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2021 Festival tickets on sale

Tickets are now on sale for the 20th Sevenoaks Literary Festival.

We are celebrating our anniversary by welcoming back live audiences following last year’s online Festival.

Among the authors appearing will be Paula Byrne, Rachel Clarke, Mel Giedroyc, William Shaw and Marina Wheeler.

We also have online only events with Bryony Gordon and poet Cecilia Knapp.

In total, will be hosting a total of 10 events across 13 days in late September in early October.

Young People’s Laureate hosts Festival workshop

The current Young People’s Laureate for London will stage an exclusive online workshop as part of this year's Sevenoaks Literary Festival.

Biographer Paula Byrne confimed as first Festival event

The opening event of the 20th Sevenoaks Literary Festival has been confirmed as the Literary Tea with bestselling biographer Paula Byrne.

Dates for landmark Festival confirmed

This year's landmark festival - our 20th - will take place between Saturday 25th September and Thursday 7th October.

National win for town bookshop

Our wonderful local bookshop has just been honoured as the best independent bookseller in the whole of the UK and Ireland.