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Smithdown Litfest: Liverpool's Year Round Literary Festival

Smithdown Litfest: Liverpool's Year Round Literary Festival

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  • About the Smithdown Litfest
    • Welcome to the Smithdown Litfest
    • Previous speakers
    • A word from our patron
    • How to get tickets
    • Get in touch
    • Event venues: our current and previous venues
    • Local places of interest
  • 2026 events
    • An Evening with Roger McGough
  • The Big Read
  • Liverpool Book Club
    • Liverpool Book Club
    • Writing Place with Jeff Young and Catherine Cole
    • The Adelphi: a novel book launch
    • Murder Squad 25th Anniversary Online Event
    • Liverpool and the American Civil War
    • An Evening with Jeff Young
    • Rogue Agent: The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockheart
    • Horror in the Library with horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell
    • Bodies in the Library with crime fiction author Margaret Murphy
    • Ken Dodd: The Squire of Knotty Ash and his Lady
    • Murder on the Mersey with top crime writers David Jackson and Luca Veste
  • Home
  • About the Smithdown Litfest
    • Welcome to the Smithdown Litfest
    • Previous speakers
    • A word from our patron
    • How to get tickets
    • Get in touch
    • Event venues: our current and previous venues
    • Local places of interest
  • 2026 events
    • An Evening with Roger McGough
  • The Big Read
  • Liverpool Book Club
    • Liverpool Book Club
    • Writing Place with Jeff Young and Catherine Cole
    • The Adelphi: a novel book launch
    • Murder Squad 25th Anniversary Online Event
    • Liverpool and the American Civil War
    • An Evening with Jeff Young
    • Rogue Agent: The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockheart
    • Horror in the Library with horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell
    • Bodies in the Library with crime fiction author Margaret Murphy
    • Ken Dodd: The Squire of Knotty Ash and his Lady
    • Murder on the Mersey with top crime writers David Jackson and Luca Veste

Smithdown Social Arts Hub

You can buy tickets for Smithdown Litfest 2024 events (cash or card) from Smithdown Social Arts Hub, 455 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool L15 3JL from Wednesday 17th July onwards.

Smithdown Social Arts Hub is open Wednesday to Saturday, midday to 5pm.

Visit the Smithdown Social Arts Hub website to find out more about their gallery, workshops and events.

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The Way With Words Exhibition

The Smithdown Litfest 2026 is supported by:

The Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University

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