Venues across Bradford will be hosting dozens of events for Bradford Literature Festival 2016.
The Great British Bake-Off's Nadiya Hussain will be talking about charming the nation in the popular BBC show, war veteran Harry Leslie Smith will share his thoughts on modern Britain and children can mix-up fairytales during a workshop at Waterstones.
But those are just some of the attractions to tempt audiences during the ten day event.
Visit www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk to book tickets.
Here's a list of what else is happening from Monday, May 23 to Friday, May 27.
MONDAY MAY 23:
Harry's Last Stand
Mon 23rd May
19:00 - 20:30
Midland Hotel - Princes Ballroom
£6
Ties
Mon 23rd May
19:30 - 20:30
Theatre in the Mill
£6
Lala Begum - Fillm Screening
Mon 23 May
19:30 - 20:30
Kala Sangam
£6
TUESDAY MAY 24:
The Gentle Art of Blessing
Tue, 24 May
19:00 - 20:00
Midland Hotel Conference Room
£6
Battle of the Somme - Bradford Pals
Tue, 24 May
19:00 - 20:15
Bradford City Hall Chamber
£6
Ties
Tue 24 May
19:30 - 20:30
Theatre In The Mill
£6
Art as a Reflection of the Divine
Tue 24 May
19:30 - 20:30
Midland Hotel - French Ballroom
£6
Beehive Poets – Special Reading On ‘Death and Dying’
Tues 24 May
20:00-21:00
Waterstones
£3
WEDNESDAY MAY 25:
Poetry with a Punch: Stand Up and Spit
Weds, 25 May
19:00 - 22:00
Bierkeller
£6
#tribeshakespeare400
Weds 25 May
19:30 - 21:45
Mind the Gap
£6
Undercliffe Victorian Cemetery: Twilight Tour
Weds 25 May
20:00 - 21:30
Undercliffe Cemetery
£6
Paulo Coelho: The Pilgrim - Film Screening
Weds 25 May
20:30 - 22:30
£6
THURSDAY MAY 26:
Mr Jolly Book Launch
Thu, 26 May
18:30 - 19:15
Waterstones
£10 includes free book plus drink & cake
In Conversation: Nadiya Hussain
The, 26 May
19:00 - 20:30
Midland Hotel - Princes Ballroom
£6
Mildly Erotic Poetry
Thu, 26 May
19:30 - 21:00
Waterstones
£6
Diary of a Hounslow Girl
Thu, 26 May
19:30 - 20:30
Theatre in the Mill
£6
From Text to Tradition: Making the Profane, Sacred – Book Launch of The Devotion of Imam al-Nawawi
Thu, 26 May
19:30 - 20:45
UoB Great Hall
£6
FRIDAY MAY 27:
Art, Textiles and Independence: A Discussion
Fri, 27 May
13:00 - 14:00
Gallery II, Chesham Building
Uni of Bradford
Free
The Critical Importance of Al-Ghazali in Our Age
Fri, 27 May
19:30 - 21:00
UoB Great Hall
£6
Polari - The Gay Literary Salon
Fri, 27 May
19:30 - 22:00
Bierkeller
£6
Diwan -e- Ghalib
Fri, 27 May
19:30 - 21:30
Kala Sangam
£6
Learning to Drive - Film Screening
Fri, 27 May
20:30 - 22:00
National Media Museum
£6
THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL, FROM MAY 20 TO MAY 29:
Pirate Ship with Johnny Depp lookalike
20th May - 29th May
Throughout festival
Mirror Pool
Free
Documenter In Residence
20th May - 29th May
Throughout festival
City Wide
Free
Knowledge Emporium
20th May - 29th May
10:00 - 17:00
Free
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