York Literature Festival

The 2025 York Literature Festival is here!

It’s not too late to snag some tickets for our final events:



In the meantime…

The York Howlers

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, head down to the Blue Boar for everyone’s favourite poetry open mic night!

Next Event: 27 March @ 7:30pm

Follow them for updates!

Society of Hauntologists

The York Society of Hauntologists is a reading group embracing all things Folk Horror in England’s most haunted city at the Black Swan Inn.

Next Event: TBA
Current Read: TBA

Follow them for updates!

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Sponsored by York St. John University for the 2025 York Literature Festival.


Join Us


We hope that you will join us at our events taking place across our wonderful city.


Ticket Information


To book tickets and for more information about the events, please click here.