Illustration of a pile of books with 'LU Literary Festival' written on their spines, two people leaning against the books reading and text underneath reading '30 May-2 June 2024'. The º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ logo is in the top left corner and the LU Arts logo is in the top right corner alongside more illustrations of books linked up by a curly lines.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Literary Festival returns

From 30 May-2 June, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ master’s students are running a literary festival open to the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ community, taking place on campus.

The festival is free and will involve several days of creative writing, readings and talks with award-winning and bestselling authors. 

Each year º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students on the master’s courses in 'Creative Writing and the Writing Industries' and 'Contemporary Literature and Culture' undertake a module called ‘Writing in the Community’. During this module, students collectively plan, curate, promote, and hold a literary festival funded and supported by LU Arts. 

Speakers at this year’s festival include Jasper Fforde, whose work blends a range of genres from fantasy and sci-fi to crime writing, Charly Cox, poet, artist and activist for gender equality and mental health, and Emily Hauser, author of historical fiction, classicist and speaker. 

The schedule of events taking place is as follows: 

30 May 

31 May 

1 June 

2 June 

Find out more information about the festival on the LU Arts website. 

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