Christy Lefteri (The Book of Fire, Beekeeper of Aleppo and Songbird), Alex Preston (Winchelsea), food writers Jenny Linford (London Cook Book, Kew Gardens Cook Book) and Cat Black (Sex & Drugs and & Sausage Rolls), Nicci French, husband and wife writing pair of over 30 psychological thrillers, William Shaw (Salt Lane, Deadland, The Trawlerman),  E Hannavy Cousen (Of No Consequence),  Vanessa Nicolson (The Truth Game, Have you Been Good? Angels of Mud), Elizabeth Buchan (Two Women in Rome, The Museum of Broken Promises), creative writing with Lulah Ellender.

There was Poetry in the Pub with the Kent and Sussex Poetry Showcase (Christopher Horton, Jess Mookherjee, Karen Smith). Children's events included Monster Doughnut author Gianna Pollero, comedian and author Ben Miller, Helen Peters, Natasha Farrant, Eve Wersocki Morris and poet Joshua Seigal