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2025 Brochure Here!

Click here to download the 2025 brochure and discover all of the incredible events we have on offer at this year's Appledore Book Festival.
Breaking News ...
Paula Hawkins Joins Line-up!


Paula Hawkins, author of the phenomenally successful The Girl on the Train, will be speaking about her latest novel, The Blue Hour,
on Fri 19 Sept at 12.30pm. (Photo credit - Kate Neil)
Gift Vouchers
Available Now!
Gift Vouchers are now available.
An ideal present for friends and family. They can be purchased for any value you like. The vouchers can easily be redeemed online for Festival event tickets or for Friends Memberships.
Friends Memberships
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Friends Memberships for 2025 are now available.
Being a 'Friend of the Festival' comes with fantastic benefits, including priority booking, and is a great way to support our Festival both now and in the future.
Charlotte Aitken Trust
Schools Week
Books
At Home
Donate Here!
As a charity we are committed to encouraging children of all ages to read books, opening their minds, and inspiring a love of the written word. Building on the experience of the hugely successful Schools Week, we are embarking on an ambitious project whereby each child at an author event will receive a signed book.
For some children, this might be the first book they own.
In the UK 1 in 10 disadvantaged children does not own a book (National Literacy Trust 2022) and in this area 1 in 5 children aged between 5 and 8 years does not have a book of their own at home.
Please consider donating to this cause.