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We are excited to announce our lineup for this year’s festival. Join us 2-4 February and celebrate arts and culture in the city with Sathnam Sanghera, Louise Minchin, Raphael Rowe, Lou Sanders, James O’Brien and many more....


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See what activities are on each day.

26 January - 7:30pm

Empireworld - An Evening with Sathnam Sanghera

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27 January - 10:30am

What Music Inspires..’, a creative workshop through sound

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28 January - 1pm

Art Meet Poetry

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29 January - 10:30am

SUIT Display

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29 January - 7pm

Othello

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1 Feb - 7.30pm

Pauline Black OBE, In Conversation

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 10:30am

University of Wolverhampton, Creative and Professional Writing Student Showcase

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 12:30pm

Fred Karno - The Legend Behind the Laughter

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 2pm

Meet the Publisher Panel

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 3:30pm

What makes you happy

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 5pm

Wolves, Wonder and Wordsmiths

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 5pm

From Film to Book and Back Again: How Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Came

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 5:30pm

Tales of The Windrush Children

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 7pm

James O’Brien in Conversation

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 7:30pm

Notorious - In Conversation with Raphael Rowe

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 7.30pm

Into the Melting Pot

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Friday 2 February, 2024 - 7.30pm

Ghost Huns Podcast Live - Special Festival Appearance

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - Various times

Fringe Room for Wolves Lit Fest

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - Various times

Professor Black

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - Various times

The Maharajas’ Express

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - Various times

Storytelling with Grandpa Sticks

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 10am

The Secrets of Debut Novelists

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 10:15am

Grandiloquent: A Book for Word Nerds and Just a Simple Ghost Story

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 10:30am

Meet the Author- Rising To The Challenge

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 11am

South Asian Women Machinists' Anthology Launch

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 11am

Becoming the Art of Words

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 11.15am

Meet the Author: A writer’s descent into crime

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 11.30am

Enter

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 12pm

Fearless - In conversation with Louise Minchin

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 12pm

How To Succeed in Failure While Trying Really, Really Hard

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 12pm

Storytelling, Drawing and Fun

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 12.45pm

Meet the Author- The Writing's Only Half Of It - Exploring Routes Into Publishing

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 1pm

Black Country Voices

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 1pm

Drag Queen Story Hour UK

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 1pm

Manz Dem

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 1.30pm

Meet the Author: Love Susan

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 2pm

Journeys past the Five Rivers

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 2.15pm

Tales Unfinished

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 2.30pm

My extraordinary adventures – Craziest Train

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 3pm

Ameles: Currents of Unmindfulness

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 3pm

Catherine Eddowes and the Birth of Ripper Culture

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 3.15pm

Dancing Barefoot - In Conversation Event with Glyn Brown

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 4pm

Jaivant Patel Company Presents PRAVAS

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 4.30pm

Poetry Competition Winner Showcase

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 5.30pm

How dramatic can things get!

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 5pm

What happens if you die without family or money? The little-known world of council funerals

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 6pm

Ben Aitken, In Conversation

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 6pm

Voices Behind Closed Doors

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 6.30pm

Writing under Fire

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 7.30pm

Central Youth Theatre Presents Three Sisters

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 8pm

Stars of Slam

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Saturday 3 February, 2024 - 8.30pm

Lou Sanders: What’s That Lady Doing?

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 11am

Writers’ Hub - Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 11am

Emily Johnson: Eat Well With Arthritis

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 11:30am

Apni Prithvi Sadda Kal Punjabi Women’s Writing Group

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 12pm

Writing in Collaboration Workshop

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 1pm

Art Meet Poetry

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 1pm

Reframing the Muse with Ruth Millington

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 1.30pm

Island Fusion

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 2.30pm

How to get yourself published workshop

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 3pm

Tam Joseph in conversation with Dr Anjalie Dalal-Clayton

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 3.30pm

Right in the Head? The importance of storytelling after brain trauma

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 5pm

Musical Metaphors

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 6pm

Wolverhampton Film Festival

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 7pm

Josie Long - Because I Don’t Know What You Mean And What You Don’t

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 7pm

An Evening Of Poetry with Tamika Steadman i.put.the.t.In.poetry and Zakariye

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 7.30pm

Central Youth Theatre Presents Three Sisters

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Sunday 4 February, 2024 - 8.30pm

Robin Ince - Weapons of Empathy

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9 February, 2024 - 7:30pm

Poetry Slam

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8 March - 7:30pm

Henry Normal & Brian Bilston

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Events that aim to amplify and celebrate the voices of
authors, poets, writers, storytellers, and publishers from across the UK.

About

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Wolverhampton Literature Festival is an annual event held on the first weekend of February, hosted by the City of Wolverhampton Council with funding support from Arts Council England.

The festival aims to amplify and celebrate the voices of authors, poets, writers, storytellers, and publishers from across the UK. Over the course of a weekend, the festival hosts a line up of well known authors & speakers alongside local writers, artists and creatives, coming together to celebrate art, culture and literacy within the city.

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With thanks… The festival has been made possible by generous contributions from artists and local businesses to celebrate arts and culture through the magic of the spoken and written word.

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Volunteer with us

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help the festival to continue to grow and deliver an exciting programme of literary events across the city.