The Festival received National Lottery funding in 2020 to support members of the community who don't have digital skills and/or access to the internet or digital devices. Part of the funding was used to buy tablets and SIM cards for people in the local community...
The Todmorden Book Festival map was hand-drawn for the 2019 Festival by Yorkshire map maker Christopher Goddard. Christopher Goddard was born in Sheffield and now lives in Hebden Bridge with his partner Caroline and their dog Alfie. An obsessive cartographer, he has been drawing maps for...
Todmorden Book Festival has announced the first names on its 2019 line-up. The Festival has booked the best-selling poet Simon Armitage, who was appointed poet laureate this month, to open the Festival on Friday 1 November at Todmorden Hippodrome Theatre....
After the very unfortunate postponement due to poor weather conditions last year, we can now confirm that the event will take place on Friday 8th November as part of the 2019 Todmorden Book Festival!...