Loughborough Literary Festival

Loughborough Literary Festival Loughborough University Literary Festival. Coming May 2026. Follow for speakers, events and announcements! 🌸

16/06/2026

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[Video description: a montage of clips from the LU Literary Festival.]

19/05/2026

Author Juliet Jacques will be on campus TOMORROW for two incredible events! 🥳 Free tickets are at the link in our bio! 🌸
 

 
[Video description: Dani, Ben, Em, Sophie and Alex sit at their laptops with their heads in their hands, visibly stressed. The caption reads “Our friends crashing out over exams:”. The camera pans to Ruth and Sienna, who sit calmly and lip-synch to the audio. The caption reads “Us trying to persuade everyone to come to our author interview & creative writing workshop with Juliet Jacques tomorrow:”.]

18/05/2026

and will be performing at our Open Mic on Thursday! 🎙️ Tickets are free and in the link in our bio! 🌸
 

 
[Video description: Ruth and Nyny bump into each other and drop their notebooks. Ruth picks up Nyny’s notebook and a voiceover plays of Nyny reading her writing. Nyny then picks up Ruth’s notebook and a voiceover plays of Ruth reading their writing. They give the notebooks back and continue on their way.]

17/05/2026

Come and see Alex and Dani perform at our Open Mic on Thursday! 🎙️Tickets are free and in the link in our bio! 🌸



[Video description: Ruth runs into the room, interrupting Alex and Dani who are doing a jigsaw, and has a conversation with them. Dani takes out her iPad and reads from it. Alex does the same with his notebook.]

15/05/2026

Today’s the DAY!!! 🥳📚 Our Launch Event starts at 4:00pm in Brockington B008!! See you there for some bookmark making! 🌸
 

 
[Video description: Ruth lip-synchs to “Mr Gatsby? It’s seven o’clock in the morning!” F***y, Dani, Ben and Sienna lip-synch to “Today’s the DAY!”. They jump and punch the air on the word “day”.]

🌸 Tickets are FREE and available at the link in our bio!! Come and hear our incredible speakers, learn creative writing ...
14/05/2026

🌸 Tickets are FREE and available at the link in our bio!!
 
Come and hear our incredible speakers, learn creative writing from a published author, make some bookmarks and maybe even perform at the open mic! 🥳📚
 

 
[Image description: Loughborough University Literary Festival Full Schedule. Fri 15 — Launch event: bookmark making social, 4:00pm–6:00pm, Brockington B008. Mon 18 — Panel discussion: hope & the importance of art in times of crisis, 1:00pm–3:00pm, Design School LDS017 featuring Wendy Sacks Jones, Carol Leeming, Clémentine Beauvais & Laura Mauro. Wed 20 — Author interview, reading & Q&A, 11:00am–12:00pm, James France D002, and creative writing workshop, 1:00pm–2:30pm, James France D002, featuring Juliet Jacques. Thu 21 — Open mic headlined by MA creative writing students & competition result announcement, 6:00pm–8:30pm, Stanley Evernden Studio, Martin Hall MHL014, featuring Alex Scholes, F***y Andre, Ruth Green & Dani Villanueva. Every event is free! Sign up at the link in our bio!]

Meet us in Martin Hall’s Stanley Evernden Studio for a creative writing open mic to close out the festival 🎉, where we’l...
12/05/2026

Meet us in Martin Hall’s Stanley Evernden Studio for a creative writing open mic to close out the festival 🎉, where we’ll also be announcing the winners of our creative writing competition. 🏆
 
As headliners, we have our own Creative Writing MA students alongside the shortlisted entrants of our creative writing competition. 📚
 
We’ll also have a limited number of open mic slots available for anyone who’d like to share their work, so make sure to sign-up on the day. We can’t wait to hear your writing! 🎤
 
📣📣Free tickets out now via the link in our bio. 
 

 
[Image Description: LU Literary Festival’s Open Mic on the 21st of May, 6pm-8:30pm, in Martin Hall, MHL014. A picture and bio of each of our headliners, in order: Alex Scholes, F***y André, Ruth Green and Dani Villanueva.]

11/05/2026

🎟️ FREE tickets for our panel on 'Hope & the Importance of Art in Times of Crisis' are available now at the link in our bio!!



[Video description: Ruth, then F***y, then Dani and Ben (who are sitting beside a life-sized cardboard cutout of Nicholas Cage), then Ruth again, talk to the camera.]

Guess what?? 📚⭐️Our launch event is a bookmark-making social on the 15th of May, 4-6pm!🎉Come along to learn more about t...
09/05/2026

Guess what?? 📚⭐️
Our launch event is a bookmark-making social on the 15th of May, 4-6pm!🎉

Come along to learn more about this years festival, whilst designing your own bookmark.

📣📣Free tickets available now via the link in our bio. We’d love to see you there.



[Image Description: A graphic about LU Literary Festival’s launch event, a bookmark-making social. 15th of May, 4-6pm in Brockington, B008.]

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