Looe Festival of Words 2026

Looe Festival of Words – Looe Women’s Wellbeing Writing Group Panel

Come and find out more about Looe Women's Wellbeing Writing Group.

Looe Festival Of Words – Valley, Verse & Friends

To celebrate National Poetry Day 2026, Looe’s loose-fitting assortment of wordsmiths, known as Valley Verse, will join forces with friends from Liskeard and Plymouth to present an evening of poetry across the genres.

Looe Festival Of Words – Stags, Hens and Honeymoons

Do you remember your Hen night? Did your Stag night get out of hand?

Looe Festival Of Words – Bridge of Words – Festival Launch Night

To kick off this year’s Festival of Words  we intend to bridge the gaps between poetry, non-fiction, storytelling and newspaper reports…

Looe Festival of Words – DYSLEXIA   (DIS-LEX-SEE-AR)

Looe Festival of Words – Bridges and Connections

Join an inspiring and enlightening poetry workshop focused on the evocative theme of bridges and connections

Looe Festival of Words – All Around Morocco

Come and hear about solo traveller, Paula Rooney's latest adventure in Morocco, now available in her most recent book

Looe Festival Of Words – The Power of Setting & Landscape

The Power of Setting and Landscape in Writing (creative writing workshop)

Looe Festival Of Words – Writing Old Age, Dependency & Care

Care is a universal experience. Everyone has been cared for, most people will care for someone, almost everyone hopes to be cared for at the end of their life.

Looe Festival Of Words – The Festival Facts & Fiction Quiz

Brush up your knowledge of all things books, words, twinning and more and join us on the last day of the Festival for a fun afternoon of quizzing

Looe Festival of Words – Dominica A Novel – inspired by Saint Dominica of Cornwall

Dominica A novel - inspired by Saint Dominica of Cornwall

Looe Festival Of Words –  U3A Book Club Meet The Author

U3A Book Club Meet The Author - Annalisa Crawford

Looe Festival of Words – Shoals of Starlings

Join Shoals of Starlings poets BRIAN HERDMAN and MATT THOMAS for a lively, practical exploration of what makes a poetry performance engaging, memorable and full of energy — and what can leave an audience confused or heading for the exi

Looe Festival Of Words – Different Minds

Different Minds: how we can help our autistic schoolchildren thrive

Looe Festival Of Words – Crime on the Quay

From cosy crime to thrillers, spanning mediaeval to modern day, this is your opportunity to put your questions to some of the South West’s best crime authors

Looe Festival Of Words – The Spriggans Child

A workshop mixing storytelling and poetry in the Cornish tradition of droll telling.

Looe Festival Of Words – Cornwall Unchartered

CORNWALL UNCHARTED: Mapping Queer Lives Across Town, Coast and Hinterland

Looe Festival Of Words – Looe Bookish Club Meet the Authors

Seth the Seagull, our mascot, has been exploring around East and West Looe. Can you find where he’s been?

Looe Festival of Words – A Cornish Bestiary

Find out more about the new book A Cornish Bestiary by locally based author Luke Thompson in this Q&A session hosted by Paul Taylor-McCartney

Looe Festival of Words – Make Your Own Bridge Of Words craft workshop

Join artist, Sandra Brown, to turn old books, lollipop sticks, and cardboard into beautiful model bridges decoupaged with your choice of words.

Looe Festival Of Words – Times Of Looe

Join Looe's historian and Cornish Bard Mark Camp for a walk with a difference

Looe Festival of Words – Forensics for Crime Writers

Where would the gruesome crime thriller be without the clinical pathologist hovering in the background to provide forensic leads?

Looe Festival of Words – Home School Poetry Day

Looe Festival of Words – Book Fair

Come & meet some of the South West's talented writers and speakers in an exciting line up of talks at the Looe Festival Of Words Book Fair