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3 - 12 July 2026
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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · Jul 6
And so, the 11th chapter of Bradford Literature Festival comes to an end.

752 events, 524 artists, and 187,366 attendees.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, the artists, the staff and volunteers who made it all happen, and all of you who made this year unforgettable. #bradfordlitfest
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“All the prophets came down and prayed at this spot.” Watch the full discussion with Dr Adnan Adas on The Evolving Architecture of Makkah on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube Channel.

#Makkah #Mecca #MasjidAlHaram #Islam #SaudiArabia
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Book now for BLF’s Education Programme 24 June - 10 July 2026. Live shows and workshops with writers, poets, scientists and historians, all curriculum linked. Free for non-fee-paying schools and home educators across the North: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/education-programme/
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Will Europe stand firm as a force for democracy and stability, or splinter under pressure? Explore the power struggles and global forces that are redefining Europe.

New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest #Europe #EU
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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“Where is the responsibility of the UK in this problem?” Dr H. A. Hellyer, Salman Shaikh and Lubna Masarwa reflect on the War in the Middle East and the future of Gaza. Watch the full discussion on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube Channel.

#MiddleEastConflict #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #BradfordLitFest
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Welcome to Yorkshire have written an article as we have been shortlisted for The Yorkshire Post’s Event of the Year. Read here:
https://www.yorkshire.com/visitor-economy-news/bradford-literature-festival-is-finalist-in-regional-awards/
#BradfordLitFest #WelcomeToYorkshire #Yorkshire #YorkshireEvents
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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AI and Faith have published an article reflecting on our BLF2025 event AI and Religious Authority: When Machines Preach, Who Leads?

The panel explored how AI is entering spaces once reserved for spiritual guidance.

Read more: https://aiandfaith.org/insights/enchanted-by-ai/
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Authors Shubnum Khan (The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years) and Genevieve Cogman (Damned) explore the power of fantasy to reshape the past and reimagine the present.

New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧
https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest #Podcast #Authors
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Watch the full discussion with Michael Chessum and Ash Sarkar, talking through all things Culture Wars, Brexit, Corbynism and more.

Live on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel, recorded at the 2025 festival.

#AshSarkar #CancelCulture #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #Debate
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Read more about our 2026 education programme here:
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2557649...
Thousands of children to experience literature through Bradford festival
Thousands of children are set to experience the magic of literature through Bradford Literature Festival (BLF).
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October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Don’t miss the Stephen White Books pop-up sale with over 100,000 used books to explore, from bestselling fiction to hidden vintage gems.

📅 23–28 October 2025
📍 BizSpace Business Centre, Knowles Ln, Bradford, BD4 9SW
Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1482206016232176
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Listen to Dr Nafeez Ahmed, Naz Shah, Miqdaad Versi and Nabeela Rasheed for a timely and urgent discussion; from economic anxiety and online radicalisation to political polarisation.

New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧

https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf discusses Jane Austen, her novel Sense and Sensibility, and how it relates to the world we live in.

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/ZJ3k-fYnSwk

#JaneAusten #SenseAndSensibility #HamzaYusuf #ClassicBooks #LiteraryDiscussion #BradfordLitFest
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Take a look at our #BLF2025 Impact Report.

Over 187,000 people joined us for 750+ events, from world affairs to wellbeing to children’s stories, with voices like Ash Sarkar, Jeremy Corbyn and Celia Imrie.

Read more: https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/about-us/previous-festivals/blf-2025/
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Join historian and author, Manu S. Pillai for an illuminating talk on his latest book, Gods, Guns and Missionaries, with Professor Saeed Khan.

New podcast episodes every week. Listen here: 🎧

https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest #HinduHistory #ReligionAndPolitics #IndianHistory
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Watch the full discussion between Dr. Kehinde Andrews and Saeed Khan on Malcolm X. Live on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/MjQiWbczfR0

#MalcolmX #CivilRights #BlackHistoryMonth #PoliticalHistory #FreedomAndJustice #RacialJustice
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Listen to this week’s podcast as Professor Saeed Khan explores Syria’s extraordinary past. A land of prophets, poets, and empires.  🇸🇾

New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧

https://linktr.ee/bradfordlitfest

#BradfordLitFest #Syria #HistoryofSyria
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Watch the full discussion with Nabeela Rasheed, Daniel Levy and Wadah Khanfar as they discuss the ongoing devastation in Gaza and the West Bank.

Watch now:
youtu.be/krITgCt77Xw

#IsraelPalestine #GazaConflict #MiddleEastPolitics #Israel #Palestine #BradfordLitFest
Israel-Palestine: Understanding the Crisis, Exploring the Future | Bradford Literature Festival 2025
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October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Join Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey as they discuss the poems that continue to inspire them.
New podcast episodes every week. Listen via the link in our bio: 🎧

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#BradfordLitFest #JeremyCorbyn #Poetry #PoetryfortheMany #LenMcCluskey
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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The full discussion from our Monstrous Anger of the Guns event featuring Jeremy Corbyn in conversation on global disarmament, is now available on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel:
youtu.be/O4VAdkehcPc

#JeremyCorbyn #GlobalDisarmament #ArmsRace #UKPolitics #GlobalSecurity
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎧 Season 4 is here! Get ready for weekly episodes of events from BLF 2025. 🤩

Join John Siddique, Saima Mir, Nadine Matheson and Kia Abdullah talking all things crime fiction

New podcast episodes every week: 🎧

linktr.ee/bradfordli...
#CrimeFiction #WritersMosaic #BradfordLitFest
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August 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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As the school term winds down, our learning team is still hard at work, continuing Holocaust education outside of the classroom.

Here’s Hannah, our Head of Learning at Holocaust Centre North, with Elissa, a third-generation Holocaust survivor @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social earlier this month.
July 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Our penultimate slam heat at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social was phenomenal! Huge thanks to every poet who performed, including our stellar sacrificial @mlferg.bsky.social, and congratulations to our first-ever Loud Poets Bradford Champion Trystan Lewis!

#BradfordLitFest #Bradford2025
July 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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What an incredible festival we had this year! But what was your standout moment? 🤩 #BradfordLitFest #Bookstagram #BookSky #LiteratureFestival
July 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Yesterday we welcomed the @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social to the Cathedral for the annual 'Sacred Music' event, which featured powerful celebration of devotional music from across faith traditions. (1/3)
July 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Brilliant talk today at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social listening to @robinince.bsky.social and @pierrenovellie.bsky.social talk about their books and neurodiversity. Very funny, and they were lovely enough to sign my books 🩷 I tried not to waffle, but I feel like I might have failed on that front 😅
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM