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Apply for an Ilkley Literature Festival 2018 Micro-Commission

Through our micro-commissions we want to fund projects that explore new ways of creating or promoting poetry, fiction, non-fiction or…more

We are thrilled to announce that Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry winner Imtiaz Dharker will be the Poet in Residence…more

We are now taking applications for the 2018 Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe. Groups or individuals of any age from –…more

Tickets are now on sale for Words in the City, our popular weekend festival of poetry and spoken word, taking…more

Ilkley Literature Festival is hitting the big screen as the setting for a new independent film staring Derek Jacobi, Roger…more

Entries can now be made to the 2018 SI Leeds Literary Prize, a trail-blazing award for new writing by black…more

Words in the City is a weekend festival of poetry and spoken word taking place in Leeds City Centre from…more

2017 has been a busy and exciting year for Ilkley Literature Festival. We ran a Spring Series of events at…more

We are very excited to confirm that Words in the City will be returning in May 2018, with a new…more

With dozens of fanstastic entries to chose from, the judges of the 2017 Children’s Poetry Competition were blown away by…more