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Huddersfield Literature Festival Huddersfield Literature Festival
An award-winning 10-day Festival held annually in the spring. A blended Festival of 50+ digital, outdoor and venue-based events held online and at accessible spaces in Huddersfield, HLF champions accessibility, diversity and under-represented groups.
Showcasing emerging writers and artists alongside major names, the Festival offers a diverse programme of author talks, workshops, discussion topics, performance poetry, multi-arts performances, wellbeing projects and family friendly events.
Innovative special projects and commissions, often inspired by local community partnerships, are designed to promote community cohesion, improve wellbeing and proactively engage with under-represented artists, performers and audiences.
With many free and low-cost events, including some with live subtitling, and Access Guides to key venues, HLF promotes accessibility with a view to offering more opportunities for a wider range of people to enjoy arts and culture.
Established in 2006, HLF is a major fixture on the town’s cultural calendar. The Festival has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards on three occasions (2016, 2017 & 2020), and in 2017 won the Examiner Community Award for Arts.
A not-for-profit organisation, we aim to keep ticket prices affordable while providing entertainment and inspiration for local people, attracting visitors from elsewhere in the UK and beyond, and driving footfall into the town centre.
To receive advance updates or find out more about volunteering visit our website https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/volunteers/ or contact our Festival Manager, Julia Lilof by email: festivalmanager@huddlitfest.org.uk
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Festival Director: Michelle Hodgson
Next festival - 24 March - 3 April 2022
BOOKING
Some events are free but may require advance booking, some are pay on the door. For more information, visit: https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/
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My Location
Huddersfield
Telephone: 01484 951 108
Email: info@huddlitfest.org.uk
Website: http://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/
My News
Festival launches free resources to help SEND children / Mon 16 May 2022
Families with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) can now enjoy free resources thanks to a Huddersfield Literature Festival project, My F...
HLF announces its exciting programme for spring 2022 / Tue 25 Jan 2022
The award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival returns this spring with a blended programme of online and venue-based events. The Festival will ru...
Huddersfield Literature Festival announces Autumn line-up / Tue 24 Aug 2021
Following two years of digital festivals, due to Covid 19, Huddersfield Literature Festival (HLF) has announced a series of live events between Septem...
My Events
Book Launch – Four Letter Words / Thu 07 Apr 2022
Award-winning novelist, poet and playwright Michael Stewart launches his gritty and blackly comic new collection of short fiction Four Letter Words, e...
Dewey – Research and Development / Wed 30 Mar to Mon 04 Apr 2022 (6 days)
Balbir Singh Dance Company will be in residence at the HLF Hub, researching their new work Dewey, which explores the world of libraries through dance....
Exhibition: One World, My Story / Sat 05 Mar to Mon 04 Apr 2022 (1 month)
Sharing Our Stories is a Women’s Refugee Writing Group, that meet to share experiences of coming to the UK and their hopes for the future. Commissi...
My Opportunities
Freelance Festival Admin Support – job opportunity / Fri 12 Nov 2021
We are recruiting! JOB TITLE: Freelance Festival Admin Support Do you love words, books and literature? Are you an organised, reliable and enthu...
SPECIAL OFFER Festival Friend membership £25 until 30 November / Sat 30 Nov 2019
Becoming a Friend of Huddersfield Literature Festival is a great way to help support the Festival as we grow and develop. To show how much we apprecia...
Love literary and cultural events? Volunteer with HLF 2020 / Sat 26 Oct 2019
Huddersfield Literature Festival is looking for volunteers for 2020 who are interested in literature and other cultural activities. They are holding a...
My Videos
HLF 2019 review
A video showing the highlights of all activities from Huddersfield Literature Festival 2019