The Spring edition of the intellectually stimulating and gloriously eclectic Birmingham wordfest bounces back over next weekend with a vibrant and thought-provoking line-up including highlights like Alexei Sayle and Kit de Waal discussing the re-imagined real life stories from the Iraq War Protests to the Peasants Revolt of 1381 in their timely anthology Protest Stories of Resistance. Further adventures in this experiential library of joy include secret swimming ‘waterbiographies’, #metoo A Movement in Poetry, Woman’s Hour’s forever-matriarch Jenni Murray on A History of Britain in 21 Women, The Boy with the Top Knot free screening and a panel discussion at The REP and a whole host of cutting edge contemporary writers and poets sharing thoughts, experiences, ideas and inspiration. Book now, events are already selling out fast.

Fri 27 – Sun 29 Apr, various venues/ticket prices + free events available.  www.writingwestmidlands.org