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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to this week’s podcast as Professor Saeed Khan explores Syria’s extraordinary past. A land of prophets, poets, and empires. 🇸🇾

New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧

https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest #Syria #HistoryofSyria

Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · 2d

Watch the full discussion with Nabeela Rasheed, Daniel Levy and Wadah Khanfar as they discuss the ongoing devastation in Gaza and the West Bank.

Watch now:
youtu.be/krITgCt77Xw

#IsraelPalestine #GazaConflict #MiddleEastPolitics #Israel #Palestine #BradfordLitFest

Israel-Palestine: Understanding the Crisis, Exploring the Future | Bradford Literature Festival 2025

YouTube video by Bradford Literature Festival

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · 29d

Join Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey as they discuss the poems that continue to inspire them.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧

linktr.ee/bradfordli...

#BradfordLitFest #JeremyCorbyn #Poetry #PoetryfortheMany #LenMcCluskey

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Sep 2

The full discussion from our Monstrous Anger of the Guns event featuring Jeremy Corbyn in conversation on global disarmament, is now available on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel:
youtu.be/O4VAdkehcPc

#JeremyCorbyn #GlobalDisarmament #ArmsRace #UKPolitics #GlobalSecurity

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎧 Season 4 is here! Get ready for weekly episodes of events from BLF 2025. 🤩

Join John Siddique, Saima Mir, Nadine Matheson and Kia Abdullah talking all things crime fiction

New podcast episodes every week: 🎧

linktr.ee/bradfordli...
#CrimeFiction #WritersMosaic #BradfordLitFest

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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · Jul 22

As the school term winds down, our learning team is still hard at work, continuing Holocaust education outside of the classroom.

Here’s Hannah, our Head of Learning at Holocaust Centre North, with Elissa, a third-generation Holocaust survivor @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social earlier this month.

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I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our penultimate slam heat at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social was phenomenal! Huge thanks to every poet who performed, including our stellar sacrificial @mlferg.bsky.social, and congratulations to our first-ever Loud Poets Bradford Champion Trystan Lewis!

#BradfordLitFest #Bradford2025

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 12

What an incredible festival we had this year! But what was your standout moment? 🤩 #BradfordLitFest #Bookstagram #BookSky #LiteratureFestival

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Bradford Cathedral @bradfordcathedral.org.uk · Jul 7

Yesterday we welcomed the @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social to the Cathedral for the annual 'Sacred Music' event, which featured powerful celebration of devotional music from across faith traditions. (1/3)

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MissChanandlerBong @kaijushibe.bsky.social · Jul 6

Brilliant talk today at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social listening to @robinince.bsky.social and @pierrenovellie.bsky.social talk about their books and neurodiversity. Very funny, and they were lovely enough to sign my books 🩷 I tried not to waffle, but I feel like I might have failed on that front 😅

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 6

And so, the 11th chapter of Bradford Literature Festival comes to an end.

752 events, 524 artists, and 187,366 attendees.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, the artists, the staff and volunteers who made it all happen, and all of you who made this year unforgettable. #bradfordlitfest

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 6

We have a very limited number of tickets back on sale for this event at 2pm today. Don’t miss out!

www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/the-mo...

The Monstrous Anger of The Guns | Bradford Literature Festival

Join Jeremy Corbyn and Professor Paul Rogers for a timely and thought-provoking conversation on the global arms race.

www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk

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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · Jul 6

Last minute decision to take the family to see @robinince.bsky.social and @pierrenovellie.bsky.social at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social this afternoon. Seeing as I'm halfway through Pierre's book on Kindle and have Robin's latest to read next.

It might seem like there would be no need to diagnose an under-or oversensitivity to something like smell or sound.
After all, some people have a great sense of smell, what about people who work in wine or perfume? Are they autistic now?
They may very well be. Often when people react to new information about autism they end up accidentally correctly pointing out evidence of autism as opposed to evidence of its absence. They end up like someone throwing up their arms in frustration and saying, 'Oh! So I suppose this means everyone at the Trainspotters' Guild could be autistic? Next, you'll be telling me that all my shy friends in the university maths department are autistic too!' My friend, the odds are good.
Pierre Novellie
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to
Autism
#kindlequotes

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Scott C Edmunds @scedmunds.bsky.social · Jul 6

My first time at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social, in the lovely city hall for the Muslim Women in Media session. Hearing interesting stories and perspectives from the media coalface #BradfordLitFest by

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 5

📚 Poetry for the Many with Jeremy Corbyn & Len McCluskey – an evening of politics, poetry & powerful verse.

📍 St George’s Hall
🕗 Sunday 6 July, 8 PM

#BradfordLitFest #PoetryForTheMany #JeremyCorbyn #LenMcCluskey

Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 5

The Bard of Salford came to Bradford. 🎸

What an incredible evening with John Cooper Clarke and Nihal Arthanayake. He said his time at BLF was smooth; he gave us a taste of some new material and chatted about how he's never met Bob Dylan...

#BradfordLitFest #JohnCooperClarke

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Jonathan Eyers @jonathaneyers.bsky.social · Jul 4

If you are interested in a career in publishing, I'll be on the panel discussing it at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon. Join us (both there and in the business)! #BradfordLitFest

Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jun 3

The Bradford Literature Festival 2025 programme is now live! 🚨
Click the link below to see what you can discover at this year's festival. Book your tickets now.👇
bradfordlitfest.co.uk
#BradfordLitFest #LiteratureFestival #BookTok #BookSky #Bookstagram

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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 1

Seamus Murphy's exhibition, Smoke and Mirrors, at the Bradford Literature Festival 2025, captures Nablus – the city at the heart of the film Paradise Now – revealing the ongoing reality of occupation and the enduring resonance of its themes 21 years later.

observer.co.uk/cultu...

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I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social · Jun 30

Bradford let's go!!!

Tomorrow night is our penultimate Slam Heat of our 2024-25 Slam Series, hosted in partnership with the wonderful @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social, featuring @mlferg.bsky.social & 12 fantastic slammers!

Tickets: www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/loud-p...
#WhatsOnBradford #Bradford

Black poster with a blurred image of a poet performing. The text on the image reads:

Scotland's premiere spoken word night
Loud Poets and Bradford Literature Festival

Slam Series: Bradford
Sacrificial Poet Maria Ferguson
7pm on 1st July 2025
£7
Loading Bay
Bradford

www.IAmLoud.co/Slam
Logos for I Am Loud Productions, Creative Scotland, and the National Lottery

The slammers are Abbi Senior, Chris Cambell, Chris Singleton, Eleanor May Blackburn, Ian winter, Kauser Mukhtar, Lateral G, Nobody Important, The Hellpoet, Trystan Lewis, Yousef Alawi, and Zara Sehar

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David R @hangusthemonkey.bsky.social · Jun 30

Currently in the interval for this event. It's been fantastic so far, like a live audiobook. Superbly performed by @gavcross.bsky.social
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The War of the Worlds performance by Gav Cross

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Susan Thomson @susanthomson.bsky.social · Jun 30

Huge thanks to @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social for my screening of Ghost Empire Mauritius-Chagos (2024) and a great Q & A, as well as an inspiring weekend of relevant and very thought provoking talks and fantastic concerts!

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John @ Tales from Absurdia @talesfromabsurdia.bsky.social · Jun 29

I'm back on the road in Bradford today, covering @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social.

Early impressions are very good. Extraordinarily well organised festival, with a truly excellent programme of events.

Some amazing stuff for kids and adults alike. Big fan.

#BookFestival #LitFest #BookSky #Bookish

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Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · Jun 29

What a great turnout of budding sleuths for Can You Solve the Murder? Live at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone who came along – lots of signed copies (and some Dog Sitter Detective, natch) now available at the @waterstones.bsky.social festival hub 😊🔍

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Philip Lickley @philiplickley.bsky.social · Jun 29

Seen my first of two @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social events - a great look at haunted literature with some real life tales thrown in as well. I liked Clare's poetry and will probably grab a copy of their Uncanny-inspired 'I Know What I Saw' when it comes out. #Bradford2025

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Natasha Raheem @nraheem.bsky.social · Jun 29

Bradford Literature Festival weekend 1- done! From shadows puppets, crafting & cosy crime to the powerful Ghost Empire Mauritius & Chagos film. It’s been a busy but brilliant weekend & a great introduction to all things literary, magical, cultural and political for my girls. Roll on next weekend!

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