Luton Literature Book Festival

Luton Literature Present: Luton Literature Book Festival 2024 

Saturday 9 November - 9.30am - 8.30pm - events throughout the day

This year's festival celebrates diversity in literature with a vibrant programme of national adult and children's author events, workshops, storytelling sessions, and a panel discussion featuring SI Leeds Literary Prize Shortlisted authors! 

Author events are hybrid, so you can attend in person at the Hat Factory Arts Centre, or join the online live stream, click on the descriptions below

Join livestream for adult author events, including Mahsuda Snaith, Jasmine Elmer, Michael Stewart, Eva Verde and the Panel Discussion with SI Leeds authors

Join livestream for children's author events, including Sharna Jackson, Adeola Sokunbi, Sufiya Ahmed and Steve Cole

BSL (British Sign Language) interpreters will be present at these author events, ensuring our deaf community can enjoy the event more easily. They will not be filed on the livestream.

Over at Luton Central Library, there will be creative poetry and writing workshops for adults and children, storytelling sessions and arts and crafts activities, PLUS a local authors and illustrators fair, delivered in partnership with Clod Magazine, Utter! Lutonia and Luton Libraries.

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Past Events

Writers Salon - with Rae Leaver Rahman

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: Unfortunately, this event has been…

- | 9:30am - 1pm

Authors and Illustrators Fair

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: At the Authors and Illustrators Fair…

- | 9:30am - 4:30pm

Poetry Workshop: Memory + Place - with Kat Anderson

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: How do the places we carry in our

Luton Library Theatre | 9:45am - 10.45am

Mahsuda Snaith - Things we Thought We Knew

This is a hybrid event, you can either click the Book Now button

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 10am - 11am

Sharna Jackson - The Nine Night Mystery

This is a hybrid event, you can either click the Book Now button

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 10:30am - 11.30am

Storytelling Sessions with Aaron Spendelow

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: Join the captivating Aaron Spendelow…

- | 11am - 11.30am and 2pm - 2.30pm

Jasmine Elmer - Goddess with a Thousand Faces

This is a hybrid event, you can either click the Book Now button

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 11:45am - 12.45pm

Skills Development Workshops with Keith Jebb and Lesley McKenna

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: Are you a budding author and need some

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 11:45am - 12.45pm

Adeola Sokunbi - Destiny Ink

This is a hybrid event, you can either click the Book Now button

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 12:15pm - 1.15pm

Get Crafty!

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: Drop into the Children’s Library and…

- | 1pm - 4pm

Children’s Creative Writing Workshop with Lucy Strange

Luton Literature Book Festival Presents: Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully…

Luton Library Theatre | 1:15pm - 2.15pm

Panel Discussion with SI Leeds Literary Prize

This is a hybrid event, you can either click the Book Now button

Hat Factory Arts Centre | 1:30pm - 2.30pm
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