Literary Leicester, 7-10 November 2012

Celebrate the written word at the University of Leicester's fifth Literary Leicester festival.

Entry to all events is free but some of the events are ticketed (see box on right for details).

Event Date Time Ticketed Book signing BSL
Terror Visions: Art, Literature and the Sublime Wednesday 7 November 1.00pm  
Picturing Romantic and Victorian Authors Wednesday 7 November 2.00pm      
Claire Tomalin talks about Charles Dickens Wednesday 7 November 6.00pm ticketed event book-signing  
Will Self Wednesday 7 November 7.30pm ticketed event book-signing  
Grassroutes: Eight Leicestershire Writers Thursday 8 November 1.00pm      
Second World War Codebreaking in Fiction, Drama and Television Thursday 8 November 2.30pm      
Leontia Flynn and Christopher Reid read from their poetry Thursday 8 November 6.00pm ticketed event book-signing  
Carol Ann Duffy reads from her poetry Thursday 8 November 7.30pm ticketed event book-signing  
Dickens Treasures: The Bi-Centenary and Beyond Friday 9 November 12.00pm ticketed event    
School of Hard Knocks: Medieval and Renaissance Students Behaving Badly Friday 9 November 1.00pm      
From Ace to Zoot Friday 9 November 2.00pm      
Dickens Week by Week Friday 9 November 4.00pm ticketed event    

EVENT CANCELLED

A Mutual Friend: Poems for Charles Dickens

Friday 9 November 7.30pm ticketed event    
Kes Gray Saturday 10 November 1.00pm ticketed event book-signing BSL
How to Draw Horses and Lots More with Jennifer Bell (9-12 years) Saturday 10 November 2.00pm ticketed event book-signing BSL
David Melling Saturday 10 November 2.15pm ticketed event book-signing BSL
Thomas Bloor Saturday 10 November 3.30pm ticketed event book-signing BSL
How to Draw Horses and Lots More with Jennifer Bell (5-8 years) Saturday 10 November 3.30pm ticketed event book-signing BSL
An Evening with Chris Mullin Saturday 10 November 7.30pm ticketed event book-signing  

British Sign Language interpretation on Saturday afternoon provided by Leicester-based Action Deafness Books.

NB. The Saturday afternoon events are particularly suitable for children (5+). The remaining events are unsuitable for children below the age of 12.

Between events there is an opportunity to meet the writers, have a book signed, enjoy a tour of the David Wilson Library, grab a bite in the Library Café or browse the shelves of our independent University Bookshop.

Festival organisers

  • David Wilson Library: Christine Fyfe
  • School of English: David Clark, Corinne Fowler, Holly Furneaux, Martin Stannard

This is the fifth Literary Leicester festival. The websites for the previous events are archived here.

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Tickets

To request free tickets, please contact the Embrace Arts box office on 0116 252 2455 or call in person at Embrace Arts, Richard Attenborough Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7HA.

Box office opening times
Monday to Friday
10.00am to 6.00pm

Contact

For further information please contact Pritty Wadhia on 0116 252 2320, pw108@le.ac.uk

For tickets, contact Embrace Arts (see above)

Access and parking

All venues are fully accessible for disabled visitors. Limited parking is available on campus and at the satellite car park on Welford Road. Visitors are advised to use public transport.