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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 2d

Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚

Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️

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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 4d

Had a marvellous time talking about Lost Boys at the @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social yesterday with Sally Johnson. Thanks to the organisers and those who braved the weather to turn out for a packed event.

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke about Bergson (with my hands) at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social

Me on stage at Ilkley Literature festival making a big hand gesture for no good reason

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 3d

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 3d

What an opening weekend! ILF25 is well and truly underway. And there's plenty more to come from now until Sunday 19 October.

What were your highlights from our opening weekend? (don't mention the weather ☔ - that part was out of our hands...)

📸 Rich Bunce, Walking Photographer

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 5d

Aaaand we're off! What a fantastic turn out to our opening night event with Nick Clegg at the King's Hall. Thank you to everyone who braved the weather last night and good luck to everyone braving it today to see us! Lots more brilliant events coming up this weekend and until Sunday 19 October. 🧡 📚

Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 6d

We're delighted to have BSL interpreters at several of this year's events. You can browse all our BSL interpreted events here: buff.ly/BcLgRm0

#ILF25 #britishsignlanguage #bsl #bookfestival

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

We're proud to be presenting this event in partnership with New Writing North and Durham Book Festival. Find out more and book your tickets here: buff.ly/J0xYvzW

#nationalpoetryday #TonyHarrison #poetry

46. Tony Harrison’s ‘V.’: Reimagined - Ilkley Literature Festival

MPs called for it to be banned. The Daily Mail labelled it a ‘torrent of filth’. What was it about Tony Harrison’s poem ‘V.’ that stirred up so much controversy? Written in 1984 during the Miners’…

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

Forty years on, Andrew McMillan brings together fellow northern poets Malika Booker, Jo Clement and Paul Farley to re-imagine this seminal piece of public poetry and read from their newly commissioned poems inspired by Harrison.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

Written in 1984 during the Miners’ Strike, ‘V.’ describes Harrison’s visit to his parents’ graves which had been vandalised. It explores class, alienation, anger and northern identity.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

MPs called for it to be banned. The Daily Mail labelled it a ‘torrent of filth’. What was it about the late, great Tony Harrison’s poem ‘V.’ that stirred up so much controversy? Join us on Sunday 12 October as we explore Harrison's seminal work and its legacy.

#nationalpoetryday #TonyHarrison

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

Check out all our October poetry events here: ilkleyliteraturefestival-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #ILF25 #NationalPoetryDay

Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 7d

It wouldn't be ILF without poetry! We've dedicated a whole day to celebrating the power of poetry at this year's festival. Join us on Sat 18 October for showcases, guided reading groups, workshops and an evening of networking!

#nationalpoetryday #poetry #ILF25

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 10d

ILF 2025 starts THIS FRIDAY! Take a look at what we have in store for you this weekend 👀 📚

Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 13d

One week to go until ILF25 begins! We can't wait to welcome you all back for another October of word power, big names and even bigger ideas. Who's got their tickets? 🎟️ 😍

#ILF25 #bookfestival #litfest

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

A limited number of tickets are still available for our Evening with the Poet Laureate on Friday 10 October, where Simon will be reading two collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Dwell and New Cemetery. Book soon to avoid disappointment!

Tickets & more info here: buff.ly/JdJbfXW

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

It's publication day for Simon Armitage! Simon's latest collection New Cemetery is a luminous and wry collection reflecting a changing world of unstable weather patterns and unpredictable news events, all observed across a few acres of Pennine upland.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 15d

🍽️ The ever-tasteful, often hilarious writer and restaurant critic Jay Rayner takes questions on his 25-year career on Thu 16 Oct: buff.ly/ENH6qdM

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 15d

🍽️ Sabrina Ghayour brings us all of the flavour and none of the fuss with her Middle Eastern recipes made easy on Sat 4 Oct: buff.ly/GsmMcg9

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 15d

Hungry? We’ve got quite the menu of events exploring food and our relationship with it at ILF this October:

🍽️ Ruby Tandoh traces how being ‘into food’ went from a subculture to a national obsession with her a laser-sharp, wry analysis of today’s food culture on Sun 19 Oct: buff.ly/4skuFOX

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 21d

Emma's show-stopping debut My Other Heart is a sweeping and heartfelt story about finding your roots across borders and beyond blood-ties. It was praised by Stylist as "A magical read ... that will break your heart then put it back together again".

Book your tickets here: buff.ly/oYJKeNv

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 21d

Claire's prize-winning first book Golden Child was named one of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels that Shaped the World’. Her heart-aching, Booker Prize-longlisted new novel Love Forms tells the story of a mother’s search for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 21d

On Fri 17 October, Claire and Emma will be joining us to discuss themes of motherhood, adoption, abandonment and lost daughters in their new novels.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 21d

We are thrilled to have Claire Adam appearing in conversation with Emma Nanami Strenner at this year's Ilkley Lit Fest. Claire's latest novel, Love Forms, was recently longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed when the shortlist is announced next Tuesday!

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 22d

HUGE congratulations to @nussaibah.bsky.social, whose novel Fundamentally has been shortlisted for the Comedy Women In Print Prize.

You can catch Nussaibah in Ilkley this October discussing her seriously funny book with fellow author Sanam Mahloudji. Tickets available here: tinyurl.com/4uptc6ce 🎟️

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