Stoke Newington Literary Festival

What? Stoke Newington’s first ever literary festival!  London’s historic home to radical writers, thinkers and dissidents plays host to a diverse array of today’s most interesting authors and poets.  With everything from Gothic horror to comedy, poetry to sci-fi, feminism to food and drink, there’s something for everyone in the event this brilliantly diverse borough has long been waiting for.

When? 4th to 6th June 2010

Where? Stoke Newington, London

Who? Confirmed so far: Stewart Lee, AC Grayling, John Hegley, Suzanne Moore, Jeremy Hardy, Shappi Khorsandi, Michael Rosen, Iain Sinclair, Mark Billingham, China Mieville, Jon Courtney-Grimwood, Danny Kelly, Ellie Levenson, Kat Banyard, Dreda Say-Mitchell, Roddy Lumsden, Laura Dockrill, Andy Beckett, Ian Kelly, Zaiba Malik, Richard Reynolds, Sam Taylor, Grace Maxwell and Edwyn Collins, Phill Jupitus, Tim Wells, Pete Brown, Paul Ewen, Travis Elborough, Niki Segnit, plus ghost stories in Abney Park, kids storytelling and workshops with Secret Seed Society, bibliotherapy sessions with The School of Life, workshops on creative writing and how to write a best seller and more....

Festival Website: Stoke Newington Literary Festival