Enjoy WoWFest activities at Bluecoat and Waterstones this May.
Writing on the Wall believe in creativity, community, diversity, artistic excellence and social and economic justice. We are Liverpool’s longest-running writing festival. We celebrate and inspire creativity and writing in all its forms through inquiry, debate, performance and publishing. Our annual WoWFest brings together local audiences with the best local, national and international writers, artists and social commentators.
Danny Morrison: The Dirty War
Join @wowfest for an exclusive evening with Danny Morrison @molloy1916. Danny will be in conversation with Stuart Borthwick, discussing the Stakeknife affair and how he was lured into a trap by Britain’s biggest spy in the IRA.
Thu 9 May, 6.30pm
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/279jwams
📍 Bluecoat
With Love, Grief and Fury: Salena Godden
Join @wow_fest for an inspiring evening with @salenagodden for an intimate session of readings and captivating conversation as she delves into her latest collection, With Love, Grief, and Fury.
Sat 11 May, 7pm
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/3mknzmjc
📍 Bluecoat
Pity with Andrew McMillan
Award-winning poets come together for @wow_fest to launch @AMcMillanPoet debut novel, Pity! Pity explores community, masculinity & post-industrialisation in Northern England. Andrew will be joined by poet Paul Farley
14 May, 6.30pm
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/x9befrbr
📍 Waterstones
Sick Mick with Brian Reade
Sick Mick is the debut novel by Daily Mirror journalist and writer, Brian Reade. Described as “Savagely funny” by The New European, Sick Mick is a darkly humorous tale of one man’s unwitting journey through the battlefield of culture wars
28 May, 6.30pm
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/x9befrbr
📍 Waterstones