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Liverpool Literary Festival 2025

The Liverpool Literary Festival is returning for its 10th year this October. Browse our programme of events for 2025 and book your tickets.

2025 programme

Explore our programme for the 10th Literary Festival including authors Juno Dawson, Emma Jane Unsworth, Nussaibah Younis, Dorothy Koomson and film critic Mark Kermode.

Join us for the day or the whole weekend with one of our VIP passes.

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Emma Jane Unsworth headshot and Slags bookcover

Emma Jane Unsworth

Friday 17 October, 6pm

John Ironmonger headshot, and book cover

John Ironmonger

Saturday 18 October, 10am

Simon Hughes headshot and Chasing Salah book cover

Simon Hughes

Saturday 18 October, 11.30am

John Higgs and Exterminate Regenerate book cover

John Higgs

Saturday 18 October, 1pm

Nussaibah Younis headshot and Fundamentally book cover

Nussaibah Younis

Saturday 18 October, 2.30pm

Malik Al Nasir and Searching for My Slave Roots book cover

Malik Al Nasir

Saturday 18 October, 4pm

Juno Dawson headshot and Human Rites book cover

Juno Dawson

Saturday 18 October, 5.30pm

Mark Kermode, Jenny Nelson and Surround Sound book cover

Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson

Saturday 18 October, 7pm

Adele Zeynep Walton and Logging Off book cover

Adele Zeynep Walton

Sunday 19 October, 11.30am

Hattie Williams and Bitter Sweet book cover

Hattie Williams

Sunday 19 October, 1pm

Dorothy Koomson and Give Him to Me book cover

Dorothy Koomson

Sunday 19 October, 2.30pm

Chris Shepherd and Anfield Road book cover

Chris Shepherd

Sunday 19 October, 4pm

John McGahern and book cover for Girl in the Making

John McGahern Annual Book Prize

Sunday 19 October, 5.30pm

Find out more about the Festival