Description
Every family carries stories…stories passed down through generations, stories held quietly, stories shaped by love, migration, absence, memory and survival.
Throughout Bradford Literature Festival 2026, audiences across the city have been invited to share reflections, testimonies and fragments of family life as part of a living public archive created in collaboration with Lemn Sissay’s Tell Me Something project.
In this special event, acclaimed writer and broadcaster, Lemn Sissay, reflects on the stories gathered throughout the festival, exploring family as a place of inheritance, identity, fracture and belonging. Weaving together testimony, conversation and collective witnessing, this event offers a rare space for reflection on the lives, memories and human connections that shape us.
About the Author
Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay OBE is a poet playwright, memoirist performer and broadcaster. Lemn Sissay was named MBE for services to literature by The Queen in 2014. In 2021 he named OBE for services to Literature and Charity. He has honorary doctorates from Universities of Huddersfield, Manchester, Brunel, Kent and Essex. Lemn has been Chancellor of University since 2015. He has judged many literary competitions including 2020 Booker Prize, The Gold Man Booker Awards, The National Poetry Competition, The Forward Prize, The Ted Hughes Prize, Cardiff International poetry competition, The Creative Future Literary Awards, and the Bridport Prize. He lives in London and Manchester.
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