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.
Meet two writers whose new novels explore hybrid identities, LGBTQ+ metropolitan life, and love. Starling Days, by Desmond Elliott-shortlisted Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, opens with a woman staring over the edge of George Washington Bridge. With the...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
