Evie Wyld
Award-winning novelist Evie Wyld missed the 2020 festival where sessions were held via Zoom due to Covid. We’re delighted to […]
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“I come from a country where writers are either imprisoned or killed. My poems are nothing but an ode to
A Thousand Unfinished Lives. Songs of Revolt, Freedom, and Love. Read Post »
Verdier: A Beautiful, Independent Publishing House, open to the World. Verdier Publishing was founded in 1979 by four young left-wing
Colette Olive and Editions Verdier Read Post »
Gurnaik Johal’s debut novel, Saraswati takes the reader on a long voyage through the lives of an extended Punjabi family.
In her powerful new book, I Brought the War With Me, journalist and war correspondent Lindsey Hilsum explores how poetry
“Poetry gives meaning to the people who are suffering” Read Post »
Amadou Barry was born in Guinea. Journal d’un exilé (Diary of an Exile) is his first novel. Stranded on the
A jewel for the Festilitt line-up, historian Hanna Diamond, a professor of French history at Cardiff University, will join us
Josephine Baker’s Secret War, Hanna Diamond Read Post »
What is the connection between Colette Magny and Verfeil-sur-Seye? This great lady of French chanson—an exacting, committed, rebellious, and defiant
“Remettre le western à l’endroit” Read Post »
An unmissable and priceless moment on Sunday 12 October ! De Parisot with Love Irina Lopèriol and Mandy Govey, co-authors
Get onboard for a theatrical journey ! Read Post »
It is a great privilege to welcome Sir Alan Hollinghurst to Festilitt this year. His latest novel, Our Evenings is
Translator and author of five novels, Francis Grembert, in Les deux tilleuls, paints a moving portrait of his childhood in
FESTILITT returns to Parisot (82) for the 13th time! Be sure to mark your calendars for the annual literary event
Autumn leaves and FESTILITT returns… Read Post »