Leading writers who have featured at previous ReadFest include:
Martina Cole | Lemn Sissay | Ben Aaronovitch | Jaspreet Kaur | Dina Begum | Simon Toyne | Patrice Lawrence | Simon Brett | Sarah Ward
Dr Janina Ramirez | Laura Barnett | Catriona Ward | Jane Corry | Dreda Say Mitchell | Kimberley Chambers | David Neita | Miranda Kaufman
Ayisha Malik | Christy Lefteri | Lavie Tidhar | Maggie Harris
and many, many more.
If you would like to take part in a future ReadFest contact the Pen to Print team, email pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk to find out more.
You can also find details of all our Pen to Print online and live events, classes and workshops that run throughout the year at: pentoprint.org/events
Coming in September 2024
ReadFest aims to deliver a wide-ranging selection of local, national and internationally acclaimed writers especially selected to entertain and inform. Held in Barking and Dagenham Libraries each September and produced by Pen to Print, we have been celebrating readers, writers and books at ReadFest since 2011. 2024 will be our thirteenth festival!
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Tava O’Halloran Queen of Clubs Soundtrack featured at Digital ReadFest in 2020