Festival News

Simon Marsden is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on the intersections of literature and religion from the nineteenth century to the present, with a particular emphasis on Gothic writers. His first book,…

Simon & Schuster UK has launched a competition with Bradford Literature Festival and the Darley Anderson Literary Agency to find the next bestselling commercial fiction author. The theme for the first ‘Write Here, Right Now’ prize is “new beginnings and…

Situated in the northern county of West Yorkshire, Bradford is one of Britain’s most historically important cities, awash with legacies of the Industrial Revolution, including the Bradford Industrial Museum, housed in a charming 19th-century mill. The city has also kept…

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.