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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.
Events to come
Thank you for supporting HLF2018 - we still have a few events to reschedule after snow stopped play. Templar Nights will take place on 20 April, Diane Allen on 26 April, the Stafflex Free Family Day on 7 July - and we'll have a date very soon for the Literary...
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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
Huge thanks to Photography by David Preston for this wonderful selection of photographs from our re-scheduled Templar Poetry showcase at Marsden last Friday as part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival, kindly supported by Friends of Marsden Library - Keeping Marsden Library Open.
The Northern Powerhouse, 1854.
Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden. Coketown is such a place. Thomas Gradgrind will not permit fanciful thoughts in his school or his home. But what effect will this policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa? How can he protect them from corrupting influences – especially when the circus comes to town?
Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary’s Circus, set the stage for a sweeping tale of supressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with the sharply observed and exaggerated characters that Dickens is celebrated for.
Northern Broadsides (For Love or Money, The Merry Wives) return with Deborah McAndrew’s witty adaptation of Charles Dickens’ great Northern novel. Directed by Conrad Nelson, HARD TIMES brings you a joyful juggling and tumbling through this touching and often hilarious tale of repression and longing.
thelbt.org/hard-times
The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist is as follows:
Elif Batuman, The Idiot
Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Jessie Greengrass, Sight
Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife
Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire
Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing
www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk
womensprizeforfiction.co.uk
Berwins Salon North returns Apr 26 at The Crown Hotel Harrogate. Activist Jeremy Heimans will share how to harness the power of the connected crowd; author Aaron Gillies will guide us in overcoming anxiety and Salon North co-founder Helen Bagnall will show you what this evening is all about! bit.ly/bsnpresent
Tickets and all details are on our website bit.ly/bsnpresent. Thank you for any support you can offer and please do let me know if there is anything the Festivals can do for you.
harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
Thursday 26 April | The Crown Hotel | 7.30pm Book Now Ticket: £18 Unreserved Seating Please note that all transactions are subject to a £1.75 booking fee BOX OFFICE: 01423 562 303 Berwins Salon Nort...Informal, peer-support writing group, led by published author, Andy Jarvis. Come along next week & find out more...
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Entries for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award are now open.
Celebrating excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction, the Award, hosted by the international art and culture publication, Aesthetica Magazine, supports and nurtures new writing talent. The renowned award presents a fantastic opportunity for writers to further their involvement in the literary world.
Creative Writing Award Prizes include:
£1,000 for each winner (Poetry and Short Fiction)
Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology
Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction Winner)
Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)
One year subscription to Granta
Selection of books courtesy of Bloodaxe and Vintage
There are two categories to enter; Poetry and Short Fiction. Works previously published are accepted and there are no limitations on themes or subject matters. Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines and Short Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words.
Entry Costs: Poetry £12 | Short Fiction £14. Submissions close 31 August 2018. www.aestheticamagazine.com/
Aesthetica Magazine – The Art & Culture Magazine
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Should be a great event - all tickets for the original date will remain valid or you can book through the Festival website.
Our refurbished library space is looking fabulous and being enjoyed by children making cuckoos today as part of Marsden Cuckoo Festival. The main event will be on April 21st and we will have cuckoo making that day too
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