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Youth fest13 – 20 MARCH The Open Book year kicks off with Youth Fest.Check out who we’re going to be taking to schools and libraries next month! We are excited to share the latest developments at Open [...]

OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER The Festival kicks off a week from today! If you haven’t booked yet, check out the programme here. We can’t believe that this time next week we’ll be gathering at [...]

OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER And we’re live! View the programme on our website.This is always a highlight of our year – after months spent reading and planning, the programme is finally out in [...]

OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER Open Book Festival at the HCC: Homecoming Centre is around the corner.We can’t share the programme yet, but check out who’s coming!  In 2022, we made the decision to focus [...]

WORKSHOP WEEK 5 – 10 JUNE OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER Workshop Week kicks off on the 5th June at Bertha House in Mowbray!If you haven’t booked for any of the workshops yet, it’s not too late. [...]

WORKSHOP WEEK 5 – 10 JUNEOPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER Open Book Workshop Week is back at Bertha House in Mowbray!Here are the people who will be facilitating the sessions.   We piloted Workshop Week in [...]

YOUTH FEST 25 MARCH – 1 APRILWORKSHOP WEEK 5 – 10 JUNEOPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER   The Open Book Youth Fest kicks off this weekend!See some highlights below. What would Open Book be without poetry? [...]

YOUTH FEST 25 MARCH – 1 APRILWORKSHOP WEEK 5 – 10 JUNEOPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER The Youth Fest programme is now live on our site! All events are free, but booking is essential. From [...]

YOUTH FEST 25 MARCH – 1 APRILWORKSHOP WEEK 5 – 10 JUNEOPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 8 – 10 SEPTEMBER We’re kicking off 2023 with our first dedicated Youth Fest! While we have run a large number of [...]

Thank you to all who joined us for the September festival – it was an incredible 3 days!For those who couldn’t make it, or for those who had to make a difficult decisions between [...]