Literary Leicester 2025: Explore the free literary festival
Literary Leicester is back, the University of Leicester’s free literary festival that is open for all.
Brought to you by the School of Arts, Media and Communication and the Centre for New Writing, the festival has hosted events since 2008 with Booker Prize winners, cultural commentators, novelists, poets, historians, biographers and more. The festival discusses important, fun and contemporary topics across a range of topics including inclusivity, diversity and accessibility.
Every year the festival showcases a diverse range of voices and events across the University of Leicester campus and in venues across the city, including Attenborough Arts Centre.
Dr Harry Whitehead, Festival Director for Literary Leicester said:
“Since we began in 2008, Literary Leicester has become a highlight of the city’s annual cultural scene. As well as our main festival, we now run free events throughout the year that hundreds of people attend. The festival this year is particularly exciting, with the world’s most popular history podcast, The Rest is History, coming to Leicester for a live show. Caroline Lucas discussing how we can diversify English national identity to feel more inclusive is also a wonderful event for Leicester, the country’s first white minority city. We really hope you enjoy everything. And we’re proud to remain 100% free to all attendees.”
Some upcoming events:
Diaspora: Caribbean-Leicester conversations and performances with John Agard and fabian m thomas – Attenborough Arts Centre, Wednesday 19 March, 1pm
Another England: Caroline Lucas in Conversation with Corinne Fowler – Sir Bob Burgess Building, Wednesday 20 March, 6:30pm
Jane Austen at 250: The Great Balloon Debate – Attenborough Arts Centre, Thursday 21 March, 3:30pm
Dragon Stories for Kids Aged 8 to 12 – Beaumont Hall, Saturday 22 March, 10am
And so much more! Literary Leicester 2025 will take place from 19 to 22 March. Book your free tickets now via TicketTailor.
Hello,
My name is Iqra Sabir and very passionate about putting the words you feel on paper.
I would love to show some of my pieces if that’s okay.
I wasn’t too sure how to go about it and was wondering if theres any poetry competitions.
Hello,
I’m very passionate about putting the words you feel on paper.
I would love to show some of my pieces if that’s okay.
I wasn’t too sure how to go about it and was wondering if theres any poetry competitions.
Hello Iqra, that sounds great and we love how passionate you are about words on paper! We don’t have poetry competitions ourselves but we work a lot with WORD! Leicester who hold open mics for spoken word and poetry. We would recommend checking out their website and seeing if you can get involved in one of their upcoming events: http://www.wordpoetry.co.uk