Bradford Literature Festival 2019
28th June- 7th July 2019
“Bradford Literature Festival was formed in 2014 to create a cultural and literary extravaganza celebrating the written and spoken word. The festival curates an atmospheric blend of voices, combining the work of leading writers, performers and poets with emerging talent.”
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Girl, Woman, Other: Bernardine Evaristo in Conversation
Bernardine Evaristo with Yomi Adegoke
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Related link The New Statesman: Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is a story for our times
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A Question of ‘Free Speech’?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Shashi Tharoor
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June Sarpong In Conversation
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Related link Bustle: June Sarpong On Her Book ‘Diversify’ & The Experiences That Led Her To Write
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Shashi Tharoor on Modi: The Paradoxical Prime Minister
Shashi Tharoor with Colin Philpott
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Related link Bussiness Standard: Narendra Modi a paradoxical Prime Minister
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It’s Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women Write
Saima Mir, Raifa Rafiq, Malia Bouattia with Mariam Khan
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Related link The Guardian: It’s Not About the Burqa review – courageous essays
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Is the Niqab a Feminist Issue?
Sahar Al-Faifi, Saima Mir, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown with Shenaz Bunglawala
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Women Scholars in Islam
Mohammad Akram Nadwi, Tasneem Chopra
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Lyrical Mehfil
Imtiaz Dharker, Juan Felipe Herrera, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sophia Thakur, Charly Cox & Nadine Aisha Jassat
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Related link The Poetry Archive: Imtiaz Dharker
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What Does it Mean to be Working Class Today?
Claire Ainsley, Kate Fox and Sabrina Mahfouz with Anne-Marie Canning
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Related link The New Internationalist: Working class in Britain? You must be white
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Opium Wars: The Business of Empire
Yang-Wen Zheng, Rebecca F. Kuang, Joseph Lawson with Afshin Shahi
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Related link via History Today: The Opium Wars
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A Legacy in Conflict: Gandhi’s Relevance Today
David Hardiman and Priyamvada Gopal with Aaqil Ahmed
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Related link The Guardian: Does Gandhi really belong in Parliament Square?
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The Chinese Century
Gregory B. Lee, Astrid Nordin, Xinran Xue with Saeed Khan
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The Emerald Debates Series: The Future of Work
Amir Sharif, Miguel Martinez Lucio with Donna Lee
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Remembering Amritsar: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Anita Anand, Amandeep Madra, and Kim A. Wagner with Saeed Khan
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Related link Eastern Eye: Is it time Britain apologises for Jallianwala Bagh?
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Whose Pride is it Anyway? Stonewall at 50
Paula Akpan, Andrew Lumsden and Kai-Isaiah Jamal with Richard Dunbar
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Drug Fuelled Wars
Afshin Shahi
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Ungrateful Immigrants
Juan Felipe Herrera, Dina Nayeri and Aysiha Malik with Saeed Khan
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Asif Khan’s Imaam Imraan
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Related Link: National Youth Theatre
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No Fathers in Kashmir: Film Screening
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Related link by the Hindu: ‘No Fathers In Kashmir’ movie review – In search of missing fathers
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Poetry With A Punch
George The Poet, Lowkey, Anthony Anaxagorou, Farah Chamma + Phelan Burgoyne, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan with Testament
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Related link You Tube: Anthony Anaxagorou
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British Citizenship in 2019 – Who Belongs?
Roger Robinson, Dr Devyani Prabhat, Tasnime Akunjee, Aaqil Ahmed
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Navigating Religious Patriarchy
Asma Barlas, Sylvia Rothschild, Rt Rev. Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani
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Related link RNS: Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions
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Islamophobia: From Street to State
Kareem ‘Lowkey’ Dennis, Miqdaad Versi, Sayeeda Warsi and Amina Yaqin with Saeed Khan
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Related link BBC Radio4: How to be a Muslim woman
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BBC: The Novels That Changed the World
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Is Democracy Dead?
Roger Eatwell, Claire Fox, Hardeep Matharu and Saeed Khan with Aaqil Ahmed
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Necropolitics – A matter of BAME Lives
Claire Heuchan, Lowkey, Roger Robinson, Naz Shah
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Related link Claire Heuchan’s Blog: Sister Outrider
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Lemn Sissay in Conversation
Lemn Sissay, Remona Aly
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Taboos Under Partition: The Life and Works of Saadat Hasan Manto
Nasreen Rehman and Mujahid Eshai with Madiha Ansari
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Related link via Quartz India: Bombay heart, Urdu ink: A guide to reading Saadat Hasan Manto
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