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Hundreds of events for adults, teenagers and children feature authors, illustrators, musicians, poets, policians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars every August.
How much can really go wrong at a hen party? Bride-to-be Jen is about to find out. A private island provides a getaway for the celebrations, but it quickly becomes the backdrop to chaos, a disappearance and an anonymous blackmailer demanding that one of...
Guggenheim Fellow and Booker International Prize-winning translator Jennifer Croft explores the relationship between translation and empathy in her new memoir, Homesick. It’s a tale of two sisters: Zoe, who falls seriously ill, and Amy, who strives to...
From the post-industrial paradise of Sheffield to the literature-steeped lanes of Paris, the path of Jarvis Cocker’s life has been beautifully meandering – and he’s picked up a lot of ephemera along the way. Good Pop, Bad Pop takes us on a tour of...
Each day, a Festival author shares an unexpected inspiration or passion. Join them to crack open the curiosity cabinet, revealing the stories behind their books or side projects.
Daddy needs to get up. There are so many things to do but he won’t get out of bed! Is Daddy being lazy or is he really trying hard? This interactive session, based on the picture book Daddy’s Bad Day, explores parental mental health with simple...
Something wicked this way comes in two historical page-turners infused with witchcraft. The Leviathan, by Rosie Andrews, is set in Norfolk, 1643. A level-headed soldier investigates accusations of dark magic and finds more than he can reason with. In...
Parisian writer Jakuta Alikavazovic’s familial connection to the 1990s war in Yugoslavia once felt remote, but she now realises ‘I too have been shaped by the war’. Her novel, Night as It Falls, explores how traumas of the past can haunt young...
Thomas Mann argued there’s nothing ‘actual’ about time: humans don’t possess an organ that can sense it. Award-winning Bulgarian novelist Georgi Gospodinov plays with this idea in Time Shelter, beautifully translated into English by Angela...
Announcing our Communities Programme and Citizen events this August 
