The 2025 Knowlton Literary Festival is October 16 through 18, 2025. 

Thursday  EVENING October 16, 2025

@Brome Lake Books

• Local Authors

Friday EVENING October 17, 2025

@ Brome Lake Community Centre

• Festival Opening Reception with Robin Esrock

Saturday DAY October 18, 2025

@ Brome Lake Community Centre

• Diana Beresford-Kroeger
• Eliza Reid in Conversation with Louise Penny
• Ausma Zehanat Khan in conversation with Wendy Mesley
• Beverley McLachlin in conversation with Roger Williams

Saturday EVENING October 18, 2025

@ Auberge Lakeview Inn

• Sean McCann & Andrea Aragon

Tickets can be purchased via:

Website: https://www.knowltonliteraryfestival.ca/events

Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/knowlton-literary-festival-2025-4456993

Brome Lake Books:

450 242-2242

Please do not purchase tickets from Instagram, Facebook or other online locations other than those listed above. We cannot be responsible for tickets purchased from unapproved sources. 

All ticket sales are final. If you need to cancel a ticket, please contact Brome Lake Books at: 450 242-2242. 

Examples of scannable tickets are shown below. 

You will require either a paper QR code or a digital QR code to gain access to an event.

Tickets cannot be held for people at the box office. If you purchased tickets for a group, you must distribute the tickets to your group in advance, or wait for them to arrive.

A town map with the festival venues is highlighted BELOW. 

Knowlton is a village, and speed limits are slower than in a larger city. Please take care around schools and in the downtown core. 

The town also has a few construction sites that can create delays. The most notable is the bridge on Victoria street which is being rebuilt. As a result there are detours, with increased bicycle and vehicle traffic. Please take care.

You are in the country... enjoy being part of our community and life at a slower pace!

Walking between Brome Lake Books and the Auberge Lakeview Inn takes about 15 minutes, and there are sidewalks.

Walking from the village centre to the Communiuty Centre is not recommended. There are two routes from the village centre to the Community Centre and both have major construction projects blocking walking routes or making them unsafe. Therefore we recommend people drive to/from the Community Centre to the village centre.

@ Brome Lake Books:

• There is limited parking behind the bookstore at 45, ch. Lakeside. 
• There is limited public parking on the west side of Lakeside. 
• There is also Municipal Parking on the west side of Lakeside, close to the bookstore, in the downtown core.

@ Brome Lake Community Centre:

• There is limited parking at the front and back of the Community Centre.
• There is also parking along the west side. 
• Please be respectful of handicap and restricted/reserved parking spots.

@ Auberge Lakeview Inn:

• There is limited parking at the front of the Inn.
• There is limited parking on south side of Victoria street.
• There is also a large parking lot at the back of the Inn.

Thursday evening, on October 16, 2025, at the Brome Lake Books Local Authors event, there will be some complimentary drinks/nibblies. Please help us keep the bookstore clean by being respectful of where you place empty glasses and garbage.

Friday evening, on October 17, 2025, at the Brome Lake Community Centre Festival Opening Reception, there will be  wine and nibblies in the Lobby. Food must be consumed in the lobby, with the exception of water bottles. No food is allowed in the auditorium.

Saturday October 18, at the Brome Lake Community Centre, at all Author events, food must be consumed in the lobby, with the exception of water bottles. No food is allowed in the auditorium.

Saturday October 18 evening, at the Auberge Lakeview Inn Music event, there will be a cash bar and snacks for sale. These can be consumed in the concert room.

You cooperation in keeping all of our venues clean is greatly appreciated.

There are washrooms at the Community Centre and at the Auberge Lakeview Inn. They are open for use during event times only. 

Brome Lake Books does not have a public washroom.

Public washrooms are available in the village core (Theatre parking lot and at Douglass Beach) and at various restaurants.

Tourism Lac-Bome is the best source for where to stay, places to eat and other activities in the area:

https://tourismelacbrome.com/en/

Tourism Lac-Bome is the best source for where to stay, places to eat and other activities in the area:

https://tourismelacbrome.com/en/

You can enjoy a taste of LOUISE PENNY’S WORLD during "The Nature of the Feast." From October 1 to 31 enjoy the iconic dishes that have marked the investigations of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. From Gabri’s famous trifle to comforting soups from the Bistro, participating Brome Lake restaurants will bring to life the recipes you’ve savored in the pages of Louise Penny’s novels. Step into Three Pines—one bite at a time. Go to: https://tourismelacbrome.com/en/thenatureofthefeast/