FESTIVAL GUIDE 2022
FEBRUARY
Hearth micro-festival
5 Feb
Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire Micro-festival that features relaxed opportunities to learn from and talk to writers
Audacious Women Festival
20-27 February
Venues in Edinburgh Female-focused (but inclusive) festival of music, dance, art and books, all giving you an opportunity to Do What You Always Wish You Dared
Jewish Book Week
26 Feb-6 Mar
Kings Place, Kings Cross, London Nine days of discussion, debate, live performances, and a spectacular grand finale.
Granite Noir
24-27 February
Various Aberdeen venues Granite Noir is inspired by the popularity of crime fiction in all its forms, by the fantastic contribution that Scottish writers make, by their love affair with Nordic Noir, on the page and on screen, and most of all inspired by Aberdeen, which is the perfect backdrop for the festival – steeped in history, atmospheric, quirky and with a strong sense of place. Granite Noir brings a programme of noir writing in unusual places and spaces across the city, from the lively festival hub at the Lemon Tree to the newly restored Cowdray Hall and the atmospheric St Nicholas Kirk.
MARCH
King’s Lynn Fiction Festival
11-13 March
King’s Lynn Town Hall Presenting some of the best contemporary writers of chapter in a friendly and informal setting
Words by the Water
15-20 March
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Literature festival in Cumbria featuring high-profile author appearances
www.wayswithwords.co.uk/festivals/words-by-the-water--the-lake-district-23
Scottish Association of Writers’ Annual Conference
18-20 March
Westerwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Cumbernauld Writers’ conference, with workshops, seminars and competition award ceremony.
www.scottishassociationofwriters.com
StAnza
7-13 March
The Byre Theatre and other venues in St Andrews StAnza 2022 will explore the opportunities and the pitfalls of stories, ranging over narrative poetry, prose poetry, re-writing old stories and imagining new ones, reportage, process / chance narratives, myth / epic; there will be poets who contest the power of narrative or of stories conventionally told, and those who experiment with it.
York Literature Festival
18-27 March
Various venues in York York’s annual literature festival with over 50 events featuring drama, poetry, prose and interactive workshops all showcasing some of Britain’s brightest writing talent.
https://yorkliteraturefestival.co.uk
Huddersfield Literature Festival
24 March-3 April
Various venues in Huddersfield An award-winning annual spring Festival held in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with community, accessibility and inclusivity at its heart. A blend of venue-based and online activities, HLF features family events, author talks, performance poetry, workshops, non-fiction discussions and special community projects. It includes many free or low-cost events, some with live subtitling,
