Visit Southam Bookfest 2026! We have a delightful line-up of speakers and stallholders, competitions, a raffle, a quiz, and coffee/cake!

This year's focus will be on the Speaker sessions, supported by our regular exhibition in the main hall.​​​​

​Last year the main hall was full to capacity with eager exhibitors, not only individual local authors and writing groups, but poets, publishers, a bookbinder and in fact anyone who supports the written/spoken word as an art form. Book lovers had a field day browsing the stalls and taking part in the various talks and discussions. We also had a literary quiz to test knowledge of books & authors. And as usual tea and home made cakes from the WI will be a feature of the day.

The Flash Fiction short story competition will be held again - we had 225 entries in 2025, with all proceeds going directly to supporting the Graham Adams Centre.

Our "Book in the Window" shop display competition was very well supported, with 28 local businesses taking part with lots of creative and amusing entries. The winning entry was Galanos with 'The Tiger who came to Tea'.

And of course the cafe will be open for hot drinks and lots of yummy cakes, staffed by our brilliant volunteers from the WI .

The cafe is cash only at the moment. Should you require an ATM they are present at the nearby Town Centre, Tesco supermarket and Shell fuel garage

A big THANK YOU goes out to our sponsors The Book Trade Charity whose continuing donations enable us make the festival a success.

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