Karen's blog: Ilkley Literature Festival Special Event: Simon Mayo 24 April

Tuesday 17 April 2018

Ilkley Literature Festival Special Event: Simon Mayo 24 April

Ilkley Literature Festival have a special event with Simon Mayo coming up on the 24th of April:

Win Simon Mayo's New Book!

To celebrate our first event of 2018 we have two copies of Simon Mayo’s new book, Mad Blood Stirring, to give away. Book tickets to see Simon at the Kings Hall on 24 April by 5pm on Friday 20 April to be in with a chance of winning (don't worry... if you've already booked you'll automatically be entered into the competition).

Mad Blood Stirring tells the story African-American sailors held captive in Dartmoor Prison in 1815 following the Second War of American Independence. It is a look at a forgetton piece of Anglo-American history that is guaranteed to have you gripped and wondering how you have never heard this story before.

To get a preview of this event and find out more about the book, click here to listen to Simon Mayo talking to Stephanie Hirst on BBC Radio Leeds

Click here to book your tickets and enter the competition.

With performances and shows from Linton Kwesi Johnson, Luke Wright, Kate Fox and Roger Robinson, plus a family poetry show, workshops and free drop in activities for children and families, Words in the City is offering up a packed weekend for fans of poetry and spoken word of all ages.

Click here to view the full programme and book tickets for Words in the City.