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Join us for an annual celebration of books and authors, poetry and performance.
Major authors and multi-arts events, comedy and creative writing, performance poetry and a Free Family Day – whatever you enjoy, you’ll find it here at the Huddersfield Literature Festival.
Our award-winning Festival takes place over 10 days in venues across Huddersfield, with community, accessibility and inclusivity at its heart.
We welcome performers and audiences from all sectors of society and many events are free or low-cost. There are events with live subtitling by Stagetext for those who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing, and DisabledGo Access Guides to key venues.
Meet your favourite authors, discover new talent, hone your own skills or simply come along and enjoy the entertainment on offer.
Stafflex Free Family Day – 7 July
New date for the Stafflex Free Family Day: Saturday 7 July 10am-3.30pm. A free event at North Huddersfield Trust School - just turn up! Full details here. New date for the Literary Afternoon Tea: Sunday 11 November 3-5pm. Existing tickets will remain valid for the new...
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PRESENTING HUDDERSFIELD FESTIVAL 2018…
A Taster of some of the events we have on offer. For a full listing click on our events tab or click here
Congratulations to Ben Myers & Bluemoose Books
‘It is like being on psychedelic drugs’: Benjamin Myers on the strange world of literary prizes
theguardian.com
Heading to the Scottish Borders to win the Walter Scott prize for historical fiction, Myers takes a strange literary trip involving Gordon Brown and a lot of potted shrimpThe best recent crime novels – review roundup
theguardian.com
This Is What Happened by Mick Herron, The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride, The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney, The Poison Bed by EC Fremantle and A Shot in the Dark by Lynne TrussVida survey of gender bias in literary criticism shows 'stubborn imbalance'
theguardian.com
Authors of report warn that continuing dominance of male writers ‘creates a dangerous lens through which the world is viewed’Oxford English Dictionary extends hunt for regional words around the world
theguardian.com
From ‘hammajang’ to ‘munted’, lexicographers have issued a worldwide call for regionally distinctive words to defineA host of free events at our HLF/Stafflex Free Family Day - new date Sat 7 July, 10am-3.30pm - free film, face painting, balloon twisting, stalls, #free #children's #entertainment at North Huddersfield Trust School - no need to book
This week I helped launch a BBC initiative with National Poetry Day (4th October) on the theme of change. I spoke to several local radio stations and the BBC filmed a couple of poems in my garden. I believe you can find the poems on Twitter and BBC sites. The poems are 'Natasia' and 'Walking away is made up of several moments'. Details of the BBC/National Poetry Day initiative can be found on their sites I'm sure.
Our new digital submissions process is now open! For revised submission guidelines and more information, please visit our website:
www.dawbooks.com
@MyriadEditions are looking for submissions from #unpublished#womenwritersof African heritage for the new edition of the landmark anthology #DaughtersofAfrica, edited by Margaret Busby OBE. For info on how to submit, visit bit.ly/2JHkBYJ
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