Writing on the Wall presents a new digital writing and literary festival for our times: WoWFest: Lockdown featuring Noam Chomsky, Nikesh Shukla, Irvine Welsh, A L Kennedy, Sharna Jackson, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Francesca Martinez and many more.
WoWFest: Lockdown brings you an inspiring and passionate collection of artists to help us all through these difficult times and galvanise us towards reshaping the new normal once lockdown can be lifted.
Featuring acclaimed writer and scholar Noam Chomsky, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, renowned theatre-critic Lyn Gardner, acclaimed editor and writer Nikesh Shukla, multi-award-winning short story writer AL Kennedy, comedian Francesca Martinez, writer and philosopher Raoul Martinez, journalist Maya Goodfellow, Muslim Drag Queen’s Glamrou and Asifa Lahore, activist and psychiatrist Dr. Mona Kamal.
Showcasing the best of Liverpool talent as well with La Violette Società Light Night spoken word performances, a specially curated Lockdown playlist from Roger Hill, a life-writing workshop with author Tony Wailey, and a screening of The Football Men documentary with panel discussion from Lizzi Doyle from the Anfield Wrap, author Emy Onuora, and journalist Brian Reade with spoken word responses from Amina Atiq and Ash Nugent.
Dates: 7 - 31 May 2020
All events will be streamed to our Facebook page
For info on all events go to our website