Writing Magazine March 2020

WRITINGFESTIVALS 2020

(^58) WRITING MAGAZINE - FESTIVAL GUIDE 2020

2020

GUIDE

FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY

Hearth micro-festival

1 Feb

Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire

Micro-festival that features relaxed

opportunities to learn from and talk to writers

Gladstone’s Library, Church Lane, Hawarden,

Flintshire CH5 3DF; 01244 532350

Imagine Children’s Festival

12-23 Feb

Southbank Centre, London SE1

Dedicated to families experiencing and enjoying

all kinds of art and culture together, it features

performance, music, literature, comedy,

creativity, parties, participation and free fun for

children aged 0-11 and their grown-ups.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London

SE1 8XX; 020 3879 9555

UEA Spring Literary Festival

12 Feb onwards

Lecture  eatre 1, University of East Anglia

 e UEA Spring Literary Festival welcomes

award-winning authors to its campus, starting

this year with Isabel Allende in conversation.

University of East Anglia, Norwich Research

Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ; 01603 593412

Winter Words Book Festival

13-16 Feb

Pitlochry Festival  eatre, Perthshire

Literary and Writers Festival celebrating

Stories, Scotland and the Great Outdoors.

Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR

01796 484 626

Portsmouth Bookfest

17 February-7 March, Portsmouth

Includes a Writers’ Day, 29 Feb, and Mystery

Day, 7 March

Audacious Women Festival

20-23 February, venues in Edinburgh

Female-focused (but inclusive) festival of

music, dance, art and books, all giving you an

opportunity to Do What You Always Wish

You Dared.

Granite Noir

20-23 Feb, various Aberdeen venues

Aberdeen’s international crime writing

festival, with author conversations, talks,

walks, workshops, music and exhibitions

01224 641122

Essex Book Festival

28 Feb-31 March, venues across Essex

From trees, bees and wild seas to climate

change, protest and utopia there will be

something for everyone.  ere will be author

talks, writing workshops, challenging panel

discussions, crafting and story-telling

Mercury  eatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester

CO1 1PT; 07913 061949

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk

Jewish Book Week

29 Feb-8 March

Kings Place, Kings Cross, London

Nine days of discussion, debate, live

performances, and a spectacular grand  nale.

Jewish Book Week, ORT House, 26 Albert

Street, London NW1 7NE; 020 7446 8771

MARCH

Leeds Lit Fest

4-8 March

Various venues in Leeds

After the success of its inaugural year, Leeds

LitFest returns with author talks, workshops,

debates, discussions and readings with a bias

towards Leeds writers.

0113 237 9900

Aldeburgh Literary Festival

5-8 March

 e Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

Wide range of talks over three and a half days

 e Aldeburgh Bookshop, 42 High Street,

Aldeburgh, Su olk IP15 5AB

01728 452587

Words by the Water

6-15 March

 eatre by the Lake, Keswick

10-day literature festival in Cumbria,

featuring high-pro le author appearances

Philip John, Ways With Words, Droridge

Farm, Droridge Lane, Dartington, Totnes,

Devon TQ9 6JG; 01803 867373

London Book and Screen Week

9-15 March

Groucho Club and the Good Housekeeping

Institute, London

A week of events celebrating books,  lm,

television and the worlds in between, with

guests including Lynda La Plante, Jonathan

Lynn and Jimmy Page, organised by London

Book Fair