Posts With in category 'Blog'
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Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare
Tell us Which Plays we Should Read Live with Your Help in October Saturday 23 April marks 400 years since the…more
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Happy Birthday Charlotte Brontë!
Today, 21 April 2016, marks 200 years since the birth of Charlotte Brontë. That Charlotte’s life and works have remained…more
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Apply to be Apprentice Poet in Residence
Applications for 2016 Apprentice Poet in Residence are now open. The Festival’s Apprentice Poet in Residence is an opportunity for…more
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Visiting the Brontë Parsonage
Over the course of the year and particularly when we are busy working on the Festival programme we go to…more
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The Power of Words
Ilkley Young Writers Group member Tadhg tells us about why he is hosting a storytelling event. So how have…more
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Andrew McMillan returns as 2016 Poet in Residence
We are delighted to announce that Andrew McMillan will be returning to Ilkley Literature Festival as our 2016 Poet in…more
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Apply to the Fringe!
We are now taking applications for the 2016 Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe. Groups or individuals from, or with strong links…more
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Chicken Shop: Making Shakespeare Relevant to Young People
In November last year Mark Rylance suggested that Shakespeare’s words were being delivered too slowly and with too much intellectual…more
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Ilkley Literature Festival and Author Fees
In recent months the issue of how literary festivals pay the authors, poets and speakers appearing at their events has…more
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2015 Poetry Competition Results
1st John Foggin Short back and sides 2nd Jacqueline P. Haskell Cora 3rd Ian Royce Chamberlain A Handful of Water Highly…more