Become a Friend of the Festival for 2025.
This year’s theme is Making Waves! For full details, guidance, rules and entry forms, please visit here. Good luck to all those taking part.
The 2025 Adult Short Story Competition is now open. If you are a budding author, full details of the competition can be found here.
Sponsorship support is a key to the success and development of the Festival. For details on how to become a sponsor, please contact us at: sponsorship@foweyfestival.com
Whether you volunteer with us, have taken out a Friends membership, or contributed to our fundraising campaign, your support means a great deal. Our fundraising campaign is ongoing, helping us to stage our Festival, in addition to the extremely important continuation of our schools’ literary programme. If you would like to donate, please follow the link here.
Click here to download the 2024 Fowey Festival programme (PDF 6.9mb)
Please use the links below to learn more about becoming a Friend of the Fowey Festival.
Our online auction has now closed!
Thank you to all the bidders and our generous donors, it’s been a wonderful week!
We hope to see you at our festival next year (9-17 May 2025)
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Dec 1
Just a few hours left to place your bids in our online auction which closes at 6pm today. Link in our bio!
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Dec 1
Just 24 hours to go until our online auction ends, place your bids using the link in our bio!!!
#FoweyLitFest #fundraising #bid
Nov 30
Not long to go now before our online auction closes on Sunday at 6pm so here’s a reminder of some of the fantastic items you can bid for:
Tug trip for two in Fowey, afternoon tea at the Fowey Harbour hotel, spa day membership for two at the Cornwall hotel, a 2-hour 1:1 lampshade making workshop with Lilyboo, Sunday lunch for two at Denaros and a signed copy of Death on the Thames by Alan Johnson
Place your bids whilst there’s still time!
#FoweyLitFest #fundraising #charity
Nov 30
So many practical and beautiful lots on offer in our online auction, such as a 3 hour professional cleaning service from SAS cleaning, a Dunoon Fine Bone China mug from Treasures of Fowey, a hand made porcelain pouring bowl from White Doll Arts and a variety of pictures by local artists
Just 3 days left so place your bids for these and more using the link in our bio
#FoweyLitFest #shoplocal #Fowey
Nov 29
If books are your thing then take a look at our online auction where we have history, politics, crime, food and fiction, something for everyone, many signed by the author!
Bid using the link in our bio
#FoweyLitFest #books #fundraising
Nov 28
Still time to bid for some of the unique and original lots in our online auction; annual membership to the Royal Cornwall Museum along with a Winston Graham prize shortlist book bundle, a rare 1933 US First Edition of The Progress of Julius, the chance to have your pets portrait sketched, a signed edition of Daphne du Mauriers biography of Francis Bacon and a beautiful painting of Mullion Cove.
Place your bids! Link in bio.
#FoweyLitFest #auction #fundraising
Nov 27
It’s all about the food today in our online auction, including a £50 voucher for dinner at the Royal Fowey Yacht Club, vouchers for the wonderful Bufala Osteria Pizzeria and Captain Hanks, Sunday lunch at the Fisherman’s in Golant, a Cornish Cream Tea courtesy of the Cornish Bakery and lunch at the Old Quay House, we’re feeling full already!
Bid using the link in our bio
#FoweyLitFest #foodie #Cornwall #fowey
Nov 26
Bid for wonderful Du Maurier related items in our online auction including first and rare editions, classic miniature vans and a signed photo of the author herself.
Bid using the link in our bio, happy bidding!
#DuMaurierMonday #DuMaurier #FoweyLitFest
Nov 25
Thoughts turning to Christmas? Many of the lots in our online auction would make great Christmas presents including the opportunity to have a portrait of your pet sketched, beautiful pyjamas, a spa day at the Cornwall Hotel, various books signed by the author, a lampshade making workshop with Lilyboo of Fowey and a box of Roly’s delicious Christmas Pudding fudge
Bid now using the link in the bio!
#FoweyLitFest #petportraits #spadays
Nov 24
Enjoy being active? Our online auction includes some great lots to do just that: a tug trip for 2, a self guided boat trip and a double kayak hire on the Fowey river, one to one tennis lessons with an LTA qualified coach and a one hour private yoga lesson.
Place your bids using the link in the bio!
#FoweyLitFest #watersport #yogalesson #tennislessons
Nov 23
Our online auction is now live! We have a terrific selection of lots including books signed by the author, wonderful pieces of art and jewellery, pet portraits, afternoon tea and a variety of activities on and off the water.
Bid using the link in our bio, good luck!
#FoweyLitFest #auctionlive #cornwall
Nov 22
Not long now till our online auction opens with over 50 lots!
Here are just a few of them, bidding begins at 6pm today.
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Nov 22
24 hours to go! Our online auction begins tomorrow with more than 50 fabulous lots to bid for.
Link available in our bio from 6pm Friday 22 November.
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Nov 21
Just a week to go until our online auction commences at 6pm on Friday 22 November. Link in our bio on the day.
Here’s a taster of some of the fabulous lots available including river activities, art by local artists and vouchers for restaurants and cafes in and around Fowey.
#FoweyLitFest #fundraising #auction
Nov 15
The countdown has started….Our fundraising online auction opens for bidding in 2 weeks! Follow us for updates on some of the wonderful auction lots.
The auction will be available to view and to place bids, from 6pm on Friday November 22nd. Head to our bio for the link to the auction site.
#festival #literature #fundraising #auction
Nov 8
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