Lichfield Literature Festival

Our sister festival, ‘Lichfield Literature’, is an annual celebration of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and more. Held in March, Lichfield Literature Festival sees writers of all styles and genres convene in the ‘creative county’ for a series of talks, workshops and other literature-related events.

Tracy Borman announced as Patron for Lichfield Festival

Monday, 22 January 2024 / Published in Festival Patron, Literature Festival, News
Lichfield Festival is delighted to announce its newest Patron, the author, Tudor historian, broadcaster and joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Tracy Borman. Damian Thantrey, Lichfield Festival Director, said:

BBC Radio WM interviews Lichfield Festival Director

Saturday, 20 May 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News, Summer Festival
It was great to hear Damian, Festival Director, in a brief radio interview this morning, 20th May, on the Elise Evans Show, BBC Radio WM. Damian, who puts together the

Young Critics

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News, Summer Festival, Young Critics Review
Every year we recruit a panel of young reviewers for the many and varied Lichfield Festival events that take place throughout the different Festivals we host – Literature, Summer Festival,

How do you write a best-selling novel?

Monday, 13 March 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News
Join Sunday Times best-selling author of nearly 30 uplifting romantic novels Phillipa Ashley for a discussion and a sprinkling of sun, sea, and romance as she shares her favourite bits

Meet Staffordshire’s Poet Laureate

Monday, 13 March 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News
In the second of three events hosted by the Lichfield Literature Festival, in collaboration with sponsors McArthurGlen, Dawn Jutton will bring poetry to the McArthurGlen West Midlands Community Corner on

Literature Festival Pop Up at McArthurGlen

Monday, 13 March 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News
The Blue-footed Booby is the newest picture book by bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and this Saturday 18th March you can be part of the viral and

Uproar!

Sunday, 05 March 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News
If you missed Alice Loxton on Radio 4’s Loose Ends this weekend, make sure you’re booked in to see her on Thursday 23rd March, when she will be appearing at

A new chapter for Lichfield Literature

Saturday, 04 March 2023 / Published in Literature Festival, News
Waterstones would have been hard pressed to find a more appropriate place to open a branch in Lichfield than opposite the statue of Dr Johnson, Lichfield’s most famous son and

Lichfield Literature Festival – New Dates

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 / Published in Literature Festival
Thank you for all your patience, goodwill and support as we worked to reschedule our 2020 Literature Festival. Having liaised with various parties, we can now announce new dates for

Big Book Weekend: Catch Up

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 / Published in Literature Festival, News
Last week we took part in the “Big Book Weekend”; a marvellous online literature festival bringing together authors and festivals from across the country. Our session, which featured author Phil

Fairytales Re-imagined: Creative Writing Workshop for Kids

Tuesday, 14 April 2020 / Published in Literature Festival, News
A fairytale castle on a mountainous hill.
We are very excited to announce our first virtual event for kids aged 7-11 with Staffordshire Poet Laureate Mel Wardle Woodend! Join in online on Saturday 18th April to hear

COVID-19: Literature Festival Postponed

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 / Published in Literature Festival, News
It is with much sadness that we have taken the decision to postpone our literature festival. Given current conditions and advice, we want to ensure that all our audiences, authors,

Mystery Book Swap

Thursday, 06 February 2020 / Published in Literature Festival, News
Join the Mystery Book Swap this year and give a new book a home for Christmas! The Lichfield Literature Festival’s annual Book Swap is back, but this time there’s a

What’s On Midlands Award Winners

Thursday, 06 February 2020 / Published in Literature Festival, News
Lichfield Festival is celebrating after being crowned Best Midlands Music Festival in the 2018 What’s On Readers’ Awards.  The Festival is one of the region’s leading cultural organisations, attracting 40,000

Lichfield Festival 2018 Raffle – Win £500 Cash!

Thursday, 06 February 2020 / Published in Literature Festival
We’re running our Festival Raffle again this year, please do support us by buying a ticket (just £1 each) and you’ll have the chance to win £500 cash along with

Lichfield Literature 2019 Interview: YA Novelist Emma Pass

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 / Published in Literature Festival
When she’s not writing gritty young adult fiction, Emma Pass runs workshops for writers of all ages. We chatted to her about what inspires her writing, her novel ACID and

Lichfield Literature 2019 Interview: Alba Arikha

Thursday, 03 January 2019 / Published in Literature Festival
  Born in Paris to an artist household with none other than playwright Samuel Beckett as her godfather, Arikha joins us at Lichfield Literature 2019 to discuss her novel Where

Lost novel by ‘A Clockwork Orange’ author Antony Burgess to be discussed at Lichfield Literature 2019

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 / Published in Literature Festival
  Teacher. Composer. Playwright. Journalist. Autobiographer. Broadcaster. Translator. Critic. Novelist. Antony Burgess had a variety of occupations over his lifetime to the extent that he might be called a polymath-

Something to get out of bed for!

Monday, 27 March 2017 / Published in Literature Festival
For some, the word ‘Monday’ is one to be uttered with severe caution lest to provoke a series of groaning, muttering and complaining. Mondays signal the end of the weekend