Milton Keynes Lit Fest - Spring Festival 2026

MK Lit Fest returns with an exciting and wide-ranging Spring Festival 2026 celebrating everything bookish or wordy, with a wealth of author events, writing workshops and fabulous children’s sessions. Join us in MK Central Library, Waterstones Midsummer Place, and The Box Arts Club in Kiln Farm to discover new favourite authors, get some new books signed – or develop your writing skills.

Authors and performers include: Jonny Ball – John Grindrod – Jonn Elledge – Geoff Andrews – Toby Litt – Matty Long – Ruth Mancini – Professor David Wilson – Ash Bond – Isabelle Baafi – John McCullough – Nizrana Farook – Derek Owusu – Madeleine Dunnigan – Natalie Bennett – Solitaire Townsend – Harriet Tyce – Sarah Pinborough – Aki Schilz – James McDermott – Simon Maddrell – and the very best local writers in our sixth annual MinK anthology and in the Raising Voices StoryMap.