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It’s the first day of September, which means there are only 24 days until the festival! Here’s some info on how to find the two venues on the day, and how to get here. Both The Hat Factory Arts Centre and Luton Central Library are a short walk from Luton Station […]

Over at Luton Central Library we are also hosting a writers and illustrator‘s press fair on Saturday 24 September. 11am – 6pm All ages This fair will showcase local artists and authors, and those with links to Luton, celebrating Luton’s contribution to the literary world. Those looking for advice, guidance, […]

Tony specialises in fantasy art for books, games, magazines and more. In this session, Tony talk’s about his career as an illustrator and will answer questions from the audience in a Q&A session at the end. “I create strong figurative art and illustrations of odd and fantastic things: Warped reality, […]

GAY CLUB! is a landmark comedic novel by Simon James Green, about a group of queer teens at their worst – and ultimately their best – from one of the UK’s leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction.  Simon James Green will be talking about his inspiration for the book, which includes elements of […]

Think you know all there is to know about unicorns? Think again! Join bestselling and much-loved author Sibéal Pounder (author of Bad Mermaids and Witch Wars) and step into a zany world where magic is made with goo and the possibilities are endless! There will be props, there will be […]

Making a Scene; setting, character, story… what makes a scene?  In this workshop we focus on playwriting/scriptwriting, exploring the key elements that writers use to create great scenes. How can we express our ideas in a play/script?  Through writing activities, we would create our own short scenes in the workshop.  […]

Humza Arshad introduces his Little Badman books and shares stories and pictures of his own family members who have inspired his characters and tell you how he became a famous You Tuber and comedian before he started writing books with his friend Henry.Humza will read from his new book and […]

Dr Timothy Jarvis, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The University of Bedfordshire will deliver a workshop for aspiring writers in the style of Flash Fiction; defined as a very short story.   While there is no set word count that separates flash fiction from more traditional short stories, flash fiction […]

In this extra special show, you get to hear the exclusive interactive reading of both Tom Mouse stories by children’s author, Dicky Barr; You can do it Tom Mouse and Tom Mouse and the North Pole Mystery! Children can find out more about Tom Mouse and his friends, have a […]

Another planet has contacted Planet Earth! They are very friendly, and want to know all about what makes our planet special. But – they only understand poetry. So we need the help of the Planet Poets!  Come along to the spoken word poetry workshop and create spoken word poems, celebrating […]