Events
Tom Davis: Underdog
Sweet sweet soul Tom Davis is best known for hit shows King Gary, The Curse, Murder In Successville, Live At The Apollo and his hugely popular podcast Wolf and Owl with Romesh Ranganathan. Embarking on his biggest tour to date with his brand-new show, ‘Underdog’, Tom will be exploring life as the longshot. From leaving...
The Welsh Connection
The Welsh Connection featuring Manon Steffan Ros, Gareth Twamley & Iwan Steffan. From architecture to Scouse voices, Liverpool is inextricably connected to Wales and owes a debt to the creativity of its people. WoWFEST 2024 celebrates Welsh writing talent with one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Welsh novelists, Manon Steffan Ros, and the hugely...
Bees: A Story of Survival
Bees: A Story Of Survival is a visually stunning and immersive adventure that explores the epic tale of these incredible creatures and their essential relationship with the natural world. In a unique partnership with the award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress, Bees: A Story Of Survival is a beautiful harmony of art and science featuring cutting edge technology. Using sculptural sound...
Liverpool Sound City
Sound City captures the vibrancy of the city with an unforgettable 2 day festival that sees established names perform alongside a constant stream of local, national and international emerging talent. The UK’s leading independent festival & conference for new music returns on 4 – 5 May 2024 in Liverpool City Centre. Caity Baser and The...
Zine Station
On Saturday 4 May, Metal Liverpool, LCPS and Prints N Tha are hosting an alternative Zine and Print Fair. Celebrating DIY publishing, zine, print and comic culture in Liverpoool and Merseyside. Hop on for a selection of Liverpool’s finest Zine & Print stalls, meet the artists and check out our collage club area, timetabled televisuals...
Stephen Small: In the Shadows of the Big House
Stephen Small, Professor at the Dept of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, valued WoW collaborator and author of the Small Talk series, makes his in-person debut at WoWFEST to discuss his latest book; In the Shadows of the Big House: Twenty-First-Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana (Atlantic Migrations and the...
Sarah P Corbett: Craftivism as a Form of Gentle Protest
Award-winning activist and author Sarah P Corbett joins Roger Phillips, award-winning former BBC Radio Merseyside broadcaster, in conversation at Leaf. They will be discussing her new book, The Craftivist Collective Handbook, her work around the world and how Liverpool has shaped her activism. Sarah Corbett set up the global community ‘Craftivist Collective’ in 2009 after...
Lights Bearing West: Book Launch with Tony Wailey
Tony Wailey’s latest book, Lights Bearing West, is about memory, place and distance, messages sent, delivered, picked up, put down, kept or discarded. Going away, having adventures and coming home, whether these adventures are first hand or tenth hand, is part of everyone’s trilogy in Liverpool – even for those who have never left the...
Turning a Book into a TV Series: Ashleigh Nugent
Ashleigh Nugent and Tom Thostrup, co-founder and Managing Director of 2LE media, will talk through the process of how Ashleigh’s electric debut novel, Locks, was optioned for TV. Locks was published by Picador Books in 2023 and received rave reviews, including 4 out of 5 stars in the Daily Telegraph. Later that year, he secured...
Danny Morrison: The Dirty War
Danny Morrison returns to Writing on the Wall for a one-off exclusive on the Stakeknife affair and how he was lured into a trap by Britain’s biggest spy in the IRA. The events of 7 January 1990 changed Danny’s life. Charged with conspiracy to murder, kidnapping and IRA membership, he was eventually sentenced to eight...
