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We are delighted to present our 2018 Festival programme; three action-packed days of fascinating literary insights and discussions from a variety of celebrated writers, from Frank Cottrell Boyce to Val McDermid, Kit de Waal to Paul du Noyer.
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The Liverpool Literary Lecture: Val McDermid - Killing People for Fun and Profit
19 October 2018 18:00 - 19:00
BBC Radio 4 Book Club
20 October 2018 12:30 - 13:30
Sebastian Barry in conversation with Professor Roy Foster
20 October 2018 18:00 - 19:15
Talking McCartney & Liverpool Music with Paul Du Noyer
20 October 2018 13:15 - 14:00
New Voices, with Alex Clark, Sally Rooney, Lisa McInerney and Anthony Joseph
20 October 2018 10:00 - 11:15
Graphic Novels with Bryan and Mary Talbot
20 October 2018 11:30 - 12:45
Memoir and Life Writing - Claire Tomalin and Blake Morrison
20 October 2018 16:00 - 17:15
A Woman's Century, with Linda Grant and June Purvis
20 October 2018 14:30 - 15:30
Sarah Perry Reading and in Conversation with James Naughtie
20 October 2018 20:00 - 21:15
A Date with Tony Robinson
20 October 2018 11:45 - 12:45
Family Event - Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth & Runaway Robot with Frank Cottrell-Boyce
21 October 2018 11:15 - 12:15
Frank Cottrell- Boyce, 'What will we do with all these people?'
21 October 2018 19:00 - 20:15
Family Event - Brock/ Pike/ Rook with Anthony McGowan
21 October 2018 15:30 - 16:15
Workshop - Be Your Own Archers Scriptwriter with Mary Cutler
21 October 2018 13:15 - 15:30
Common People, with Alison Light and Kit de Waal
21 October 2018 14:00 - 15:15
Poetry and Image, with Bidisha and Holly Corfield Carr
21 October 2018 15:45 - 16:45
Writing for the Archers and Adapting Novels for Radio
21 October 2018 11:30 - 12:30
Afternoon Tea with Claire Tomalin and Michael Frayn
21 October 2018 15:00 - 16:30
‘The Train and the River’ – Van Morrison's Belfast
21 October 2018 17:15 - 18:30
Family Event - Life & Death, Extreme Surgery, Lying, and Good Frocks with Catherine Johnson
21 October 2018 14:00 - 14:45
Family Event - The Donut Diaries with Anthony McGowan
21 October 2018 10:00 - 10:45
Fake News - A Satirical Novel about Donald Trump
21 October 2018 13:00 - 13:30
Peace Poetry Breakfast and Readings by Fiona Sampson
21 October 2018 09:15 - 11:00
Workshop - Hooking Your Listener with Sara Davies
21 October 2018 13:15 - 15:30
Now We Are Ten: Making Literature Part of The Fabric of Life
21 October 2018 13:00 - 13:45
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The Liverpool Literary Lecture: Val McDermid - Killing People for Fun and Profit
19 October 2018 18:00 - 19:00
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20 October 2018 12:30 - 13:30
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Sebastian Barry in conversation with Professor Roy Foster
20 October 2018 18:00 - 19:15