Coming up in-person!

Raising Voices at Heritage Open Days - Arts Central Studios
Saturday 19 September - Sunday 20 September 2026, Arts Central Studios MK, Kiln Farm
The Raising Voices StoryMap will be on display at Arts Central Studios for Heritage Open Days. See some of our favourite pieces, along with activities prompting you to write your own MK story. It’s part of Arts Central artists' vibrant HODs exhibition – an exciting, eclectic showcase – with tours available to meet participating artists.

MK Indie Book Fair 2026
Saturday 26 September 2026, 10.30am - 5.00pm, Middleton Hall, mk:centre, Free, no booking required
Milton Keynes' Indie Book Fair returns to showcase 100 independently published authors and small presses. An opportunity for book readers to talk to authors in person, hear them read from their work – and of course to buy loads of wonderful books. Indie Book Fair cover a whole spectrum of genres: crime, mystery, fantasy, Young Adult, children’s books, poetry, self-help, memoir, sci-fi, humour, essays, travel and more!
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Victoria Hislop – The Wine-Dark Sea
Thursday 29 October 2026 7.00 - 8.00pm , Waterstones MK, £6 (ticket only) / £25 (book plus ticket)
Beloved international bestseller Victoria Hislop explores the turbulence of the post-war era in Greece in her unforgettable and riveting new novel, The Wine-Dark Sea.
