We are delighted to share with you one of the poems from the knotweed sonnets featured in Todmorden Book Festival's opening event Pandemonium. Andrew McMillan's latest collection pandemonium will be published by Jonathan Cape on 20 May 2021....
The digital Festival was featured in the Guardian's roundup of the best online culture this autumn this week. 'From concerts and cooking to art and poetry, the virtual world is stepping up as new Covid restrictions bite.'...
The short film Walking the Watershed Landscape, supported by Active Calderdale, was produced in partnership with the Kramblers for Todmorden Book Festival's first digital Festival in 2020. The global pandemic has highlighted the importance of walking and accessing nature. This short film explores the Kramblers (Kashmiri...
We are pleased to announce that Todmorden Town Council has awarded Todmorden Book Festival a grant of £3,000 to develop the digital programme. We are grateful to Todmorden Town Council for supporting the Festival again this year, which will ensure the Festival continues to play...
Todmorden Book Festival would like to thank everyone for their continued support of the Festival. We don’t know how the pandemic will affect us over the coming months, but we will keep you informed of any developments about the Festival in 2021....
The poem created by Spoke-n-Word poet Winston Plowes, inventor of the world's first Poetry Generating Bicycle and visitors to Todmorden Market on Saturday 2 November, who were asked to 'spin the wheel' and select words at random, in order to create the Festival's very own...
Todmorden An Incredible Town was launched at Jim Saunder's Todmorden Extraordinary event. The film was made by Front Row Films for Todmorden Information Centre and Incredible Edible....
The Iron Man is regarded as one of the greatest children’s books of all time. With strong environmental messages, Ted Hughes’ words resonate now more than ever. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original, children’s author and illustrator Chris Mould has updated the book to...
The Festival has commissioned a film from IOU based on their show Rear View, which is touring nationwide. A life-model looks back on her life from the perspective of her younger self. She tells the story of her life to come through reflections, predictions and...
The free exhibition at Platform One Gallery, Todmorden Station for the 2018 Festival showcased the work of paper cutting artist Pippa Dyrlaga, who uses traditional techniques to create contemporary artworks. The exhibition featured the series Forgotten Moments of Someone Else's Past using original photographs from...