Books & Spoken Word
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2017
Bristol writers are playing a significant role in the 2017 Cheltenham Literature Festival. This year’s 10 day jamboree will be the 68th edition of what is the longest-running festival of its kind in the world.
Bristol-based writer Nikesh Shukla, who is also editor of Rife Magazine based at Watershed, is a Guest Director of the festival and has brought acts, voices and people you wouldn’t normally expect to the event.
Multi-slam champion Vanessa Kisuule returns to the festival to perform new work including excerpts from her Bristol Old Vic produced show, Sexy. The Bristol-based poet will be joined by Malaika Kegode, founder of Bristol’s Milk Poetry events, whose debut poetry collection Requite has just been published by Bristol-based Burning Eye Books.
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Also on the bill is Bristol 24/7’s culture editor, Steve Wright, who will be discussing Banksy with BBC Arts correspondent Will Gompertz.
Other main attractions include Roddy Doyle, Salman Rushdie, Nadiya Hussein, Maggie O’Farrell, Jackie Kay, Robert Webb, Miranda Hart, Simon Schama, Ian Rankin, and Lemn Sissay.
The Cheltenham Literature Festival runs from October 6 to October 15
For more information, day-to-day line ups and timings please visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/grid
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