Chester Literature Festival
Welcome to Chester Literature Festival 2018- Prices vary - check individual event pages for details
- Storyhouse
Storyhouse’s annual festival of words and ideas returns from 10 November – 1 December, with its biggest line-up yet!
Speakers including best-selling authors, broadcasters, poets, performers and more, alongside workshops, performances lectures, storytelling and pub crawls, throughout Storyhouse this November.
Highlight speakers include poets Lemn Sissay, Luke Wright and Hollie McNish, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and broadcasters Jenni Murray, Dolly Alderton, John Simpson and Pam Ayres, who top the bill alongside a raft of novelists, musicians and performers fresh from Edinburgh Fringe.
- On Stage: Lauren Child in conversation Garret Theatre Book now
- On Stage: An Afternoon with Stacey Dooley Storyhouse Theatre Book now
- On Stage: An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson Storyhouse Theatre Book now
- On Stage: Jodi Picoult Storyhouse Theatre Book now
- On Stage: Litfest Elevenses The Kitchen
- On Stage: Hollie McNish Garret Theatre Book now
- On Stage: An Evening with Nigella Lawson Storyhouse Theatre Book now
- On Stage: Wolf Hall Live Storyhouse Theatre Book now
- On Stage: Patrick Gale: Take Nothing With You Garret Theatre Book now
- On Stage: Lemn Sissay in Conversation with Jenni Fagan Storyhouse Theatre Book now
On Stage
Lauren Child in conversation
Garret Theatre
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A conversation with Waterstones Children’s Laureate Lauren Child, creator of Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Charlie and Lola.
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An Afternoon with Stacey Dooley
Storyhouse Theatre
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In 2007, Stacey Dooley was a twenty-something working in fashion retail. She took part in the BBC series Blood, Sweat…
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An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson
Storyhouse Theatre
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An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson celebrates the life and career of a man who has interviewed over 2000 of the most important cultural figures of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Jodi Picoult
Storyhouse Theatre
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A tantalising prelude to our Literature Festival! Join us for an evening with Jodi Picoult, the day before publication of…
On Stage
Litfest Elevenses
The Kitchen
LitFest Elevenses – every day (10 November to 1 December) at 11am LitFest Elevenses is Chester Literature Festival’s morning…
On Stage
Hollie McNish
Garret Theatre
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Hollie McNish will be joining us to perform poems, read from and chat honestly and openly from her latest poetry collections. Expect strong language as she talks fruit and flesh, guilt, sex, politics, death, breasts, transformers and more.
The Wizard of Oz
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Coming to Storyhouse this Christmas: based on the classic MGM musical motion picture, featuring all the favourite songs, including Somewhere Over The Rainbow and We’re Off To See The Wizard.