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05.03.2026 15:35
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Photo credit: Charlie Swinbourne
Happy #worldbookday!
To celebrate, here's the fantastically great Kate Pankhurst (@kateisdrawing) on stage @skiptontownhall last Sunday as part of @thewordupnorth's wonderful #StoryExplorerDay!
Huge thanks to everyone who came. Hope you're having another brilliant book-filled day today!
Story Explorer Day is back and coming to Skipton this Spring!
You can find out more about the New Northern Poets programme, run by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social and @universityofleeds.bsky.social Poetry Centre, here: wordupnorth.org.uk/take-part/op...
It was a pleasure to host the annual New Northern Poets showcase last month as part of ILF25. Keep an eye on these amazing poets - and keep an ear out for their upcoming podcast series!
Book your tickets now at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or by calling the box office on 01943 816714.
Join us on Sat 31 January as political columnist and man-who saw-it-all Steve Richards casts new light on Blair’s time in office, showing that many of the challenges facing him were the ones that still face Labour today and discussing the lessons today’s government can learn from the Blair years.
Such an interesting and enjoyable time interviewing and presenting an eclectic mix of authors and their fascinating books @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. And a magnificent effort by the team @thewordupnorth.bsky.social to produce the festival back-to-back with #ContainsStrongLanguage
Last weekend had an amazing time speaking about Rare Tongues @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Wonderful theatre! Sold out! And only one book left at the end. Relaxed afterwards with Hockney and cello music before the long, reluctant drive home. What a brilliant part of our country!
Puppy love with Mark Radcliffe and Arlo at the King's Hall on Sunday 😍 🐶
Waiting in the green room of the Ilkley Playhouse, matching my snacks with the topic of discussion for @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
The window display of the Grove Bookshop in Ilkley
A close-up of the display, with Nature’s Memory at the front
There's a special buzz when you spot your book in a #bookshop window! 🤩
I spy #NaturesMemory in @grovebookshop.bsky.social (ahead of my talk at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social later)
It's the final weekend (du-du-duuu-du)! But we're certainly not winding down early. Check out what we have on this weekend!
There's still time to get your tickets at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or by calling 01943 816714. You can also purchase tickets at our venues.
Excellent afternoon ay @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social - lovely audience, good questions, nice chats afterwards. Thanks to everyone involved and for the great communication throughout.
Join us on Saturday at Ilkley Literature Festival!
The Poems: 40 Years in the North, with Ian Harker
Saturday 18 October, 3.30pm
More details and tickets: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/62-th...
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Thanks to the 90+ people who came to the launch event for Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir, And So Did I @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social reprinted after 38 years by @bhousepress.bsky.social
Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!
Had a lovely afternoon at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social listening to Sadiah Qureshi in discussion with Greg Radick on her latest book, Vanished. Very excited to get stuck into it!
Brilliant, fascinating couple of Maybe I'm Amazed events this weekend in Durham & Ilkley. Big thanks to Paul Smith & @frankjf.bsky.social for such perceptive interviews, the organisers of two superb festivals & everyone who came
Order the book here linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
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I’ll be at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social on October 18th talking about Alan Bennett’s brilliant memoir Untold Stories on a live recording of @beelitmag.bsky.social’s brilliant Working Class Library podcast. There are still a few tickets left and are priced at pay what you feel. Link in bio.
Signing copies of my Afterword in Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I' yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social with Malachi's daughter Val Tordoff. Reprinted for the first time in 38 years by Recovered Books, Boiler House Press, University of East Anglia @bhousepress.bsky.social (Valerie)
The queue for the post-event book signing is generally a reliable indicator of how well an author has been received, and it was through the door for @johnharris1969.bsky.social yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Wonderful talk by author @lamornaash.bsky.social on Sat @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about her new book - courageous, honest & uplifting. Thanks not just for signing copy for my son but also for unpacking what ‘The Grand Inquisitor’ is all about - after reading your book I finally get it! (at last!)
The cover of Nature's Memory by Jack Ashby on the left, with a list of upcoming talks on the right, reading: Yorkshire: Ilkley Literature Festival, 18 Oct London: Linnean Society: 13 Nov Cambridge: Sedgwick Museum: 20 Nov
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FANS (and skeptics), if you're around #Yorkshire this weekend, I'll be speaking at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums.
Book here: ilkleyliteraturefestival-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
If you're in or near Ilkley this weekend, I'm at Church House at 2.30 on Saturday.
Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚
Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️
Had a marvellous time talking about Lost Boys at the @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social yesterday with Sally Johnson. Thanks to the organisers and those who braved the weather to turn out for a packed event.
Me on stage at Ilkley Literature festival making a big hand gesture for no good reason
I spoke about Bergson (with my hands) at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!