Crack the Code: Detective Trail

Newark Town Centre

Embark on an adventure trail through the cobbled streets of Newark becoming a crime detective for the day to crack the mystery code!

Book & Jigsaw Swap

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Bring your old, and go home with "new" to you at the Newark Book Festival Book and Jigsaw Swap this June at Newark Market Place.

Literature Village Newark Market Place

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Enjoy four days of wonderful local crafts, bookish organisations, authors and published books of all genres at the Festival Literary Village, under the red and white stripes of Newark’s Royal Market.

Little Roars Musical Play

St Mary Magdalene Church Church Walk, Newark

Bring your little ones for a Little Roars Musical Play session at St Mary Magdalene Church on the opening morning of Newark Book Festival.

Smoke & Mirrors Swing Dance

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Enjoy an hour of free toe-tapping music and performance at the Newark Book Festival Literature Village with the Smoke and Mirrors Swing Dancers.

Play With Your Food – Ally Pally Arts Story Emporium

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Get your wonderful imaginations ready to craft up a feast fit for a fairytale at the Ally Pally Arts Story Emporium at Newark Book Festival's Literature Village.

Free

This Rock is Mine – Alice McKinley

Beanblock Beanblock, Unit 24, 15 St Marks Place, St Marks Lane,, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Join Alice in Beanblock for the launch of the Summer Reading Challenge with a hilarious tale - This Rock is Mine, with Illustrator Alice McKinley.

Shed of Stories

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Discover magical worlds with our family free sessions in Newark Market Place as words and stories tumble out of a mysterious shed of stories.

Play in an Inspiring way!

Newark Buttermarket Inspire Buttermarket, First Floor, The Buttermarket, Middlegate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Head to Inspire Buttermarket for fun, noisy creative drop-in play sessions in their interactive music room to play in an inspiring way!

New Uses for a Wand – Five Leaves New Poets

Newark Buttermarket Inspire Buttermarket, First Floor, The Buttermarket, Middlegate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Join four fabulous poets at the Inspire Buttermarket for this free event to celebrate the publication of New Uses for a Wand.

Urban Canvas Word Art

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

A free event which is not to be missed as the talented Urban Canvas transform the market place with their unique word art.