Don't forget! Vince Cable will be speaking today at 3pm. We have 10 tickets still available, book now. Don't miss out!

The fun continues today, with plenty of workshops and kids events, as well as discussions about The Language of Cities; how radicals can change the world; and amazing adventurer, Sarah Outen shares her incredible story of how she spent 4.5 years travelling the world - kayaking, cycling and rowing 25,000 miles! Click to find out more and reserve tickets!

Folkestone Book Festival is well underway 😍 Click to explore the programme and book your tickets!

TODAY AT Folkestone Book Festival! Brian Clegg battles Big Data; James Thornton of ClientEarth takes on the government; and Roman Krznaric finds our what 'carpe diem' really means. Later, Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan give us a moving account of war stories; our favourite wobbly comedian, Francesca Martinez asks 'What the **** is Normal?!'; and Steve Richards explores how mainstream politics lost its way.

Clear you 2018 diary, Ezra Furman is coming to Folkestone Quarterhouse on Saturday 10 February! Furman has had an exhilarating couple of years, breaking the UK with sell-out, show-stopping performances! He returns in 2018 with his new album, 'Transangelic Exodus'. Combining a genuine mixture of outsider-angst and life-affirming energy, Furman gives nothing less than his whole body and soul to the cathartic moments of performance. Don't miss it Folkestone! Book now: https://goo.gl/yBWXXy Watch the video for 'Driving Down to LA': https://goo.gl/ppm5L9 Find out more: http://ezrafurman.com/

Young Marx is a brand new, historical comedy starring Olivier Awards-winning actor, Rory Kinnear. Based on true events from Karl Marx's life in London in the 1850's, Young Marx introduces us to a 32 year old revolutionary who is struggling with writer's block, a failing marriage and a despairing best friend, Engels. A combination of intellectual brilliance, satiric wit and child-like emotional illiteracy, Young Marx is broadcast live from London's Bridge Theatre on Thursday 7 December at 7pm. Tickets: https://goo.gl/qLtJU8

Calling all Jane Austen fans and foodies! On Monday 20 November, Pen Vogler tells us how she recreated recipes inspired by the novels and letters of Jane Austen, then updated them for modern-day cooks... There may even be a biscuit or two to sample! Tickets: https://goo.gl/WPNpse

How has the changing position of women shaped dreams about men? Social and cultural historian, Carol Dyhouse, looks at men through the eyes of women. From Lord Byron in the early nineteenth century, to boy-bands in the early twenty-first, she explores how female fantasies tell us as much about the history of women as about masculine icons. Tickets: https://goo.gl/nznLwC

In 2011, adventurer Sarah Outen began an inspiring four and half year journey around the world. This Sunday, she'll be telling us how she cycled, kayaked and rowed all 25,000 miles and the highs and lows she encountered along the way. Tickets: https://goo.gl/wMHB1F

We can't wait for the live broadcast of Follies, from the National Theatre TONIGHT! Starring the sensational Imelda Staunton and directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).

What if radicals - those innovators, disruptors and idealists who believe they know how to fix society - were as much a solution to the unrest in the world, as they were a symptom? Jamie Bartlett, one of the world's leading thinkers on radical politics and technology takes us inside the strange and exciting worlds of the people who think society is broken and believe they know just how to mend it. Tickets: https://goo.gl/4v7u8T