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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
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
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
Toxteth Park Cemetery L15 2HD
