Liverpool Book Festival

Liverpool's largest ever book festival has been announced for Sunday 7th September! The inaugural Liverpool Book Festival is taking place at Invisible Wind Factory and Make CIC and will feature over 60 authors, book signings, Q&As, workshops, live music, street food, artisan stalls, celebrity special guests and more!

The exciting new book festival will feature some of the region’s most talented and award winning authors and will showcase a wide range of books for sale — including autobiographies, crime, thrillers, sci-fi, romance, comedy, historical, children’s books and everything in between!

Special guests announced so far include broadcasting legend Billy Butler, acclaimed novelist Ramsey Campbell, Marvel writers Tim Quinn and Alan Cowsil, Beano and Dandy Illustrator Nigel Parkinson, award-winning comedian Gary Skyner, celebrity chef Dave Critchley, punk legend Phil Jones and many other well known figures.

Multi-award winning life coach Alison Blackler will be in attendance, as will renowned life coach Linda Baldvinsdottir, who is flying in from Iceland. Meanwhile, respected publishers will be attending such as Estelle Maher from Tauk Publishing, Canelo, Northodox Press, Susan Westoby from Liverpool Books Online and Louisa Herridge. Books shops such as Bob Stone's Write Blend will also be at the event.

The festival will feature fascinating Q&As on stage, as well as live music from talented local acts such as Primal Live winner Sam Leyden. Workshops will be taking place throughout the day, including children's storytelling from Wish Upon A Party, Ted Without A Bed from Wirral Ark, children's creative workshops from Helen Poole, poerty from Zonked and Find Your Flow with John Bullock. Meanwhile, there'll be street food and artisan stalls selling quirky and artsy products.