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When a Dalek and a TARDIS landed at our Doctor Who themed Preview
Doctor Who fans had the time of their lives at a special Preview event for Huddersfield Literature Festival (HFL2019) held on 12 February 2019, when they came face to face with a Dalek, and a Tardis materialised in Huddersfield Library. They had the opportunity to...
Access Guides – try the new app
AccessAble launches new appOur venue Access Guides are commissioned from AccessAble and can be viewed here. Now there's a brand new mobile AccessAble App, which aims to transform the quality and availability of accessibility information. Here is more information from...
The only way to get good at something is to be really bad at it
Nick Ahad is a writer, broadcaster, playwright and stand-up. He has interviewed a number of authors and performers for the Huddersfield Literature Festival, including Sir Patrick Stewart in March 2018. This article was previously published in print in the Yorkshire...
Literary Afternoon Tea success
Festival Director Michelle Hodgson with author Vaseem Khan Our Literary Afternoon Tea is one of the most popular events on the Festival programme - so when it was snowed off in March, we moved heaven and earth to reschedule. Due to weddings at the venue and author...
What can you give back to your local Literature Festival?
Image shows Cat Lumb (R) at the HLF Alice in Wonderland event in 2015 By Cat Lumb Search for ‘Literature Festival’ on the internet and your engine of choice will no doubt list hundreds of thousands of results. As a writer then, how many do you attend? It wasn’t until...
How to run a festival – a peek behind the scenes
Exciting, frustrating, challenging, hard work, fun, rewarding – running a festival is all of these things and more. As we gear up for our next Festival, we thought you might enjoy a behind-the-scenes peek at the process involved. Q: When did the Festival start and...
Another award for HLF
We're delighted to announce that we have been selected as the Best Literature Festival 2018 in the Yorkshire & the Humber Enterprise Awards. The Festival couldn't take place without the hard work and enthusiasm of the Festival Steering Committee and Volunteers...
Kate Fox, 2 August – free VIP tickets
Our first ever event at the Huddersfield Food & Drink Festival is a free performance by stand-up, poet and comedian Kate Fox on Thursday 2 August. VIP tickets available for those signed up to our mailing list, giving you access to reserved seating and a drinks...
Lit Tea & Wrap Party postponed – Simon Armitage going ahead
**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*** We are sorry to announce that today's Literary Afternoon Tea and this evening's Wrap Party have been postponed due to the ongoing weather conditions. However, the Simon Armitage talk at Vinyl Tap will go ahead at 5pm today. Ticket(s) for the...
Today’s events
***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*** we are hoping to go ahead with all events today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) despite the less-than-Spring-like weather! Please keep an eye out on our Facebook and Twitter pages for updates.
Sir Patrick Stewart – In Conversation
We are thrilled to welcome our Patron, actor Sir Patrick Stewart, to the Festival on Friday 16 March at Huddersfield Town Hall (7.30pm). He will be interviewed about his glittering career by broadcaster and playwright Nick Ahad. This promises to be a fascinating and...
Grist, Murderous Men, Heathcliff and Open Mic
After a wonderful set of performances for Polari last night, we're back at Small Seeds for four events tonight (Thursday): the launch of the next Grist collection, book launches for Steve Ely and Michael Stewart, and our popular Open Mic. All events are free apart...
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