Secondary Programming – Submit Your Event

Become part of the festival

Submit your event for inclusion in the 2026 Newark Book Festival official programme as a secondary programming partner.

A secondary programmer is an organisation, business or individual who directly liaises with writers, artists, and agents to book and promote one or more literary-associated events as part of Newark Book Festival 2026. By doing so, they accept full responsibility for all programming costs to include the hire of the venue, payment to the writer(s), arranging the staffing of the event(s) and all legal obligations such as public liability insurance and health and safety.

Please read our full Secondary Programming Policy, then submit your event using the form below. We'll be in touch with the next steps once we have reviewed your event.

Secondary Programming Policy

Promotional Benefits

When working with secondary promoters, association with Newark Book Festival offers the following benefits:

Central marketing and publicity

This includes the production of at least 10,000 brochures distributed locally, regionally and nationally.

Worldwide presence via the Newark Book Festival website.
Profile raising opportunities by way of a dedicated media campaign, and that of bespoke coverage of the secondary programmer’s events by the media.
A presence at the Newark Book Festival launch event on Thursday 9th July 2026.
Newark Book Festival Branding packs, including posters & brochures.
Ensure anti-clashing with the scheduling of the festival programme.

Event Commission Charges

Newark Book Festival offers all the above support to secondary programmers, if they wish to be part of Newark Book Festival, for which there are the following commission charges:

Free Events

Programming of one to four free of charge events (whether ticketed or unticketed)

£40

Venue Capacity under 50

Programming of ticketed (charging) events with a venue capacity of under 50.

£50

Venue Capacity under 100

Programming of ticketed (charging) events with a venue capacity of under 100.

£100

Secondary Programming

Submit Your Event

First Name

Last Name

Company

Email Address

Contact Phone Number

Address for invoice

Event Name

Type of Event

Event Audience

Event Date(s) Event Date(s) Thursday 9th July Friday 10th July Saturday 11th July Sunday 12th July For the same event on multiple dates, please select all that apply. If you have more than one event, please complete a separate submission form.

Event Times (from and to)

Event Venue

Event Capacity

Event Details

Ticket Price(s)

Acceptance of Secondary Programming Policy Terms and Conditions Acceptance of Secondary Programming Policy Terms and Conditions I confirm that I have read and understood all the terms and conditions set out in the Secondary Programming Policy and will not use the official Newark Book Festival branding to promote my event(s) until I have written acceptance from the festival team directly and I have paid my invoice.

Email Newsletter Opt-in Email Newsletter Opt-in Opt-in to the Newark Book Festival email newsletter to keep up to date with festival news and further opportunities to collaborate. Newark Book Festival will only use the information you have provided for the purposes of contacting you about your event as part of the Secondary Programming. If you opt in, we will also use your email address to send you the Newark Book Festival newsletter. Your information is only shared where necessary and where the law allows it. We will only keep your information for as long as is necessary, and in line with our retention schedules. Further information setting out how Newark Book Festival processes personal data is available on our website at https://www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk/privacy-policy.

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Secondary Programming Policy