Festival Launch: with Daisy Johnson, Everything Under
Join us to launch the 2019 York Literature Festival with Daisy Johnson, the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for…
March 2019
Terra Two Anthology Launch with special guest Temi Oh
Terra Two: An Ark for Survival is a York St John University project with the key aim to help shape…
Speculative Fiction Day – All Day Ticket
Join us for a whole day focused on the theme of Speculative Worlds with a selection of author readings, lectures…
Flood Fictions
In this lecture, Dr Caroline Edwards will discuss the utopian and apocalyptic implications of a growing number of 21st century…
In Conversation with Tade Thompson
Tade Thompson is the author of Rosewater, a novel set in Africa in 2066, in the aftermath of a global…
In Conversation with Sophie Mackintosh
Sophie Mackintosh is a Welsh writer living in London. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times and…
In Conversation with Claire North & M. R. Carey
To end this special day of events York Literature Festival and York St John University welcome Claire North and M.…
Writing the Maternal with Liz Berry, Jessie Greengrass and Rachel Bower
(Chaired by Dr Naomi Booth) A reading and discussion with brilliant new writers who re-present the maternal experience with dazzling…
How to Get Published: Agents and Editors Panel
Five top UK editors and agents discuss the world of publishing. The panel includes Rachael Allen, Faber poet and poetry…