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Alan Bennett to Open Ilkley Literature Festival 2017
Alan Bennett will open the 2017 Ilkley Literature Festival with a special afternoon event on Friday 29 September. The playwright,…more
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Opening doors with a shoelace: Studying Creative Writing
Rachel Hall, who is a member of Ilkley Young Writers and a regular at our Young Writers Summer School recently…more
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Sarah Millican, Victoria Derbyshire, Evan Davis and Shami Chakrabarti to Headline ILF17
We are excited to announce the first headline names for this year’s Festival! BAFTA award-winning English journalist and broadcaster Victoria…more
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Booking Open for Primary Schools Matinee
Our special afternoon event for School groups is open for booking NOW – schools’ afternoons always sell out, so make…more
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Children’s and Young People’s Writing Competitions
The 2017 Children’s and Young People’s Writing competitions are now open! Children’s Poetry Competition: Schools and individual children from Yorkshire…more
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Introducing Apprentice Poet in Residence Jade Cuttle
We are delighted to announce that Jade Cuttle has been appointed as the 2017 Apprentice Poet in Residence. Jade is…more
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Listen again: Sally Wainwright at The Spring Series
An Evening with Sally Wainwright and Ann Dinsdale was the highlight of the ILF17 Spring Series and if you missed…more
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Words in the City | Bradford
29 – 30 July 2017 Join us for a weekend of FREE poetry and family fun when Words in the…more
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McCarthy and Stone Competition Winners
The winners of the A View From The Window competition were announced on Wednesday 19 April at An Evening with…more
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Daljit Nagra is the 2017 Poet in Residence
We are delighted to announce that Daljit Nagra has been appointed as 2017 Poet in Residence! Daljit Nagra is from…more
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