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Indie Book Festivals

Festivals and events for book people, by book people

Come and meet the authors behind the books, find something new to read, and spend a day among people who love stories as much as you do.

First stop

Market Harborough

Saturday 13 February 2027

Our first festival

Market Harborough

Our first TaleRow festival, at Jubilee Hall, Market Harborough.

  • When Saturday 13 February 2027, 10:00am – 4:00pm
  • Where Jubilee Hall, Market Harborough Congregational Church, Market Harborough

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Our second festival

Bedford

  • When Saturday 24 April 2027, 10:00am – 3:30pm
  • Where St Paul's Church, Bedford

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Welcome to TaleRow

TaleRow is a new series of indie book festivals for authors, bookish traders and readers, built on one simple idea: events are better when they are run by people who have stood behind the table themselves.

What to expect

A day for people who love books

Meet the authors

Talk to the people who wrote the books, across a balanced mix of genres.

Buy from the author

Chat to the author and buy a copy straight from their table.

Signed on request

Ask the author to sign your copy on the day, with a message if you would like one.

A friendly room

Organised by authors who know the day from both sides of the table.

A note from us

We are Melissa and Jonas, and we are authors first. We have spent plenty of long days behind a table at book fairs, and TaleRow is our way of making the kind of day we would want: friendly, clear, and all about the books.

Come and say hello.

Meet the organisers

Author spotlight

Authors you can meet

  • Paul Gitsham

    Crime Fiction

  • Ellis Greaves/ A B Esson

    Children/ YA, Contemporary Romance/Psychological Thriller

  • Nick Snape

    Fantasy and Science Fiction

  • M J Whelan

    Creative non fiction

  • Tracy Knights

    Thriller

  • A E Ward

    Speculative Psychological Thriller

  • Sian Winter

    Romance (contemporary/romcom/spicy)

  • Maaya Brooker

    Children’s horror adventure and women’s literature

  • Fran Clark

    Women's Fiction

  • J.A.Cauldwell

    Fantasy

  • Dan Vecchi

    Ya and New adult

  • AJ Ashton

    High Fantasy

  • Jules Langton

    Fantasy/romance

  • K.E. Wilson

    Dark Romance

  • R.E. Palmer

    Epic fantasy

  • Jacci Gooding

    Horror/ghost

  • Jonas Lane

    Urban Fantasy, YA Mysteries, Thrillers and Adventures

  • Alexander Lane

    Supernatural horror

  • Neil J Hart

    Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, Dystopian

  • Rebecca Russell

    Women's Popular Fiction; Psychological Thriller & Quiet Horror

  • Jonathan Peach

    Psychological literary thriller

  • Marie Harper Wright

    Small Town Romance

  • Keets Halston

    Romance x thriller

  • Elenor Pountain

    Contemporary and Dark Romance

  • The Slab Press

    Anthologies

  • Graeme Cumming

    Crime Thrillers / Dark Thrillers

  • Aki McKenzi

    Fantasy

  • Martin D Hill

    Children's Picture Books

  • Samantha Jayne Grubey

    Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense

  • Alastair Mciver

    Political crime

  • Jessica Elisabeth

    Romantasy

  • Evie Alexander

    Romance Series

  • Elizabeth Price

    Children’s picture books

  • Denise Critchley

    Dystopian Witch

  • Zena Unitt

    Women's commercial fiction

  • Stephen F Black

    High Fantasy YA

Questions?

We would love to hear from you

Thinking of exhibiting, or just curious? Ask us anything. We both read our email and we reply personally.

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