Category: Durham Book Festival
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Richard Benson on his Easington Colliery commision
On 11 July this year, approximately 150,000 people marched through the streets of Durham to the city’s old racecourse, taking...
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Durham Book Festival for Schools
The very first event at this year’s Durham Book Festival is our school’s day on Tuesday, 6 October, where schools...
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Volunteer for the Durham Book Festival 2015
We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to work at this year’s Durham Book Festival. The festival runs throughout October 2015, and...
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Durham Book Festival programme on sale
We are thrilled to let you know that the Durham Book Festival programme is now on sale. The festival will...
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Durham Book Festival programme on sale
We are thrilled to let you know that the Durham Book Festival programme is now on sale. The festival will...
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Polar Bear on Palace Green
Philip Pullman’s event will mark the culmination of a pretty enormous Big Read project in which we are giving away...
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Philip Pullman and Bill Bryson confirmed for Durham Book Festival
On Wednesday 12 August, we will be launching the programme for Durham Book Festival 2015, revealing more than 50 literary...
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Durham Big Read
Join us on Palace Green on Wednesday 12 August as we launch Durham Book Festival and Durham Big Read. On...
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Durham Book Festival 2014 draws to a close
This year’s Durham Book Festival has now drawn to a close and we’d like to thank all those who attended...
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Paul Kingsnorth wins Gordon Burn Prize
At a special event at Durham Book Festival on Friday evening, Paul Kingsnorth was announced as the winner of the...
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City of Books: Durham Book Festival 2014 gets underway
The annual book festival returns with guests including Kate Adie, Sheila Hancock, Dennis Skinner MP, Kirsty Wark, Jung Chang, Meg...
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Special guest Mark Benton headlines Durham Book Festival Big Read event
We’re very excited to announce that actor, musician (and Strictly Come Dancing contestant!) Mark Benton will be joining us for...