Sun, 23 Feb
|Macclesfield
Macclesfield Book Festival 2025 - 23rd Feb - Author's Weekend
Open from 11am until 4pm. As Treacle Market Sunday goes on in the town centre, we will be holding the final day of our month long Book Festival. Come along to browse book and artisan stalls.
Time & Location
23 Feb 2025, 11:00 – 16:00
Macclesfield, Bridge St, Macclesfield SK11 6EG, UK
About the event
📚 Macclesfield Book Festival - 2025 📚
Book worms and lovers of literacy, join us at Christ Church Macclesfield every weekend of February for our inaugural Book Festival. We'll have our popular book stalls open for browsing and buying, as well as being joined by some excellent local book shops, guest speakers, musicians, and artisan craft & gift stalls. Refreshments will also be available. Scroll down and click Read More for the full details.
What to expect
Below are details for what you can look forward to on February 23rd.
Talks & Performances
11:30am - 12:30pm - Performance by Open Strings
Organ recital - time TBC
Authors & Poets
Some wonderful authors, poets, and historians will be joining us with copies of their works for sale.
Dorothy Bentley Smith
Joy and John Winkler
Graham Wilson*
Frank Walker*
John Clark*
Brigid Griffin
Harry A G Carlisle, BEM*
Susan Earlam
Elena Baldwin
Charles Heathcote
*Authors will not be attending in person, but their books will be available.
Book Shops
The following book stalls will be available on this date.
Christ Church Book Stalls
Bopcap Books
This festival is made possible with the kind support of the Churches Conservation Trust, Macclesfield Town Council, and our dedicated group of volunteers.
More
A selection of artisan craft and gift stalls
Hot and cold drinks and light refreshments
Treacle Market will also be going on in the town centre
Festival dates
All events will run from 11am until 4pm.
Saturday 1st February & Sunday 2nd February
Saturday 8th February & Sunday 9th February
Saturday 15th February & Sunday 16th February
Saturday 22nd February & Sunday 23rd February