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Nominate Your ‘Litfest Favourites’ — Short Stories
At Sarah Hall’s ‘In Conversation’ event on 17 March 2021 we asked her to name her three favourite short stories, but like all of us she had difficulty sticking to three, so four it had to be. And four brilliant choices they
Talking About Birds – Competition Winner!
At Litfest 2021 we were thrilled to be joined by two writers who both have had a lifelong fascination with birds – Sheffield University professor Tim Birkhead and prize-winning poet Paul Farley at the Talking About Birds event, which began with a short
Still time to join the Litfest Big Read!
The 2021 festival may be over, but there's still plenty to keep us occupied here at Litfest HQ! And there are still lots of ways you can get involved. One of our most exciting projects is The Litfest Big Read, our flagship
Litfest 2021 — Closing Comments
I would just like to thank everyone who has joined us as we have sailed in and out of different literary worlds over the past 10 days. At Litfest our ambition is to provide access to and the opportunity to engage with
Litfest Poetry Day Double Bill — Change of Programming
Litfest regret to announce a late change to our line-up for Litfest's Poetry Day on Saturday 20th March. Unfortunately, Sean O’Brien has had to withdraw from the our ‘Poetry Day Double Bill 1’ event at 2pm with Tara Bergin due to ill health. We wish Sean
Litfest 2021 Programme
Alternatively, you can download a PDF of the programme here. We are very excited to welcome to you to Litfest 2021, our fully digital and free festival! Packed full of exciting new initiatives alongside festival favourites. Featuring Matt Haig, A.M. Dassu,
