**BLF 2022 will take place 29th Sep-2nd October**

***VIEW AND DOWNLOAD OUR FULL 2022 PROGRAMME HERE***

Festival Highlights

Here are just some of the fabulous writers appearing at BLF 2022.

An Afternoon with Donal Ryan
One City Two Books!
Stinging Fly Lecture
Unlocking The Senses
Body, Shame & Identity: Poetry for the 21st Century
Arlen House Classics Series
Standing Our Ground
Writing and Neurodivergency

An Afternoon with Claire Keegan
Northern Voices
Historical Fiction
Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson
Writers Responding To Crises
Voices from Afar
Doire Press: New Poetry

Dedalus UK: 40 year celebration
Culture Night: Reviving Forgotten Women
Dazzling Debuts