Worlds Literature Festival

Our Worlds Literature Festival takes place in Norwich every year towards the end of June. It brings together writers from around the world in a week of events, readings and discussion.

This year the Worlds Literature Festival is taking place from 20th-27th June and include a new Norfolk wide reading campaign called Summer Reads. There will be readings from authors JM Coetzee and Andrew O'Hagan and writers flying in from as far as South Africa and Australia.  

Click here for a full list of the writers participating in this year's festival.

Full details on Worlds 2010 events are below. Do join us and help to celebrate Norwich's literary prestige.

Worlds International Readings
Sunday 20th June, UEA Drama Studio, 6.30 - 7.30pm, £5
Listen to three exciting world talents open the Worlds Literature Festival: Neel Mukherjee, Henrietta Rose-Innes and Kate Kilalea.

Your Summer Reads
Monday 21st June, NNM Library, 6.30pm - 7.30pm, £2
Enrich your Summer Reads experience with Naomi Alderman, Nii Parkes and Mick Jackson.

JM Coetzee: An Evening With Four South African Writers
Tuesday 22nd June, Norwich Playhouse, 7.30pm, £14/£12/£10
Enjoy an evening with four South African writers: JM Coetzee, Gabeba Baderoon, CJ Driver and Zoë Wicomb.

Granta Readings: Going Back
Wednesday 23rd June, Thomas Paine Centre, UEA, 7-8.30pm, £5
Established and new voices gather for the new volume of Granta Magazine: Andrew O'Hagan, Jon McGregor, Evie Wyld and Colin Grant.

Australian Voices
Thursday 24th June, UEA Drama Studio, 7-8.30pm, £5
Worlds 2010 brings three outstanding voices from Australia to your doorstep.

Worlds Film Screening: Disgrace
Sunday 27th June, Cinema City, 5.30pm, £8/ member £6
In celebration of JM Coetzee’s visit to Norwich, Cinema City hosts a special screening of the film adaptation of his Booker Prize winning novel Disgrace.