Literary Leicester

🚨 Tickets are LIVE! 🚨 Literary Leicester is back — and booking is now open 📚️ ✨️ 🎟️ Grab your tickets: tickettailor.com/events/literar… @UniofLeicester #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearofReading2026

Highlights from #LiteraryLeicester DAY TWO! ✍️Our amazing #CreativeWriting students performing new work! 🌎How to build new worlds & create heroes that break the mould with bestselling SFF authors 👀A behind-the-scenes look at judging book prizes 📚Jonathan Coe in conversation!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Day 1! We explored #AgathaChristie, enjoyed @sophiehannahCB1 reflecting on 'Poirot & Me', tried to tell truth from lies in 'How to Be a Liar', debated 'Crimes of Tomorrow', and heard more about Louise Doughty's life in writing! #LitLeics26

@sally_birch @sophiehannahCB1 We're glad that you had such a good time @sally_birch! Happy reading!📚

An absolute fantastic evening @litleics I got to meet @sophiehannahCB1 she signed my late mums book. A small thing, but it meant loads to me! One of my most authors!

Two big themes at @LitLeics: 18 Mar: crime writing marking 50 years since the death of @agathachristie, with @sophiehannahCB1 and @DoughtyLouise 19 Mar: New Voices, Future Worlds, exploring sci-fi and fantasy by writers of colour tickettailor.com/events/literar… 📸 L Doughty-Max Kennedy

@UOLBotanicGdns @uniofleicester @UoL_library #LitLeics26 #CelebrateHeritage26 @uniofleicester

@UOLBotanicGdns @uniofleicester @UoL_library Find out more about the Heritage Hub’s Celebration of Heritage: le.ac.uk/research/natur… For the full Literary Leicester programme: tickettailor.com/events/literar… All events are FREE. No booking is required for the Celebration of Heritage but please reserve a ticket for Lit Leic events

Literary Leicester x UoL Heritage Hub on Saturday 21 March! Literary Leicester 2026 is delighted to be teaming up with the Heritage Hub’s Celebration of Heritage to offer a full, fun-packed programme of activities on 21 March!

Join us Thurs 19 March 5pm-6pm when our esteemed panel of book prize judges - author of My Name is Leon Kit de Waal, former Sun Times Lit Editor Andrew Holgate, former Booker judge Elleke Boehmer & Leic Inst. for Advanced Studies Dir. Clare Anderson – will pull back the curtain!

🏆️📚️ Judging Major Book Prizes📚️🏆️ Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to judging major book prizes? (Kit de Waal photo by Sarah M. Lee)

#WorldBookDay #GoAllIn #LitLeics26 @uniofleicester Image credit: Aidan Rhode, courtesy of First Story (@firststory_uk)

Plus, on Saturday 21 March, 10.30am-12.00pm, ‘Maths With A Story: A Letterbox Club Kids’ Event’ is taking place at the Botanic Gardens in Oadby! tickettailor.com/events/literar… You can also join the waiting list to see Dame Jacqueline Wilson on 30 April: tickettailor.com/events/literar…

🍎 Hurrah for World Book Day! 🐛 Why not celebrate by booking tickets for one of our free, fabulous events aimed at kids & families?! On Friday 20 March, 1.30pm-2.30pm, we’ll be inspired by the First Story Young Writers’ Showcase featuring local schools: tickettailor.com/events/literar…

Farhana, Manish, and Mr Shay will be in conversation at #LitLeics26, exploring place, identity, and what it means to write the city of Leicester. 🗓️ Fri 20 March 2026 ⏰️ 3.00pm-4.00pm📍Attenborough Arts Centre Book your FREE tickets: tickettailor.com/events/literar…

Farhana Shaikh is a writer & publisher born in Leicester, devoted to championing regional & diverse voices through her work as editor of The Asian Writer, manager of indie press, Dahlia Books, & host of Leicester-based writing competitions. Find out more: pukaarmagazine.com/flying-the-fla…

✏️ Write Leicester 🎆 We’re thrilled to welcome three fantastic Leicester authors for our ‘Write Leicester’ panel at Literary Leicester 2026! Image credit: Matt Preston, via Flickr, Diwali Leicester – Belgrave Road (CC BY-SA 2.0)