University of Liverpool are holding their 2021 Liverpool Literary Festival in October. The festival once again features an incredible line up of writers.
Their 5th festival will take place in-person and online from Friday 8-Sunday 10 October. Events start 6pm, 8 October, 10am, 9 October and 10am, 10 October.
For more information, and to book your tickets, please visit their website.
Opening their festival this year is celebrated television presenter, actor and comedian, Andi Osho, who will be discussing her new novel, Asking for a Friend, and the joys and challenges of publishing fiction for the first time.
They also have award-winning biographer Dame Hermione Lee who will be joined by Mark Da Vanzo, CEO of Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, to talk about her major new biography of Tom Stoppard, as well as Kate Summerscale, author of The Haunting of Alma Fielding, to discuss the unique skills involved in discovering the suspense and mystery hidden in history.
They will also be welcoming Clare Mackintosh who will be in conversation with ITV News presenter Ann O’Connor to discuss her hard-hitting new thriller Hostage, and novelist and winner of the Betty Trask Award, Okechukwu Nzelu, who will be reflecting on the way her life has changed as her career has developed.
From fiction to biography, and from screenwriting to memoir, there really is something for everyone to enjoy!