Programme of events 2025

Held in our iconic Victoria Gallery & Museum, the 2025 Literary Festival brought together some of the finest authors, poets and creative thinkers. Catch up on some of the event recordings below.

Emma Jane Unsworth

Friday 17 October, 6pm

Join us to hear best selling author, Emma Jane Unsworth talk about her new novel, Slags.

John Ironmonger

Saturday 18 October, 10am

How do we write about the Climate Crisis? John Ironmonger discusses his new novel

Simon Hughes

Saturday 18 October, 11.30am

Join us to hear Simon talk about his new book, Chasing Salah, a definitive biography of Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah.

John Higgs

Saturday 18 October, 1pm

Exterminate/Regenerate: Blowing your understanding of the Doctor Who universe wide open with John Higgs.

Nussaibah Younis

Saturday 18 October, 2.30pm

Nussaibah will be discussing her novel, Fundamentally which explores love, radicalism and identity.

Malik Al Nasir

Saturday 18 October, 4pm

Malik will be in conversation about his book Searching for my Slave Roots: From Guyana’s sugar plantations to Cambridge.

Juno Dawson

Saturday 18 October, 5.30pm

Juno Dawson joins us to discuss Human Rites, her long-awaited final instalment to the bestselling series Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.

Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson

Saturday 18 October, 7pm

Film critic, Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson will discuss their new book Surround Sound: The stories of Movie Music.

Short Story competition winners

Sunday 19 October, 10am

Come and hear from the winners and runners up of our Liverpool Literary Festival short story competition.

Adele Zeynep Walton

Sunday 19 October, 11.30am

Adele will discuss her book Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World where she has channelled her personal loss into advocating for a safer digital world.