There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Over 900 authors appear in around 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.
Sergei Yesenin burns like a comet through the darkness of revolutionary Russia. The young poet was a superstar in his day; adored by millions, he met everyone from the Romanovs to Rasputin, and his poems went into space with Yuri Gagarin. His life,...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
