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Welcome to the Holmfirth Children's Book Festival

Our next festival will be on 26th and 27th September 2026. We have some brilliant authors and illustrators lined up. Keep watching for more information!

View/Download 2025 Programme

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Holmfirth Children's Book Festival 2026

We can’t show you the 2026 programme just yet… keep watching!

What's On

About the Festival

The Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival is for children, young people and their families in Holmfirth and beyond. We aim to inspire a love of reading and books. Our first festival took place in September 2025.

In the years to come we hope to grow the festival further and become a destination for book lovers all over the UK.

We are a non-profit organisation, Holmfirth Book Festival CIC, run by five local volunteers including the founders of Read Bookshop. We are passionate about getting children excited about books.

Our Mission

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What Our Visitors Say

We can’t wait for the Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival. My kids have loved online author events at school and this means they can meet authors and illustrators in real life. A whole weekend of creativity is something we will all benefit from, and so handy it will only be 5 minutes from home!

Gemma

Local parent

“I’m so excited to have a festival for kids my age. I can’t wait to see Josh Silver’s event because he’s one of my favourite authors.”

Honor

Age 12

“It’s going to be amazing to have so many famous authors coming to Holmfirth. I’m so proud of our little town. What a great addition to the festival calendar.”