Liverpool Book Festival 2026

Location: BOXPARK

Liverpool Book Festival is returning with a Summer Special at BOXPARK in Liverpool this summer.

The packed event will feature over 60 authors selling their books directly, artisan stalls, street food, talks, live music and a kids zone — with free entry for Under 12s.

Spanning various genres and featuring some incredible independent and bestselling authors, as well as some publishers, it’s an opportunity to meet them and buy their books directly. Some familiar faces will be selling their books, including:

• Celebrity chef Dave Critchley
• SAS hero Rusty Firmin
• Comic book legends Tim Quinn & Kev Sutherland
• Crime bestseller Conrad Jones
• Lots of other local independent authors, festival debut authors and publishers

Tickets to the Liverpool Book Festival are set at a standard £15 and access all areas, meaning that everyone will have access to the talks in the BeatBox conference room throughout the day (please note that these are first come first served with 100 seats). There will be a wide range of fascinating talks and activities going on including:

• Live hypnosis demonstration from Alan Bates
• Tarot with Anna Harrison
• The Warrior Way with Ju-Jitsu legend Sue King
• Short film screening of Crow Dark Dawn with live narration
• Marvel presentation from Tim Quinn & Kev Sutherland
• Legendary Liverpool Venues talk from photographer and author Francesco Mellina
• The Songs The Beatles Gave Away  with Colin Hall
• Poetry performance and talk from Joseph Roberts
• Inside The S.A.S with Rusty Firmin
• Q&A with author Conrad Jones

There will also be some incredible live music on the day featuring some of the region’s most talented artists. On the main stage, there’ll be beautiful acoustic live music followed by a DJ spinning Balearic beats — with live music on the outdoor terrace too! Music of the day includes:

• Abbie Fairchild
• Liz Owen
• Aimee Lea Frances
• DJ Laura Love
• Nikhil Hathiwala
• Oisin Hassan
• JP Cumberlidge