Â鶹ֱ²¥ University Literary Festival
A student-led festival open to the public and the Â鶹ֱ²¥ University community with events taking place on campus and in Â鶹ֱ²¥ town centre.
Each year Â鶹ֱ²¥ University students on the MA courses in Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature undertake a module called Writing in the Community. On this collaborative, project-based module, students collectively plan, curate, promote, and hold a modest literary festival.
The festival is open to the public and the Â鶹ֱ²¥ University community each year, with events taking place on campus and in Â鶹ֱ²¥ town centre. LU Arts provides funding and support to the students organising the festival.
The 2025 festival will run from 29 - 31 May with free events across campus over the three days. The programme features a publishing industry panel event, guest speakers, readings, a writing workshop and performance.
Speakers include Penny Batchelor, whose work blends domestic noir and sci-fi to crime writing, Kathryn Cookrill Woolard, who specialises in short stories, and Ricardo Uribe-Victoria, author of sci-fi and fantasy fiction.
Award-winning writer and actor Christopher Leiberman will present his one-man play J.O.I. which combines stand up comedy with science fiction.
For more information on the MA courses offered by the English Department at Â鶹ֱ²¥ University visit the Department's website.