The inaugural Liverpool Book Festival has been announced for 7th September 2025.
The debut event is taking place at Invisible Wind Factory from 12pm and will feature over 40 authors, book signings, live music, street food, artisan stalls, guest speakers and special guests such as Radio Merseyside presenter Billy Butler and Ramsey Campbell, with more to be announced.
The exciting new book festival will feature some of the region’s most talented authors and will showcase a wide range of books for sale — including autobiographies, crime, thrillers, sci-fi, romance, comedy, historical, children’s books and more. Authors attending include multi-award winning comedian Gary Skyner and punk flute legend Phil Jones.
Jones will be performing live at the festival, as will some of the region’s most talented artists such as Primal Live song contest winner Sam Leyden. There will also be Q&As with special guest speakers, with full details to be announced.
Liverpool Book Festival is being hosted by local magazine, marketing and PR company, La Vida Liverpool. The aim is to provide a platform for local authors, connecting them with fellow authors, publishers and industry experts and a great opportunity to sell their books to readers, as well as providing a chance to meet the authors directly, ask them questions and get their purchased books signed in person.
La Vida Liverpool’s Justin Hopper said: “I’ve owned La Vida Liverpool for seven years now and have promoted many different people, businesses, charities and events. Every time I do marketing and PR for authors it always strikes me how difficult it is for them to get their books out there and sell direct to readers without having to go through big online platforms that charge huge commissions.
“As a writer myself, I am passionate about supporting creatives and I’m proud to have done that really well through La Vida these past seven years. With Liverpool Book Festival, I’m aiming to take that one step further for writers — connecting them with book lovers in a fun event with loads going on! I’m making it really affordable for all too — that’s very important to me.”
Tickets to the festival are £10 and there are plans for it to be hosted bi-annually.
Hopper concluded: “There are so many talented authors in our region and so many people love reading, so I’m excited about providing this platform to bring them together. It’s tough for authors to get noticed and you can’t beat a good physical copy, so it’s a win win situation – in a digital world with artificial intelligence we must fight to keep our creativity alive and I’m hoping this festival will help in some small way.”
