Tony Harrison at Big Bookend festival in Leeds
Tony Harrison will be headlining the Big Bookend festival in Leeds, closing the festival on Sunday 9 June at 7.30pm at West Yorkshire Playhouse. An anthology of young Leeds writers, LS13, will be launched on Friday 7 June at Trinity Leeds shopping centre’s customer services lounge, which will be turned into a pop-up bookshop for the weekend. More details
PHOTOGRAPH: SANDRA LOUSADA
JUNE
Stoke Newington literary festival, north London, 3-9 June
Big Bookend festival, Leeds, 8-9 June
Sheffield poetry festival, ends 9 June
Scribble festival, Manchester, 11-12 June
Cadence festival, Tyldesley, Manchester, 14-15 June
Bridlington poetry festival, 14-16 June
Worcestershire literary festival, 14-23 June
Ludlow Fringe festival, 21-30 June
Didsbury arts festival, Manchester, 22-30 June
Hebden Bridge arts festival, 22-30 June
Glastonbury festival, 26-30 June
JULY
Ledbury poetry festival, Herefordshire, 5-14 July
Wirral Festival of Firsts, 6-14 July
Latitude festival, Southwold, Suffolk, 18-21 July
AUGUST
Edinburgh festival fringe, 2-26 August
Arran, McLellan arts festival, 30 August – 8 September
SEPTEMBER
Wigan Diggers’ festival, 7 September
King’s Lynn poetry festival, 21-23 September
Wigtown book festival, Dumfries and Galloway, 27 September - 6 October
OCTOBER
Ilkley literature festival, 4-20 October,
Morley literature festival, Leeds, 5-13 October
North Wales international poetry festival, Clywd theatre, 7 October ,
Manchester literature festival, 7-20 October
Marsden poetry jam, jazz festival, Huddersfield, 11-13 October
Sheffield Off the Shelf festival of words, 12 October- 2 November
Ryedale book festival, Malton, North Yorkshire, 19 October
Torbay festival of poetry, 24-28 October
NOVEMBER
Aldeburgh poetry festival, 8-10 November
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