Haringey hosts literary festival

Publication date: Thursday 11 February 2010

Book lovers both young and old have a treat in store.

Haringey Council's libraries service has organised a literary festival in March, with events for both children and young people as well as for adults.

From Iran to Hornsey and Xanadu to Dick Turpin, there'll be something for everyone.

Award-winning authors will be talking about their work, there will be tutorials for people interested in writing, dynamic performance poetry sessions and readings from books.

Film adaptations of books will also be shown during the festival, as well as music events and a book group event for blind and partially sighted people.

It's the second year that a literary festival has been held in the borough.

Cllr Dhiren Basu, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Lifelong Learning, said:

"This festival is a great way to encourage more people of all ages to read more and to raise interest in literature."

Download the 2010 Literary Festival brochure (PDF, 1.4Mb)

Please note the following amendments to the Haringey Literary Festival schedule:

• Wednesday 3 March
  Children’s event: Joan Lennon will be talking to invited classes of school children. (Originally Joan was due to talk about her new book but the publication date has been put back.)
• Friday 5 March 2010
  Children’s event: Lesley Howarth. This event has been cancelled and replaced with Judy Brown - author of the ‘Super Soccer Boy’ series.

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