Our final Sunday event of Litfest’s Autumn Weekend is with @malikalnasir.bsky.social telling us his deeply insightful story of SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS! He is in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell from Lancaster Black History.

We had a great time on our panel talking about liminality and the environment and all things co-writing! So great to see a vibrant programme and lots of keen attendees at @litfest.bsky.social this weekend. Thanks for having us!

Litfest’s event on co-writing novels kicks off with a reading from THE NEEDFIRE by “Mo” (one half of @mkhardywrites.com) exploring the border places, equally linked to @oliverklangmead.bsky.social’s mysterious CITY OF ALL SEASONS which we turn to next…

We’re getting our Litfest Sunday off to a fantastic start with Carol Ann Lee and SOMETHING WICKED! We have two more events to enjoy this afternoon! Tickets will still be available on the door, and you can also buy tickets online here geni.us/LFAW25

Looking forward to listening to this discussion on ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ with @malikalnasir.bsky.social at @litfest.bsky.social later today

#LucyStrange launched our Saturday programme @litfest.bsky.social with an event full of energy and spookiness in conversation @katherinewoodfine.bsky.social . It was great to hear about the joint relationship with her #illustrator #PamSmy.

Made it to Lancaster for @litfest.bsky.social - looking forward to attending and speaking at some cracking events!

Tonight’s opening event with #SarahHall was superb. You can still buy copies of #Helm @litfest.bsky.social and support our future festivals and you can buy so many other titles as shown below . Hopefully we will see some of you over the weekend .

Looking forward to listening to the wonderful Yvonne Reddick and @liambatespoet.bsky.social reading at @litfest.bsky.social later today

‘The more local you are, the more global you are’: the ever-brilliant Sarah Hall on her new novel, ‘Helm’, place-writing, and the importance of positivity in environmental fictional writing at @litfest.bsky.social 📚🍃

We are delighted to have #SarahHall kicking off our #AutumnWeekend @litfest.bsky.social talking about her latest book #Helm and there is a full house !

🍁🍂TOMORROW, LITFEST'S AUTUMN WEEKEND BEGINS!📕📙 We can't wait to see you at one (or more!) of the fabulous events we've got for you this weekend. Book your tickets, browse the programme, and buy the books: geni.us/LFAW25

Next week we will be delighted to welcome Xiaolu Guo to deliver the FREE Lancaster International Fiction Lecture on the subject of "Fiction as an Act of Sabotage" on 21st October in partnership with @lancasteruni.bsky.social. Join us in person, or watch online

Our launch event on Friday, celebrating the release of Sarah Hall's stunning novel HELM is now sold out for in-person tickets. However, thanks to the wonderful world of hybrid events, you can still join us online via Crowdcast wherever you are in the world. Tickets only £4: https://geni.us/helm_sh

The perfect event for #BlackHistoryMonth: on Sunday 19th October at 3:30pm, join us at Lancaster Library to hear @malikalnasir.bsky.social in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell talking about his fascinating exploration of his ancestry in SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS! Book now geni.us/MalikAN

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! You can still snap up tickets to our Poetry Double Bill on Saturday 18th October with Yvonne Reddick and Liam Bates! geni.us/LFAWPDB And, of course, you can grab a whole host of poetry delights from the Litfest Bookshop! litfest.org/shop/

THE NEEDFIRE is coming South of the border - see @mkhardywrites.com @litfest.bsky.social's Autumn Weekend! Join us in Lancaster 19th Oct, 2pm where they will be discussing the process of co-writing with the superb @oliverklangmead.bsky.social! Tickets only £6. Book here:

"Virtuosic, a tough and supple poetry anchored in decades of attention to Cumbrian land and plants and skies." - Guardian We're delighted to be launching our Autumn Weekend with an event celebrating Sarah Hall's spectacular HELM! 17/10, join in-person or online (£6/£4)

Are you ready for some Lancashire Folktales? Beautifully told by Jacqueline Harris, and stunningly illustrated by MarjanWouda, all the tales in the book are rooted in the Lancashire landscape, reflecting the diverse lives lived there. Join us Sat 18th Oct, 5pm, The Storey. Tickets £6 geni.us/LFTLS

We can't wait to welcome you to Litfest's Autumn Weekend 2025! Across 12 events, join us at our in-person partner venues - The Storey, @lancasteruni.bsky.social & Lancaster Central Library - and also join in online via Crowdcast for our launch & our two International Fiction Events! geni.us/LFAW25

🍁📙There's just under a month to go until Litfest's Autumn Weekend 2025! Have you booked your tickets yet? geni.us/LFAW25

This Litfest Festival Bookshop is now....open! Grab all the festival titles in one handy spot (and browse the rest of the bookshop for bargains whilst you're there! @mollieray.bsky.social @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @malikalnasir.bsky.social & more! Shop here: geni.us/LFAWBK

We're delighted to see that @mollieray.bsky.social is shortlisted for the Young Comics Laureate 2025-6! geni.us/YCLAU Mollie will be appearing at our Autumn Weekend to discuss how the graphic novel format allows her to treat challenging topics with wit and sensitivity. Book now £6: geni.us/LFMBHB

On Saturday 18th October, 5pm at The Storey Lancaster, we'll be exploring the world of Lancashire's Folktales, and launching Jacqueline Harris' new collection, beautifully illustrated by Marjan Wouda! Book tickets: geni.us/LFTLS

We've got the perfect way for young readers to kick off #SpookySeason! On Saturday 18th October, 11:30am at The Storey, Lancaster, join bestselling author Lucy Strange for a fun morning of spooky mysteries, ghosts and monsters! Book your tickets here: geni.us/LFAWLS @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

If you love Litfest, you'll probably love Morecambe Poetry Festival too! It all kicks off tomorrow for a packed weekend of events including Michael Rosen, SuAndi,Henry Normal, and more! Tickets and full weekend passes are available here: www.skiddle.com/g/morecambe-...

Come and volunteer with Litfest! Litfest simply wouldn't exist without our volunteers, if you're interesting in taking part (whether that is helping with programme distribution, stewarding, running the bookshop and box office or spreading the word online), fill in our form 👉 geni.us/LFvolunteers

For this Autumn's post-festival event, we've teamed up with our friends at Lancaster Arts to bring poet laureate Simon Armitage back to Lancaster for a very special event discussing Poetry and Land with @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social! Join us on 18th November, book tickets £12-£16 here geni.us/simon_A

We'll be opening our Autumn Weekend on 17th Oct 2025 by celebrating the release of HELM, the new book from acclaimed and best-selling author Sarah Hall that has been twenty years in the making. Book your tickets (£6 attend in person/£4 watch online) and browse the full programme: geni.us/helm_sh

We're delighted that our very own @mkhardywrites.com will be taking THE NEEDFIRE on the road for an event on co-writing with @oliverklangmead.bsky.social for Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social 's Autumn Weekend! Grab your tickets now! Only £6 bit.ly/46lSmby Full programme bit.ly/4nd4T6T

Hell yeah - excited to be chatting with @mkhardywrites.com about co-writing SFF next month at Litfest!

I’m so looking forward to presenting my new book ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ at Lancaster Litfest @litfest.bsky.social

It's here! Welcome to the Lancaster Litfest Autumn Weekend 2025, running 17-21 October and 18 November. Ft Sarah Hall, Simon Armitage, @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com Xiaolu Guo @malikalnasir.bsky.social & more! Browse the full programme and get your tickets now! litfest.org

An event, a book sale and an announcement! It may be #primeday this week, but here's your chance to shop local and grab some bargains too! mailchi.mp/eddf47924e7b...

On Thursday night, join us in person and online for the Lancaster Environment Lecture 2025 delivered by Bella Lack! There's still time to book your free tickets: geni.us/LF25LE *Please note that there has been a change to the in-person venue which will now take place at Faraday Lecture Theatre.

FREE EVENT - attend in-person & watch online (live or on catch up)! In just under 1 month we're delighted to be hosting the Lancaster Environment Lecture 2025, delivered by leading environmental campaigner & author Bella Lack, in collaboration with Lancaster University. Book now: geni.us/LF25LE

🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE!🚨 if you would like to attend this event but can't get there in person, you can now watch on line via the livestream or on catch-up for 30 days (tickets £8.00) by registering at: crowdcast.io/c/6i3yf2oltuvy

Thank you Eleanor Levin for providing us with a fantastic insight this morning into #Historical #Women of #Lancaster in partnership @litfest.bsky.social . We learnt about a #footballer #suffragist #prisoner #sculptor and more .

Pamphlet launch today! Not too late to get in person or online tickets for that or a range of other events @litfest.bsky.social Copy of the pamphlet available from Wayleave, Litfest or me…

The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

Had the best evening on Sunday at Lancaster Litfest @litfest.bsky.social introducing wonderful authors @rainewilson.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social. But the best bit was getting my copy of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest stamped with Orlando the ghost cat!

Looking forward to listening to some wonderful #stories from Lancaster - Unmoored Tales with Mike Ford and fellow storytellers #LancashireLore @litfest.bsky.social . How many are true ? How many are myths ?

I once again forgot to take photos at my @litfest.bsky.social event on Sunday, so have a castle instead! But it was a wonderful, thoughtful conversation with @whyiwrite.bsky.social & @catherinespooner.bsky.social & you all need to read Curdle Creek now so I can talk/flail with you about it!

I’m looking forward to this… though be prepared for a tragic tale of greed and exploitation, resulting in the extinction of an extraordinary #bird. @btobirds.bsky.social @litfest.bsky.social dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

A fabulous first full day of @litfest.bsky.social 46thFestival featuring #workshops #crafting #author #illustrators #poets #walks & celebrating #IWD2025 with a fabulous lecture on #LancasterWomen in #history - and the best thing is we have so much more to come 🥰

Lovely to have three poems on the @litfest.bsky.social Poetry Map! 🌍 You can find them in Galway and Cobh, Ireland, and Vienna, Austria 😊 worldintowords.humap.site/map/browse

Great evening thanks to @litfest.bsky.social - always so grateful to have a brilliant festival so close. And after watching the Elizabeth Burns Memorial Prize event - the kids really are alright!

Lovely evening @litfest.bsky.social listening to @amyjanebeer.bsky.social talk about #TheFlow, rivers, the marvellous mysteryof dowsing and how we're all wild. 💚 The Flow is one of the best pieces of nature writing I've read, so informative and written with so much absolute joy.

Delighted to be at @litfest.bsky.social first event of the festival listening to the #naturalist and #writer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social who is reading from her superb and highly acclaimed book The Flow . #Litfest46