We have a list of Literature Festivals and arts festivals with a literary content:

• UK Literature Festivals

For general arts festivals contact the British Arts Festivals

We do not have a list of literary festivals around the world, only those in the UK. There are a number of websites that you can find some information about festivals in Europe:

• The European Festivals Association
• Festivals in Finland
• Norway Festivals

Festivals that we deal with overseas include:

• Sydney Writers Festival, Australia - May
• Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Australia – August
• Children’s Literature Festival, Belgium - February
• Harbourfront International Festival of Authors, Toronto, Canada – October
• Montreal Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Canada - April
• Victoria Literary Arts Festival, Canada - May
• Ottawa International Writers Festival, Canada - September
• Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival (WordFest), Canada - October
• Festivale Internationale de la Poesie de Trois-Rivieres, Canada – September/October
• Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival, Canada - October
• Medellin International Poetry Festival, Colombia - June
• Helsinki Festival, Finland - August
• Festival Franco-Anglais de Poesie, France – May
• Concrete Poetry Festival, Cologne, Germany - Autumn
• British Literature Festival, Germany – May
• International Storytelling Festival, Aachen, Germany - November
• International Children’s Literature Festival, Israel - June
• Lithuania Spring Festival, Lithuania - May
• Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, New Zealand - May
• Wordstruck, Dunedin, New Zealand – May
• Port Legnica Poetry Festival, Poland – September
• Poetry Lisbon Festival, Portugal – May
• Time of the Writer Festival, South Africa – March
• Stockholm International Poetry Festival, Sweden - November
• International Literature Festival, Leukerbad, Switzerland – June/July

If you know which country you are interested in you can contact our office in that country:

• British Council Offices Worldwide