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Record breaking year for Bradford Literature Festival as more than 70,000 attend
This year’s Bradford Literature Festival (BLF) attracted record audiences of more than 70,000 – a 40 per cent increase on last year and a huge rise from a humble audience of 968 when it began as a two-day event four…
Director of Bradford Literature Festival nominated for top award
For the second year in a row, she has been nominated in the Publishing and Writing category of the h 100 Awards, an annual celebration of the talent working across the UK’s creative industries and organised by The Hospital Club,…
5 things inspiring Bradford Literature Festival’s Syima Aslam right now
Syima Aslam co-founded the Bradford Literary Festival with Irna Qureshi, combining their passion for books and film to create a cultural and literary extravaganza celebrating the written and spoken word. It had 10,000 visitors in its launch year (2015), 32,000 in…
The Telegraph: On the trail of Emily Brontë
Kate Bush should buy Emily Brontë a drink. Wuthering Heights was the inspiration for (and the name of) the singer’s iconic debut single in 1978. Still, it’s hard to buy a pinot grigio for a 19th-century genius, so Bush has…
Bradford Literature Festival basks in sunshine during opening weekend
Events took place throughout the city, including free drama shows next to the Mirror Pool. Improptu, fun performances took place in the city centre for the hundreds of children cooling off while enjoying the sun in the Mirror Pool. To read…
BLF Nominated for Tourism Event of the Year in the White Rose Awards
Welcome to Yorkshire has unveiled its shortlist for the prestigious White Rose Awards. The awards recognise the best tourist attractions and businesses in the county – and over 170 of them entered this year. Read more here.
University of Bradford to play major role in Bradford Literature Festival
The university has been one of the main partners of the festival since it was set up in 2014, and this year will be hosting the first Bradford Comico, a celebration of comics, among dozens of other events. Now in…
The Guardian – Kate Bush makes second tribute to Emily Brontë with art installation
Kate Bush is to make her second tribute to Emily Brontë, providing words for a permanent art installation on the wiley, windy moors that inspired Wuthering Heights. Bush will join the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Scottish makar, or…
BBC News – Kate Bush pens Emily Bronte tribute for Yorkshire moors memorial
In a rare public work, she has written an inscription for a stone that will be placed near the Brontes’ home. Bush said being asked to pen a passage about Emily was “an honour and, in a way, a chance…
The Independent – Kate Bush writes tribute to Emily Bronte for Yorkshire moors memorial
Kate Bush is contributing to a new monument to the Bronte sisters on the Yorkshire moors – 40 years after the release of her hit song “Wuthering Heights”. The singer has written an inscription for a stone that will be…
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