HLF2014 Lemn Sissay event 16 March

More fantastic events today at the Huddersfield Literature Festival.  The fascinating and informative Meet the Agent & Editor event with Jenny Savill and Antonia Hodgson this morning (review in a forthcoming blog), followed by the Writing for Radio Workshop with Michael Stewart (review to follow) and the Iain Banks celebration event.  Tomorrow's line up includes:

The care leaver as Superhero

What makes a superhero? A cape, a mission, an idea?

As part of an afternoon of events focusing on human rights, Festival patron Dr Lemn Sissay MBE makes a special visit to Huddersfield to talk about his own personal view of human rights in relation to his experiences as an adopted child and from his perspective as an adult.

The author of several books of poetry, alongside articles, records, public art and plays, Lemn Sissay was an official poet for the London Olympics and his Landmark Poems are installed throughout Manchester and London.


Lemn Sissay: The care leaver as Superhero

Sunday 16 March

7.00pm-8.30pm

Diamond Jubilee Lecture Theatre, Business School, University of Huddersfield

£4 (£2 conc) 14+ (under 18s should be accompanied by an adult)


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The HLF2014 programme kicks off tomorrow at 1.30pm with the Remembrance Sunday event, followed by Teaching Men to be Feminist, then In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights and then concludes with the Lemn Sissay event.