Festival News

Radio 4’s poet-in-residence, Daljit Nagra, pays a visit to Bradford Literature Festival and to Herefordshire, for the 21st annual Ledbury Poetry Festival, to meet poets writing about difficult fathers and absent mothers, upbringings and lost parents. To listen again, click…

‘At Bradford Literature Festival I saw how Muslim women are changing Britain’. To read the full article, click here.

Superheroes were out in force today as Bradford Literature Festival got underway. To see the full article click here.

‘As a British Muslim, I want our daughters to learn that sexuality is to be enjoyed, not endured’. To read the full article, please click here.

Bradford Literature Festival has revealed it is expecting around 18,000 more people to attend than last year. To read the full article on Bookseller click here.

The Guardian’s Claire Armitstead reports – “Irna Qureshi and Syima Aslam have upended the traditional festival model to create a 10-day cultural jamboree that holds appeal across the city’s diverse communities”. To read the full article please click here. 

Telegraph and Argus report on the packed programme for Bradford Literature Festival now available across many venues. To read the full article click here.

Mark Stanford reports on the bespoke Harry Potter Cocktail making event to be held at Bradford Literature Festival. To read the full T&A article click here.

Telegraph and Argus report on the free events for Refugee Week around Bradford, including the Bradford Literature Festival. To see full article click here.

Chris Young reports for Telegraph and Argus on Bradford Literature Festival’s Undercliffe Victorian Cemetery historical tour, which is to be led by historian Mark Davis . To read the full article click here.