to a fully booked this evening. For those of you quick enough to nab a ticket, we look forward to seeing you there!

23/10/2025

Just a few tickets left for this evening’s event: Philip H***e’s WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE. Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author, Philip H***e, reveals how one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry and protest…
This stirring, deeply felt book brings us back to Blake and shows that art still has the power to create positive change. Tonight, 7pm

21/10/2025

What a joy to hear Pam Ayres on BBC Radio Cornwall this morning — chatting about her life in verse, her love of performing, and her visit to the Falmouth Book Festival this week.

🎧 Listen here on BBC Sounds — jump to 18 minutes to hear her interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kqpj
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📅 Pam joins us live at Princess Pavilions in Falmouth this Thursday at 1pm — find out more and book tickets here:
👉 falmouthbookfestival.com/lineup2025/pamayres

21/10/2025

Here's the brilliant Horatio Clare talking about We Came by Sea.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPLP4fdguAI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

In this powerful new book, Horatio tells the untold story of the small boats crisis — not through headlines or politics, but through the people who show up. The volunteers in Calais. The lifeboat crews at sea. The quiet, uncelebrated Britain that gives everything to help the vulnerable and desperate.

Hear Horatio share these remarkable stories in person at The Poly on Saturday — an event that promises to be one of the most moving of the festival.

🎧 Listen to Horatio on Great British Adventures podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/076rHVVgDt4YQAChJkRO4e?si=4oNakxVHSz6vinSnUEgu2Q

🎟️ Find out more and book tickets: falmouthbookfestival.com/lineup2025/horatioclare

20/10/2025

📚 It begins! Falmouth Book Festival 2025 kicks off tonight — and we’re starting with a bang.

Jonn Elledge and Tom Phillips (authors of A History of the World in 47 Borders and A Brief History of the End of the F**ing World*) are bringing their smart, funny take on geopolitics and the chaos of modern life to The Poly at 7pm.

It’s the perfect way to start the week — big ideas, good humour and a room full of book lovers.

🎟️ Grab your ticket now and join us for opening night!
👉 https://www.falmouthbookfestival.com/lineup2025/johnelledgetomphillips

20/10/2025

Children’s Programme- hurrah! We are delighted to be bringing some free workshops to the little and slightly bigger ones this weekend! Sessions will take place in the Poly Library and Spring Gallery. On Saturday, we will have dreaming up bold new characters inspired by her heart-warming Cornish tale, A DOG CALLED DRECKLY. For the bigger kids, will be running a fun, easy-to-follow introduction to the art of drawing manga. On Sunday morning, award-winning illustrator will be running a creative workshop inspired by her new picture book, A TOTALLY BIG UMBRELLA. Last, but by no means least, the wonderfully entertaining will be running an interactive, unpredictable and fun storytelling session based on GINA KAMINSKI RESCUES THE GIANT! Expect high energy adventure and lots of giggles. Spaces are limited, so book your slot - see you there!