Priority booking for one of Hexham's much-loved annual events has opened today.
Hexham Book Festival will be held in a spiegeltent, a large travelling tent from the Netherlands, within the Hexham Abbey Grounds between July 2 and July 11.
Booking opened for Festival Friends at 7am this morning.
For general bookings, tickets will be on sale tomorrow (May 5) at 7am.
The festival was unable to go ahead last year due to lockdown restrictions.
Many of the authors which were due to appear in 2020 have pledged their support for the event this year.
Guests include Jung Chang, Gavin Esler, Luke Jennings and Hollie McNish.