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| Say hello to the Birmingham Literature Festival, the new name for our annual festival Posted: 05 Jun 2013 11:23 AM PDT
The Festival was originally started in partnership with a bookshop, at a time when books were genuinely the most popular way of releasing literature. Since then, the landscapes of writing and publishing have changed enormously. Literature is now made and enjoyed through a wide variety of platforms. For many years now the Festival has brought you events that centred around excellent literature in all forms, not just books. This year, to coincide with the new Library of Birmingham and a step change in our programming, we wanted to take the opportunity to give the Festival an updated identity. We hope you like it as much as we do. You can take advantage of our 'early release' tickets for several Headline Events. We will make more tickets available once the full programme is released in mid-August. Make sure you are on the Festival mailing list to find out first. Headline events in the 2013 festival include a celebration of National Poetry Day featuring UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with Imtiaz Dharker, writers Lionel Shriver, Will Self, Catherine O'Flynn, Jonathan Coe, Germaine Greer and Jenn Ashworth. Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, delivers a specially commissioned lecture and Benjamin Zephaniah will give an 'urban sermon' on the subject of multiculturalism. In addition, the first UK Canal Laureate, Jo Bell, will be hosting poetry sharing events, Stuart Maconie will curate and chair an evening with literary friends and we will enjoy a rehearsed reading of Alan Bennett's play Denmark Hill. A Readers' afternoon and a fiction panel will introduce you to new books that just demand to be read, and world poets from Arc Publications will share recently translated work. British Asian writers Rosie Dastgir, Sathnam Sanghera and Qaisra Shahraz will discuss their experiences living in and writing about British cities. For those interested in developing their own writing, there will be a series of creative writing workshops. These will include writing horror, getting poetry published, translation, writing historical fact/fiction and productivity for creative writers. There will be the opportunity to meet regional publishers Nine Arches Press, Flarestack Poets and Offa's Press as they participate in Festival events, and to celebrate the launch of a new Tindal Street Fiction Group anthology. We look forward to sharing the entire programme, and the forthcoming Festival, with you. More information can be found on the website www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org. You can also keep up-to-date on our Twitter (@BhamLitFest), or search for us on Facebook – please note that the Facebook name has not changed as yet. |
Our annual literature festival, the Birmingham Book Festival, has been a staple of the city's autumn calendar for fifteen years. Celebrating the opening of the new | You are subscribed to email updates from Creative Midlands Events To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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