The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature honors Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Arab-African cultural roots. The post Sharjah’s New African Literature Festival Honors Wole Soyinka appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-28 16:29:55 UTC ]
The new Sharjah Literature Festival has opened as 'a celebration of our shared stories and a platform to nurture Emirati creativity.' The post UAE: Staging the Inaugural Sharjah Literature Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-23 00:35:02 UTC ]
The Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has unveiled its U.S. lineup for 2024, with the festival returning to Houston, New York City, and Boulder, Colo., and has added dates in Seattle and Charlotte. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a video address to the Munich Literature Festival yesterday, the human rights activist and Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy made a powerful speech in solidarity with the Gazan people, and with the millions around the world marching for a ceasefire. Roy—who... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-17 17:42:49 UTC ]
A Frankfurt-Paris Fellow, Karla Kutzner is the founder of Berlin's InterKontinental press with a bookstore and literature festival. The post Frankfurt Fellowships: Karla Kutzner, Germany’s InterKontinental appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-13 17:55:51 UTC ]
Stops in the states of Texas, Colorado, and New York are planned for the Jaipur Literature Festival's international tour in September. The post India’s Jaipur Literature Festival Heads for Three US Cities appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-28 18:36:15 UTC ]
The grime star said he was ‘proud’ to offer the two-day event headlined by Wretch 32, John Agard and Malorie BlackmanA free festival from Stormzy’s #Merky Books imprint, headlined by musician Wretch 32, poet John Agard and former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, will aim to demystify... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-27 11:15:55 UTC ]
International Literature Festival Berlin's day of Ukrainian readings is scheduled for August 7, the festival's opening date. The post International Literature Festival Berlin Calls for a Day of Ukrainian Readings appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-27 18:08:34 UTC ]
The Bradford Literature Festival was created out of imperatives that were unashamedly simple. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 07:02:52 UTC ]
Independent press Chelsea Green Publishing is partnering with not-for-profit organisation FarmED to launch a food and farming literature festival, in what is said to be a first for the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 10:10:30 UTC ]
Yes! I do. You probably do, too. Well, starting today, as part of the International Literature Festival Utrecht, you can indeed stream video of the utterly delightful Olivia Colman reading a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante (as translated by Ann Goldstein; the lecture will also be available... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-24 13:20:11 UTC ]
John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies and Bradford Literature Festival c.e.o. Syima Aslam have been appointed to the Creative UK Council. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-17 05:25:59 UTC ]
Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo are among a roster of authors confirmed for the Manchester Literature Festival 2021, which is taking place as an in-person event in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 17:41:52 UTC ]
Ed Balls, Bernardine Evaristo and Anita Rani will headline the Ilkley Literature Festival this October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 01:03:49 UTC ]
Maggie O'Farrell, Colson Whitehead, Richard Osman and Leila Slimani are among authors confirmed for the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-12 10:43:33 UTC ]
The third staging of the Desiblitz Literature Festival in Birmingham will feature both published authors and workshop programming. The post England’s South Asian Desiblitz Literature Festival Plans a Hybrid Edition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-09 19:04:35 UTC ]
ClassFest, a new literature festival showcasing the work of working-class writers, has received £43,000 funding from Arts Council England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-07 10:17:38 UTC ]
Richard Osman, Detransition Baby author Torrey Peters and Bernardine Evaristo are some of the headliners appearing at this year’s Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 08:56:09 UTC ]
There’s one date set in stone in my cultural calendar: the Bradford Literature Festival (which starts today). Even in this year’s ‘reduced form’ - a necessity of the pandemic - it features over 100 events and 200 speakers. Despite the circumstances, BLF remains one of Britain’s most impressive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-25 23:05:40 UTC ]
The Bradford Literature Festival will return from 25th June to 4th July with a mix of live and free online events including appearances from Caitlin Moran, A A Dhand, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-17 06:32:50 UTC ]