Todmorden Book Festival

07/12/2025

🎉 Festival Finale This Saturday

This Saturday we round off Todmorden Book Festival 2025 in style with author, artist and quilter Kate Evans, presenting her enchanting illustrated talk Patchwork, a fresh, witty and beautiful take on the life and work of Jane Austen.

From Austen’s hilarious early writings to Pride and Prejudice, we peek into the windows of Chawton cottage to see Austen at work. , Evans explores the fabric of women’s history and creativity and how it connects from Regency England to Lancashire’s cotton mills.

✨ See Kate’s stunning 10-metre embroidered tapestry telling Austen’s story at the event, it's AMAZING!

📅 Saturday 15 November, 7.30–8.30pm
📍 St Mary’s Church, Burnley Road, Todmorden
🎟️ Tickets £10
🎫 Book here - ticketsource.co.uk/todmorden-book-festival/kate-evans-patchwork/e-zerkxk

A finale not to be missed !!

18/11/2025

Join for a brilliant, informal afternoon with three acclaimed Royal Literary Fund writers as they share the classic novels they’d love to re-write and why!

✨ Amanda Dalton – poet & playwright
✨ Sarah Butler – novelist
✨ Pete Kalu – short story writer & memoirist

📍 Todmorden Library
📅 Friday 21st November
⏰ 3–4pm
🎟️ Free event
👉 Book online: ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries

A perfect way to spend an hour in

15/11/2025

We’re at Tod College until 4.15, get in from the rain and cold and keep little minds occupied 👇🏼

🌧️The weather is grim!!!!!
Come and spend the Saturday with us instead!

Join us for a Family Fun Day at Todmorden College, a free community celebration packed with storytelling, music, dance, puppetry, and creativity for all ages.

🎭 Stories and songs
🎨 Puppet show by TAODS
🎶 Music for the Many singalong
🍲 Plus a free lunch and children’s book giveaway!

📅 Saturday 15 November
📍 Todmorden Community College
🕥 From 10.30am – 4.15pm
🎟️ Free – all welcome!

Perfect for escaping the rain and enjoying a fun day together ❤️

15/11/2025

Whoop! This is TONIGHT! 🎉

Don’t miss Kate Evans: Patchwork at St Mary’s Church, a gorgeous deep-dive into Jane Austen, quilts, creativity and the stories sewn through history.

📍 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church
🎟️ Tickets on the door or via the link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/todmorden/st-marys-church/kate-evans-patchwork/e-zerkxk

Chair: Esther Ferry-Kennington

Come join us for a brilliant evening! ✨📚

15/11/2025

We can’t wait to see this today at Tod College, do join us, we have a free event going on, 10.30am-4.15pm

15/11/2025

🌧️The weather is grim!!!!!
Come and spend the Saturday with us instead!

Join us for a Family Fun Day at Todmorden College, a free community celebration packed with storytelling, music, dance, puppetry, and creativity for all ages.

🎭 Stories and songs
🎨 Puppet show by TAODS
🎶 Music for the Many singalong
🍲 Plus a free lunch and children’s book giveaway!

📅 Saturday 15 November
📍 Todmorden Community College
🕥 From 10.30am – 4.15pm
🎟️ Free – all welcome!

Perfect for escaping the rain and enjoying a fun day together ❤️

14/11/2025

🌧️ Weather looking grim tomorrow?
Come and spend the Saturday with us instead!

Join us for a Family Fun Day at Todmorden College, a free community celebration packed with storytelling, music, dance, puppetry, and creativity for all ages.

🎭 Stories and songs
🎨 Puppet show by TAODS
🎶 Music for the Many singalong
🍲 Plus a free lunch and children’s book giveaway!

📅 Saturday 15 November
📍 Todmorden Community College
🕥 From 10.30am – 4.15pm
🎟️ Free – all welcome!

Perfect for escaping the rain and enjoying a fun day together ❤️

13/11/2025

🔥 TONIGHT! JOHN ROBB – The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Oasis 🔥
📍 Fielden Hall, Todmorden
🕢 7.30–9pm
🎟️ Tickets still available — £5

Britpop believers, music obsessives, Oasis die-hards… this one’s for you.

Join legendary music writer, broadcaster and Louder Than War founder John Robb for the definitive deep dive into Oasis, the attitude, the anthems, the chaos, and the cultural moment that changed Britain.

From Burnage to global superstardom, this is the real story behind the Gallagher brothers’ rise and the scenes that shaped them.

If you love music history, Manchester stories, or a night of big passion and bigger opinions, get yourself to Fielden Hall tonight.

🎟️ Grab your tickets now: todmordenbookfestival.co.uk or just grab them on the door tonight.

12/11/2025

💥THIS WEEK AT TODMORDEN BOOK FESTIVAL 💥

📅 Wednesday 12 November

The Ishtar Gate & Lives of the Female Poets
Sarah Corbett & Clare Pollard
🕢 7.30–9pm
📍 Todmorden Library, 8 Rochdale Road, OL14 5AA
Two major contemporary poets read from and discuss their brilliant new collections.

📅 Thursday 13 November

The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Oasis
John Robb
🕢 7.30–9pm
📍 Fielden Hall, Ewood Lane, OL14 7DD
The definitive story of Oasis, Britpop, and the Britain that shaped them.

📅 Friday 14 November

Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
Harriet Wistrich
🕢 7.30–8.30pm
📍 St Mary’s Church, Burnley Road, OL14 7BD
Landmark cases, women’s rights, and how the law fails – and can be pushed to change.

📅 Saturday 15 November – Big Finale Day

Daytime – Workshops & Free Community Day

Experimental Fiction – Rob Chapman
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 Todmorden Library

Writing Poems – Amanda Dalton
🕑 2–4pm
📍 Todmorden Library

Storytelling Beyond Words – Free Community Event for All Ages
📍 Todmorden Community College, 44 Burnley Road, OL14 7BX
All-day programme including:

10.30–11.30am – Stories for children with Ursula Holden-Gill

12–1pm – Free lunch & children’s book giveaway

1.30–2pm – Celebrating the work of local schools

2–2.45pm – TAODS youth team puppet show

3–3.45pm – Annapurna Indian Dance Company : A Tree in Time

3.55–4.15pm – Music for the Many singalong

Evening

Patchwork – Cartoon Kate
🕢 7.30–8.30pm
📍 St Mary’s Church
A richly illustrated talk on Jane Austen’s life and quilts, with Kate’s incredible Austen quilt on display.

Tickets at todmordenbookfestival.co.uk, in person at Todmorden Information Centre, for our free family event on Saturday 15th Nov, just come along.

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