EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR 2026 ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
We are please to announce that early bird tickets for selected events at the 2026 York Literature Festival are now available to buy! For those of your anxiously waiting for the 2026 programme to be announced in January, why not take a look at our events page to purchase tickets we have released for five of our events in March: Tim Minshall, Rónán Hession, Laura Bates, Susanna Clarke and passes to our weekend of events celebrating Folk Horror and the Urban Wyrd. Get your tickets now ahead of the crowds!
While you’re waiting for the next festival…
The York Howlers
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 7:30pm, head down to the Blue Boar for everyone’s favourite poetry open mic night!
Society of Hauntologists
The York Society of Hauntologists is a reading group embracing all things Folk Horror in England’s most haunted city at the Black Swan Inn on the last Wednesday of the month, 7pm.
Head to their Instagram to find out what they’re currently reading:
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Sponsored by York St. John University for the 2026 York Literature Festival.
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We hope that you will join us at our events taking place across our wonderful city.
