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Luton Literature Book Festival 2024
30 September 2024

Luton Literature Book Festival 2024

Luton Literature Book Festival 2024 celebrates Diversity in Literature, with a vibrant programme of national adult and children’s author events, a writer’s salon, workshops, storytelling sessions, and a panel discussion featuring SI Leeds Literary Prize Shortlisted authors. Audiences can attend in-person or watch a free live stream from home. Tickets […]
Halloween scene with silhouette of children trick or treating, and a spooky castle in the background.
25 September 2024

Halloween at Brown Books

Spooky Stories – 31 October at 5pm Spooky Stories returns to Brown Books Community Bookshop on Thursday 31 October, with Aaron from A Children’s Story bringing them to life! Come and hear a the terrifying (not actually terrifying) tales and take part in the actions, and wear fancy dress if […]
A First Book of Dinosaurs book cover
18 September 2024

Simon Mole: A First Book of Dinosaurs

Which dinosaur was barely the size of a dog? Which made a noise like a goat playing a didgeridoo? And what could a CHICKEN possibly be doing in a book about dinosaurs?! Join us on Thursday 10 October in Brown Books to find out! About the event: Luton Literature in […]
Clive Gresswell
24 August 2024

Celebrating Clive Gresswell

Join us for an evening to celebrate the life and work of local poet Clive Gresswell, who passed away earlier this year. There will be readings of Clive’s work, readings by local poets who have written for and with Clive, anecdotes and other performance pieces. Celebrating Clive Gresswell will take […]
1 April 2024

Celebration of Storytelling to showcase stories written by local children

Five fascinating new short-stories have been created in a collaboration between local school children, young people, young people’s services, Luton creatives and nationally renowned authors in the Luton Literature Storytelling Project. These stories will be brought to life through exclusive readings performed by Luton Actors Adeyinka Akinrinade and Aaron Spendelow on Saturday 11 May […]
Lanterns
10 November 2023

Make a lantern for Christmas in High Town

Brown Books will be hosting a lantern workshop on Sunday 26 November, where children are invited to make a lantern for the walk from High Town Methodist Church to Burr Street Square for the Christmas tree lights switch on, on Saturday 2 December. Mary from Flamingo Arts will lead this […]
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