Lincoln Bishop supports Lincoln Book Festival

From Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th October, Lincoln Book Festival is set to bring together authors and rising stars of the publishing world for an extended weekend of engaging talks, readings, discussions and workshops across the city! 

Lincoln Bishop University is a proud patron of the event, with our Programme Leader for English, Professor of English Literature Claudia Capancioni, joining a variety of events – including a talk entitled Beginning with Austen. 

Taking place on Sunday 5^th October from 4:30pm to 6pm at The Blue Room, The Lawn, Claudia is joining literary scholars from the University of Lincoln to offer new ways to think about Jane Austen's fiction! Following a series of short talks, attendees will be invited for a lively conversation about Austen and her legacies.

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The event celebrates the 250^th anniversary of Austen’s birth and will be the first of a variety of public events inspired by Jane Austen's anniversary – run by the Lincoln Bishop English team, both on campus and at the Ermine Library. 

Also taking place on our university campus is an event showcasing the publications of three local history societies. Entitled a Local History Afternoon with a Watery Theme, the event will take place on Sunday 5^th October at 2pm in the Eliot Room. 

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Claudia is also due to attend and introduce an event on the first evening of the festival at the Lincoln Arts Centre, alongside some Lincoln Bishop University staff and students who have been awarded tickets. 

Hosted by BAFTA-nominated, award-winning writer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the event will light up Lincoln's National Poetry Day with poems from his collection Let the Light Pour In: Morning Poems. 

A poem from the collection, chosen by Claudia: 

Dawn is a riddle

From the middle of the night

Born in a ripple

In a giggle of light.

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Claudia said: “The festival offers many free events for a variety of audiences and links directly to Lincoln Bishop’s social purpose of creating positive change in our community. 

“This the second year that the festival is funded by the Arts Council and our hope is to continue reaching wider audiences of different generations and in different areas of the city and county.” 

To find out more about Lincoln Book Festival and read the full festival programme, please click here!