LitOct 2026

The Southlands Literary Festival is back. Welcome to Southlands LitOct 2026, Hillingdon’s literary festival returning to the Southlands Arts Centre! This year’s festival is a celebration of literature, creativity, and community — bringing together writers, readers, and neighbours for a month of storytelling. Below you’ll find the full schedule of events that make up this year’s LitOct. We’ve designed a £25 event pass that will give you access to all events (except Writing through lifes turning points and Linocut), to make sure you don’t miss any of the action. The event pass also includes a Li