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Fleet Street Quarter's Festival of Words - Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th May 2025

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Fleet Street Quarter's Festival of Words comes to Stationers’ Hall

An inaugural literary festival for the Fleet Street Quarter. The Festival programme will feature events spanning current affairs and journalism, fiction, screenwriting, poetry and spoken word, and family and children’s events.

The events at Stationers’ Hall are:

  • Wednesday 14th May (12pm-1pm) – Kate Mosse – 30 year of the Women’s Prize
  • Wednesday 14th May (6pm - 7pm) - Beyond the Book: Finding the best format for your idea
  • Wednesday 14th May (6pm - 7pm)- Ben Okri, Booker Prize winner
  • Wednesday 14th May (7.30pm-8.30pm) - Russia: In conversation with Chris Steele and Stephanie Baker
  • Wednesday 14th May (7.45pm -8.45 pm) – Jeremy Vine and Simon Mayo in conversation with Julia Wheeler

  • Thursday 15th May (1pm - 2pm) - Dictators and Their Legacy: Iain Dale in Conversation
  • Thursday 15th May (1pm - 2pm) - Game Changer with Sue Campbell

  • Friday 16th May (1pm - 2pm) – Secrets of Westminster Diaries with Graham Brady and Simon Hart
  • Friday 16th May (6.15pm - 7.15pm) – The Future of Democracy
  • Friday 16th May (6.15pm - 7.15pm) – The Importance of Longform Investigative Journalism

  • Saturday 17th May (10.45am - 11.45am) – The Final Test with Huw Turberville and Derek Pringle
  • Saturday 17th May (11am - 12pm) – The End of an Era: Mark Field on Scandal and Survival in Westminster
  • Saturday 17th May (12.30-1.30pm) - Reeta Chakrabati in Conversation
  • Saturday 17th May (12.30 - 1.30pm)  – From Page to Plate – the evolving world of food writing
  • Saturday 17th May (2- 3pm)  – Fixed: My Secret Life as a Football Match-Fixer
  • Saturday 17th May (2- 3pm)  – Funmi Fetto, Style Editor at British Vogue in Conversation
  • Saturday 17th May (3.30- 4.30pm)  – Climate Change for a Fairer World with Tony Juniper &  Natalie Bennett
  • Saturday 17th May (3.30- 4.30pm)  – Jojo Moyes and Mike Gayle: The Art of Crafting Compelling Characters
  • Saturday 17th May 2025 (5-6pm) – Larry Lamb and Camilla Barnes: Our Writing Journeys

Fleet Street Quarter's Festival of Words - Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th May 2025