Southwold Literary Festival returns this November!

By Lucy Neill | September 24, 2025

“We’re excited to have pulled together another varied programme of fiction and non-fiction authors covering everything from hedges to Cardinal Wolsey, grief to humorous dystopias and Monty Python to Auschwitz. There is something for everyone and we have been heartened to see how many people actually enjoy coming to a full day or even the whole weekend!”

Individual tickets are £7 per talk. Saturday tickets are available for £30, Sunday tickets for £18, or book a weekend ticket for £55 to see all nine authors. (Price excludes booking fees).

Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in-person or by calling 01502 442817. Tickets can also be booked online on TicketSource or from the links below.

All events take place at Southwold Arts Centre in St Edmund’s Hall. The full line up of authors is as follows:

Legend of historical fiction Alison Weir – Friday 7 November at 17:30

Suffolk conservationist Richard Negus – Saturday 8 November at 10:00

Antique savant Neil Lanham – Saturday 8 November at 11:30

Wildly inventive genre-bending author Jasper Fforde – Saturday 8 November at 14:00

Internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry – Saturday 8 November at 15:30

Comedy historian and Monty Python biographer Robert Ross – Saturday 8 November at 17:00

Storyteller of vanished rural traditions Robert Ashton – Sunday 9 November at 10:00

Poirot writer and queen of thriller Sophie Hannah – Sunday 9 November at 11:30

Historian, biographer and former war correspondent Wendy Holden – Sunday 9 November at 14:00.