2025 Summer Reading Challenge – Story Garden
The World Famous Story Emporium is putting on gardening gloves and wellies and loading up its wheelbarrow with pens and paper for some story-inspired green-fingered crafty fun. Join Ally Pally Arts in sowing stories and harvesting happy endings at Newark Library to launch the Summer Reading Challenge.
No need to book, drop into Newark Library and enjoy this free event.
EVENT DATE & TIME
2025 Summer Reading Challenge – Story Garden
Ticket Prices
Free Event
Author Book Signing
The brand-new Waterstones Newark is the official Festival Bookseller, for 2026. Waterstones will be running the Festival Bookshop at the Palace Theatre and pop-up book stalls for author book signings after every event at each venue.
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Please note: Advance tickets are available until 11 am the day before the event, unless the venue is the Palace Theatre or Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre.












