Writing is Powerful.
It can change the way we explore the world, understand ourselves and connect with one another. Writers craft the stories that shape us.
Join us at Durham Book Festival 2025
For one long buzzing autumn weekend, Durham invites you to celebrate the transformative power of words.
Get ready to be challenged, inspired, entertained, and swept away as some of the hottest names in books descend on the city and delve into history, humour, poetry, and fiction.
Durham Book Festival takes place 10–12 October at Gala Durham, Clayport Library and Collected Books.
Audiences can also join in online.
Autumn 2025 opportunities
The season of crunchy leaves and fuzzy scarves – when book lovers rejoice – is on the horizon. We’re here to boost your cosiness and creativity this autumn with an exciting slate of opportunities for writers and readers
There are so many ways to take part. How will you get involved?
The Bee
The Bee is a new showcase for working-class writers. It includes a website, literary magazine, podcast, and an online space for professional development for working-class writers. It is editorially independent from New Writing North, and the fiction, non-fiction, interviews, photography, and commentary it publishes will both entertain, stimulate and provoke debate.
