This new book festival, based in the heart of the Black Country, will see renowned west midlands authors join up and coming and debut authors in your local Dudley library. They'll be sharing the behind the scenes of what it's like to become a published author, what inspires their work, and how they keep the west midlands at their hearts.

Juliet Clare Bell, Helen Kelly and Leila Rasheed
In these panel discussions inspired by the Royal Literary Fund’s Vox archive, three Midlands-based writers and RLF Fellows, Juliet Clare Bell, Helen Kelly, Leila Rasheed, will discuss aspects of the writing life, with plenty of time for Q&As

It takes place at Halesowen Library at 16.00 on Thursday the 13th June 2025. To book please phone Halesowen Library on 01384 812980 or halesowen.library@gll.org