Helmsley Literary Festival returns this September with an eclectic collective of creatives for a weekend of literary entertainment!
You can book the events below now! We are running several competitions in the run up to the festival too with some great prizes!
We are also offering discounted ticket packages; get a Full Weekend Pass to access all talks and theatre across the whole weekend; or a Day Pass for either Saturday or Sunday to get access to all of the talks on that day!
Competitions
Helmsley Literary Festival Poetry Competition (16+ yrs)
Helmsley Literary Festival Short Story Competition (5 - 5yrs)
Helmsley Literary Festival - Design your own Bookmark (5 - 11yrs)
Fri 18 September
7.30pm - Animal Farm
Sat 19 September
10am - 12pm - How To Tell Stories: Writing for Screen and Stage With Tom Needham
11am - 12pm - On Whistledown Farm with Nicola Baker
1pm - 2pm - Rachel Watkyn & Claire Hornby - The Baronesses
3pm - 4pm - Giles Milton - Empire at the Edge of the World
5pm - 6pm - Frances Wilson - Electric Spark
7pm - 8pm - Luke Wright: Later Life Letter
8.30pm - 10pm - Poets' Corner
Sun 20 September
10am - 11.30am - Storytelling and Character workshop for families with Ilaria Passeri
12.30pm - 1.30pm - Rukky Brume - It Comes in Waves
12.30pm - 1.50pm - Creative Writing Workshop for adults with Ilaria Passeri
2.30pm - 3.30pm - Lucy Easthorpe - Come What May
4.30pm - 5.30pm - Dr Michelle Hills - The Wrong Order of Things
6.30pm - 7.30pm - Rob Cowen - The North Road
8pm - 10pm - Helmsley Literary Festival Quiz