BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12059@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260802T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260802T170000 DTSTAMP:20260612T063424Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/liverpool-book-festival-2026/ SUMMARY:: Liverpool Book Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:Location: BOXPARK\n\n \;\n\nLiverpool Book Festival is re turning with a Summer Special at BOXPARK in Liverpool this summer.\n\nTh e packed event will feature over 60 authors selling their books directly\, artisan stalls\, street food\, talks\, live music and a kids zone — wit h free entry for Under 12s.\nSpanning various genres and featuring some in credible independent and bestselling authors\, as well as some publishers\ , it’s an opportunity to meet them and buy their books directly. Some fa miliar faces will be selling their books\, including:\n\n\n Celebrity che f Dave Critchley\n SAS hero Rusty Firmin\n Comic book legends Tim Quinn &\; Kev Sutherland\n Crime bestseller Conrad Jones\n Lots of other lo cal independent authors\, festival debut authors and publishers\n\n \; \nTickets to the Liverpool Book Festival are set at a standard £15 and ac cess all areas\, meaning that everyone will have access to the talks in th e BeatBox conference room throughout the day (please note that these are f irst come first served with 100 seats). There will be a wide range of fasc inating talks and activities going on including:\n\n\n Live hypnosis demo nstration from Alan Bates\n Tarot with Anna Harrison\n The Warrior Way w ith Ju-Jitsu legend Sue King\n Short film screening of Crow Dark Dawn wit h live narration\n Marvel presentation from Tim Quinn &\; Kev Sutherla nd\n Legendary Liverpool Venues talk from photographer and author Frances co Mellina\n The Songs The Beatles Gave Away  with Colin Hall\n Poetry performance and talk from Joseph Roberts\n Inside The S.A.S with Rusty Fi rmin\n Q&\;A with author Conrad Jones\n\n \;\nThere will also be s ome incredible live music on the day featuring some of the region’s most talented artists. On the main stage\, there’ll be beautiful acoustic li ve music followed by a DJ spinning Balearic beats — with live music on t he outdoor terrace too! Music of the day includes:\n\n\n Abbie Fairchild\ n Liz Owen\n Aimee Lea Frances\n DJ Laura Love\n Nikhil Hathiwala\n O isin Hassan\n JP Cumberlidge\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2026/06/Book-Fest-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR