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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.
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AUTHORS FROM PREVIOUS FESTIVALS…
A Taster of some of the authors who have appeared at the Festival over the years.
And the winner is...
Not the Booker prize 2018: Rebecca Ley wins with Sweet Fruit, Sour Land
theguardian.com
The judges have overturned the public vote and awarded the 2018 prize to Rebecca Ley’s post-apocalyptic visionWhich of these houses with literary links - from Shakespeare to the Mr Men! - would you most like to live in?
Houses for sale with literary links – in pictures
theguardian.com
Read up on these properties linked to writers, from Devon to GloucestershireWe are looking for people to deliver our school workshops and activity days. Please click on the link below for more details.
Bookselling is the most over-romanticised job in the world | Sian Cain
theguardian.com
This Bookshop Day, think of the booksellers who are dealing with bodily fluids, insufferable know-it-alls and shoplifters – and doing it all for the joy of readingSave the date! #HLF2019 will take place 21-31 March, theme 'Memory'. Our Arts Council England grant is confirmed, bringing funding into the local economy, plus support from University Of Huddersfield local businesses, venues & partners Huddersfield Examiner BBC Radio Leeds In 2018, our Patron Sir Patrick Stewart was our headline guest - who will we have for 2019?
A window into the lucrative world of rare book heists
independent.co.uk
Why do people steal rare books? For the money, yes, but also for the buzz of handling precious cultural artefactsBeautifully written - a well-deserved winner
Ingrid Persaud wins BBC national short story award for debut tale
theguardian.com
Seeing off an all-female shortlist, the Trinidadian writer’s story The Sweet Sop - about an estranged father and son united by chocolate – scooped the £15,000 prizeOUR AWARDS
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