ILKLEY Literature Festival is offering audiences a spring treat of three special events.
The Spring Series at the Kings Hall in April and May will feature screenwriter Sally Wainwright, the former Chair of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi, and the former deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman.
In a special collaboration with the Brontë Parsonage Museum award winning screenwriter Sally Wainwright will discuss her career and her recent, drama, To Walk Invisible, about the Brontë family. She will be in conversation with the museum’s principle curator Ann Dinsdale.
Dewsbury born Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who was Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister will be discussing her new book, The Enemy Within, which explores British attitudes and policy towards Islam and unpicks the challenges for British Muslims with brutal honesty.
Harriet Harman will also be exploring important political challenges, as she discusses her new book, A Woman’s Work.
She will be talking frankly about everything from campaigning with small children to increasing the number of women in Parliament, bringing women’s issues to the heart of the Labour party and tackling a parliamentary culture with no consideration for family life.
Festival Director Rachel Feldberg said: “With the Spring Series we are giving audiences a hit of Festival action to keep them going until October, with three fascinating speakers.
“We know people will be really excited to hear from Sally Wainwright, who is the writer behind some of the best television of recent years.
“In Harriet Harman and Baroness Warsi we have two very different women who have both been at the forefront of British political life, addressing important issues.
“With neither Harman or Warsi afraid to hold back, these events are sure to provoke strong opinions and inspire debate.”
An Evening with Sally Wainwright and Ann Dinsdale will take place at Kings Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday April 19. Tickets cost £14 and £12.
Baroness Warsi will speak about The Enemy Within at 7.30pm on Thursday, April 20. Tickets cost £12 or £10.
Harriet Harman will discuss A Woman’s Work, 7.30pm, Tuesday, May 9. Tickets cost £12 and £10
All tickets go on sale at 10am on Wednesday, March 1 at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
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