With less than two weeks to go to the online Festival:
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YLF
Online Day - in association with MyVLF
There is now just TWO WEEKS TO GO until the YLF
Online Day 2020!
On Saturday 17th October we will be hositng a day of FREE literary
events through the virtual platform MyVLF. There is still time to
join the MYVLF community (also free) in order to enjoy the events
on offer. Take a look below at the line-up.
Booksales will be available from Fox Lane Books. MyVLF is the
world's only virtual book festival venue.
How to
sign up
To join in with any/all of sessions for The York
Literature Festival Online Day you only need to register at MyVLF.com once. You will then
have ongoing access to all events and areas. MyVLF is free to join.
How to
access the sessions
On desktop, laptop and ipad, click on the top menu
to go to the Theatre or, you can also
click on the front page, where you see the Theatre sign.
On mobile, you can use the ‘Press for Menu’ button,
or look in the top right corner for the menu. Then scroll down for
the Theatre.
You can also click on this link: MyVLF Theatre
MyVLF
is more than just the Theatre!
While you’re on the site, or at any other time,
please browse the stands in our Exhibition Hall, go to our Café to
download our Free Book of the Month, or visit our Bookshelf and
take a look at the available books on display.
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The day
will consist of the following events.
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11.00-12.00: ON LOVE - Join poets
Seni Seneviratne and Afshan D'souza Lodhi as they read from their
collections, Unknown Soldier and re: desire. In Unknown Soldier
(Peepal Tree Press), Seni explores the photos taken of her father
during the desert war of 1939-1945, writing about both the
subject of the photos and the photographer. In re: desire
(Burning Eye Books), Afshan explores the yearning to love, be
loved and belong from a desi (South Asian) perspective. This
event is moderated by Professor Gweno Williams of the University
of York.
In association with Peepal Tree Press
  
 
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12.00-13.00: YOUNG, BLACK AND BRITISH - In this
special event presented by Dialogue Books, two young men who
have grown up in the UK exchange their views and understanding
of what it’s like to be both black and British in the modern
day and age. Teacher and writer Jeffrey Boakye has encountered
endless labels – all of which have informed his experience. In
his latest book, Black, Listed, he unpicks their meanings.
Okechukwu Nzelu is also a teacher. His debut novel, The Private
Joys of Nnenna Maloney, was published in 2019 to rave reviews.
Join them as they read from their work and discuss growing up,
identity, race, God and all the big questions they ask not just
of themselves but of all of us.The session will be moderated by
Rob O'Connor, Chairman of York Literature Festival. Many thanks
to Professor Gweno Williams for assistance with this event.
In association with Dialogue Books
 
 
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14.00-15.00: LOCATING YORK IN LITERATURE - Dr Rob
O’Connor (York Centre for Writing, York St John University)
is joined by Drs Zoë Enstone and Adam James Smith for a
lively round-table discussion of York’s representation in
literature from the eighteenth century to the present
day. Zoë and Adam will introduce a range of texts,
ranging from the eighteenth-century accounts of Daniel Defoe
and James Montgomery to contemporary writing by figures such
as Kate Atkinson and Susannah Clarke, before discussing these
texts and the questions they raise about York’s historic
representation.
 
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16.00-17.00: WOMEN, SEX AND POWER IN THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY - Most of the women who ever lived left
no trace on the record of history and everything we’ve known
about ordinary women suggests they were powerless and
downtrodden. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb brings us a
different story and allows us to hear the voices of
sixteenth-century women, telling us the realities of their
lives and showing us the ways in which they could be
powerful. Professor Lipscomb is a well-known
British historian, academic and TV presenter who
has written and appeared in a number of television and radio
programmes about British history. In January 2019 she was
appointed to a personal chair as Professor of History at
the University of Roehampton.
 
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17.00-18.00: POETRY READING WITH ANDREW
MCMILLAN, SUPPORTED BY JOSHUA JUDSON - Andrew
McMillan's debut collection Physical was the first ever
poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award,
amongst others. His second collection, Playtime, was
published to great acclaim in 2018 and was The Sunday Times
Poetry Book of the Year. Andrew will be giving a reading from
his work, supported by Joshua Judson, a poet from Nottingham.
Joshua is an alumnus of the Mouthy Poets program and is a
member of the Barbican Young Poets family. His work has
appeared in publications such as The North, Magma, Brittle
Star, The White Review, The Rialto, and The Anthropocene
among others. His debut pamphlet Gongoozler is forthcoming
from Bad Betty Press in 2021.
 
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All of these events will be FREE to attend. All you need to do
is register for the MyVLF community in advance. Follow the
advice above.
We hope you enjoy the day!
Take care.
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Best wishes,
York Literature Festival Board of Trustees.
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Please,
stay safe and be healthy. Follow the medical advice and social
distancing procedures which are being communicated.
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YLF
Online Day - in association with MyVLF
We are excited to announce that we will be
returning in October with a day of online events!
There is no denying that 2020 has been a tough year for everyone.
So it is with great pleasure that we are bringing you a day of
online events on Saturday 17th October, in association with MyVLF
and Arts Council England.
Every event on the day will be FREE. All you need to do is
to register with MyVLF before the events (also free) and
then visit the website in time on the day. The great thing is that
after you have joined the MyVLF community you can engage with the
other literary events on their website as well. If you can not join
us on the day, the events will still be on the MyVLF website for
you to enjoy!
Booksales will be available from Fox Lane Books. MyVLF is the
world's only virtual book festival venue.
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The day
will consist of the following events.
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11.00-12.00: ON LOVE - Join poets
Seni Seneviratne and Afshan D'souza Lodhi as they read from their
collections, Unknown Soldier and re: desire. In Unknown Soldier
(Peepal Tree Press), Seni explores the photos taken of her father
during the desert war of 1939-1945, writing about both the
subject of the photos and the photographer. In re: desire
(Burning Eye Books), Afshan explores the yearning to love, be
loved and belong from a desi (South Asian) perspective. This
event is moderated by Professor Gweno Williams of the University
of York.
In association with Peepal Tree Press
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12.00-13.00: YOUNG, BLACK AND BRITISH - In this
special event presented by Dialogue Books, two young men who
have grown up in the UK exchange their views and understanding
of what it’s like to be both black and British in the modern
day and age. Teacher and writer Jeffrey Boakye has encountered
endless labels – all of which have informed his experience. In
his latest book, Black, Listed, he unpicks their meanings.
Okechukwu Nzelu is also a teacher. His debut novel, The Private
Joys of Nnenna Maloney, was published in 2019 and has been
getting rave reviews. Join them as they read from their work
and discuss growing up, identity, race, God and all the big
questions they ask not just of themselves but of all of us.The
session will be moderated by Rob O'Connor, Chairman of York
Literature Festival. Many thanks to Professor Gweno Williams
for assistance with this event.
In association with Dialogue Books
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14.00-15.00: LOCATING YORK IN LITERATURE - Dr Rob
O’Connor (York Centre for Writing, York St John University)
is joined by Drs Zoë Enstone and Adam James Smith for a
lively round-table discussion of York’s representation in
literature from the eighteenth century to the present
day. Zoë and Adam will introduce a range of texts,
ranging from the eighteenth-century accounts of Daniel Defoe
and James Montgomery to contemporary writing by figures such
as Kate Atkinson and Susannah Clarke, before discussing these
texts and the questions they raise about York’s historic
representation.
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16.00-17.00: WOMEN, SEX AND POWER IN THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY - Most of the women who ever lived left
no trace on the record of history and everything we’ve known about
ordinary women suggests they were powerless and downtrodden.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb brings us a different story and
allows us to hear the voices of sixteenth-century women,
telling us the realities of their lives and showing us the
ways in which they could be powerful. Professor Lipscomb is a
well-known British historian, academic and TV
presenter who has written and appeared in a number of
television and radio programmes about British history. In
January 2019 she was appointed to a personal chair as
Professor of History at the University of Roehampton.
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17.00-18.00: POETRY READING WITH ANDREW
MCMILLAN, SUPPORTED BY JOSHUA JUDSON - Andrew
McMillan's debut collection Physical was the first ever
poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award,
amongst others. His second collection, Playtime, was
published to great acclaim in 2018 and was The Sunday Times
Poetry Book of the Year. Andrew will be giving a reading from
his work, supported by Joshua Judson, a poet from Nottingham.
Joshua is an alumnus of the Mouthy Poets program and is a
member of the Barbican Young Poets family. His work has
appeared in publications such as The North, Magma, Brittle
Star, The White Review, The Rialto, and The Anthropocene
among others. His debut pamphlet Gongoozler is forthcoming
from Bad Betty Press in 2021.
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All of these events will be FREE to attend. All you need to do
is register for the MyVLF community in advance. You can do that
here. These details will be on
our website soon.
We look forward to seeing you - albeit virtually - at these
events!
Take care.
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Best wishes,
York Literature Festival Board of Trustees.
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Please,
stay safe and be healthy. Follow the medical advice and social
distancing procedures which are being communicated.
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