Become a sponsor

The Festival plays a key role in supporting the economic, social, cultural and educational prosperity of our city. Arts and culture in Derby is flourishing and the Festival is now well established as the East Midlands’ most successful book festival.  Since 2015, the Festival has developed both its ambition in programming events and also in creating a range of community programmes, supporting people from babies to people in care homes. 

Local businesses recognise that a city with a thriving cultural life attracts the very best employees. Many of our sponsors have been loyal supporters of the Festival since the start and have enjoyed the benefits of being part of a successful event. We have welcomed some of the most successful international authors to our Festival to inspire adults and children. We also support local authors and new writers to take the first steps in their publishing careers.

We have a range of sponsorship packages on offer for our events programme. We will recognise your support by including your logo in our programme, on our website and mention your business in our newsletter (to 2,300 subscribers) all social media posts and press releases relating to your sponsored events.   We will also provide you with tickets to Festival events and invite you to join us at special VIP receptions.