Join Fiona Dunlop, Adela Suliman and Daniel L. Newman for a sensory journey through the rich culinary heritage of al-Andalus.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #AlAndalus #FoodHistory #Podcast
What an amazing way to spend International Women’s Day with Sabah Choudhry and Naz Shah, discussing her new memoir Honoured. Attended by civic and community leaders.
The full recording of the conversation will be live next Tuesday.
#NazShah #LabourParty #BradfordLitFest #UKPolitics
Bradford Literature Festival has opened annual applications for its Community Access Code scheme, offering free tickets to ensure literature and culture remain accessible to everyone. 🎫
Register your interest here: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/concessions/#Community
#BradfordLitFest #Community
“What happens when feminism excludes the very women it claims to liberate?”
Listen to Shahed Ezaydi discuss The Othered Woman at the @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social:
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The wonderful Sabah Choudhry from BBC News, ITV News and Channel 5 News will be chairing this discussion!
Last chance for tickets 🎫 #BookSky
Have you ever wanted a career in publishing? Experts from Bloomsbury, Harper north and Wonderful offer a session on breaking into the industry.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #PublishingCareers #Publishing #Podcast
We have a very limited number of tickets left for Honoured: Naz Shah in conversation.
Don't miss out!
🔗:https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/honoured-an-evening-with-naz-shah/
#NazShah #Bradford #BradfordLitFest #LabourMP
In this powerful conversation, Tasneem Chopra, Minna Salami, and Shahed Ezaydi explore the erasures, assumptions, and possibilities at the heart of global feminist discourse.
Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #Feminism #Podcast
Do you know we have a weekly podcast? How could we improve the explore words discover worlds podcast? If you’ve never listened, what puts you off? If you’ve listened to every episode, what is it you like?
#BradfordLitFest #Podcast #PodcastFeedback
Teachers, take a look at our new Education Programme session 📚
Stand Up and Be Counted empowers students through communication, confidence and self-expression, with practical skills for speaking up in everyday life.
More info: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/education-programme/secondary/
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, President of Zaytuna College, joins us to reflect on Thomas Cleary’s brilliant rendering of the Quran.
Listen via the link, or watch the full session on our YouTube channel: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #Islam #Muslim #Podcast
Silhouette of a mosque with crescent moon against an orange gradient background and the text 'Ramadan Kareem'.
Ramadan Kareem to our community and everyone observing. We wish you a peaceful month of reflection and gathering with loved ones. ☪️
#RamadanKareem #BradfordLitFest #Ramadan
Bradford Literature Festival has been in partnership with University of Bradford since it was founded in 2014. Welcoming inspirational figures from around the world.
Read here:
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/about/partnerships/bradford-literature-festival/
CURRENTLY SOLD OUT: JOIN OUR WAITING LIST
To mark International Women’s Day, Bradford Literature Festival welcomes Naz Shah for the launch of her powerful and deeply personal memoir, Honoured.
Join the waiting list here: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/honoured-an-evening-with-naz-shah/
Join Caroline Sanderson, Helena Kelly, and Lizzie Dunford as they explore Jane Austen’s life, legacy, and literary brilliance.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #JaneAusten #Austen #Podcast
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Whether you celebrate the day, ignore it, or somewhere in between, we’ve taken some time to explore love through the lens of literature.
🔗: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/love-through-literature/
#RomanceNovels #Love #ValentinesDay #RomanceReading
Join historians, Iain Macgregor and Sinclair McKay, for an insightful discussion on the aftermath of World War Two, and how its impact still governs global affairs.
Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #WorldWarTwo #GlobalAffairs #Podcast
With Bashar al-Assad no longer in power, Professor Owen Greene, Dr H. A. Hellyer, Salman Shaikh, and Professor Paul Rogers discuss the country at this turning point.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #Syria #GlobalAffairs #Podcast
Bradford Literature Festival is proud to announce that we now have even more free online lesson plans!
Read more: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/digital-education-programme/
#FreeLessonPlans #BradfordLitFest #EducationResources #FreeResources
On the International Day of Education, book your place for BLF’s Education Programme, 24 June to 10 July 2026. With writers, poets, scientists and historians, all curriculum linked. Free for non-fee-paying schools and home educators: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/education-programme/
This episode explores how genocide unfolded in the Srebrenica, the silence that enabled it, and the urgent need to remember.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #Srebrenica #BosniaHerzegovina #GenocideRemembrance
In this timely talk, Professor Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, explores the key trends shaping our world and what’s next.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #GlobalAffairs #Podcast #ArmsRace
Volunteering lets you support the UK’s most diverse and inclusive literature festival, connect with new people and build real experience that strengthens your CV.
Register your interest below:
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/get-involved/volunteer/
Bradford Literature Festival and Waterstones celebrate over a decade of collaboration and success.📚 🎊 Read all about it:
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/blf-and-waterstones-celebrating-over-a-decade-of-collaboration/
#BradfordLitFest #Waterstones
In this event, Zahed Amanullah, Dr Dilwar Hussain, and Sabbiyah Pervez discuss how the framing of 7/7 continues to shape how Islam is discussed.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest
#BradfordLitFest #islamophpobia #britishmuslim
Thank you to each poet for being a part of our 12 days of poetry. Our final performance is by the wonderful Kate Fox with ‘Joyful Autistic’.
Let us know who you’d like to perform at this year’s festival in the comments!
#BradfordLitFest #12DaysOfPoetry #SpokenWord #LyricalMehfil #PoetryWithAPunch
We loved having Ralph Dartford at Lyrical Mehfil 2025, here is his performance of 'The Mourning Prayer'.
For more poems, check out the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel.
#BradfordLitFest #12DaysOfPoetry #SpokenWord #LyricalMehfil #PoetryWithAPunch
For day 10, we have the wonderful Maria Ferguson performing “Reunion.”
Check out more poetry on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel.
#BradfordLitFest #12DaysOfPoetry #SpokenWord #LyricalMehfil #PoetryWithAPunch
The incredible Akeim Toussant Buck performed 'The Mission' at Poetry with a Punch 2025. Check out the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel for even more spoken word performances.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/uqRR9gUHK4U
#BradfordLitFest #12DaysOfPoetry #SpokenWord #LyricalMehfil #PoetryWithAPunch
BLF were privileged to have Joelle Taylor back at the festival in 2025. Here is just a snippet of her performing “C+nto”, you can watch the full performance on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel.
#BradfordLitFest #12DaysOfPoetry #SpokenWord #LyricalMehfil #PoetryWithAPunch
