A tantalising prelude to our Literature Festival!  Join us for an evening with Jodi Picoult, the day before publication of…

Nigella Lawson established herself as a household name in 1998 with the publication of her groundbreaking debut cookbook, How to…

Leaving your childhood behind is easier said than done…   Take Nothing With You is a sad-funny comedy of resilience and survival.  His…

An unique event created and hosted by Lemn Sissay, Chester Literature Festival’s guest poet in residence, exploring stories of resilience from people who have experienced the care system.

In this fascinating evening John Simpson will introduce his new book Moscow, Midnight, a fast paced and revelatory thriller, as well as talking about some of the difficult and often dangerous situations he has faced as a reporter.

Hosted by the Department of Modern Languages University of Chester, Eric Chauvier, the French anthropologist, and Anna-Louise Milne, a specialist in twentieth-century Parisian history and culture, will discuss the creative potential of the everyday. 

Joanna Trollope has been writing for over thirty years and is well known for her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction.  She has been described as one of the most insightful chroniclers and social commentators writing fiction today

David Young talks in conversation with Dr Richard Millington of the University of Chester about his novels, crime in East Germany and the fascinating research and real-life stories behind the Stasi Child series – including world exclusive photos of a daring daylight escape over the Berlin Wall.