Outside the Lines: Student-led literary festival hopes to embrace diversity within 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ community

White background with a yellow paint effect circle in the middle with red, yellow and green outlines of multiple heads overlapping.'Outside the Lines' is written large at the top and '91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Literary Festival' is written at the bottom.

From 29 May-3 June, 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ master’s students are running ‘Outside the Lines’, a literary festival to celebrate diversity in 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ.

The festival is free and will involve several days of creative writing, screenings, readings and many more immersive experiences for all ages. The festival is open to the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ community with events taking place on campus and in 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ town centre.

Each year students on the master’s course ‘Creative Writing and the Writing Industries’ undertake a project-based module called ‘Writing in the Community’. During this module, students collectively plan, curate, promote, and hold a literary festival funded and supported by LU Arts.

 festival aims to celebrate eccentricity and non-conformity in a climate that opts to push diversity to the sidelines.

The schedule of events taking place is as follows:

29 May

30 May

31 May

1 June

2 June

3 June