York Literature Festival 2023 - Two Weeks to Go!
Have you got your tickets?

In two weeks York Literature Festival will be underway. It's time to book your tickets so you don't miss out!

York Literature Festival is returning in March 2023, with a range of events across the city from Saturday 11th to Monday 27th March 2023.

The full programme is now available for you to consider and can be found on our website where you can also download an online copy of the brochure.

Our What's On page contains all the relevant links to tickets for each event.

Music Memoir Day
On Saturday 18th March, we will be taking over The Crescent Community Venue for an afternoon of events celebrating music. Come and see soul legend P.P. Arnold discussing her life, career and book Soul Survivor. This is followed by music journalist Lucy O'Brien who will be discussing her new book Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter. Both events are available separately or as a combi ticket offer for £20.

St Peter's School Events
We are delighted to be hosting an event with the broadcasting legend David Dimbleby on Tuesday 21st March at St Peter's School. Other events at this amazing venue include the historian Peter Frankopan discussing his new book The Earth Transformed (16th March), and Tessa Dunlop on her new royal biography Elizabeth and Philip (18th March). Political evaluation comes from Steve Richards and Sebastian Payne for their books The Prime Ministers (17th March) and The Fall of Boris Johnson (25th March). Arthur Snell will reveal How Britain Broke the World (24th March) and Sarah Hart will reveal the connections between mathematics and literature in an event focused on her book Once Upon a Prime (22nd March).



Other Events
We have exciting author events with fiction writers Julia Armfield (11th March), Saima Mir (14th March), Juno Dawson (16th March) and Hannah Kaner (21st March), as well as a panel on Writing the Uncanny (25th March), featuring Lucie McKnight Hardy.



We are hosting poetry events to celebrate the launch of the new collection from Hannah Davies (18th March) and a panel of poets will be performing at Open Mind, Open Mic (11th March), an event where you have the opportunity to perform your own work alongside Leo Boix, Shash Trevett, Janine Bradbury and Oz Hardwick. We also have a day of children's activities and a host of other events. Tickets are selling fast for some events so please do not miss out.

Please keep an eye on our website and social media for more information. We are so pleased to be back and we hope you can join us in 2023.