B-DISRUPTIVE

(KS5, AGES 16-25)

Thursday, 22 June 2023 | 9:30-14:15

B-Disruptive is an exciting one-day ‘festival within a festival’ for students aged 16-21 years, or *up to 25 for holders of a current Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), where each student will design their own pathway through the day.

The lecture-style and hands-on workshops will cover important issues for today’s young adults from the climate crisis to cancel culture, and freedom of speech to TikTok fame. Each session is designed to inform and empower students to question the issues of our day. The event will run alongside the festival’s Creative Economic Conference, which attracts high-level speakers, business leaders, academics and politicians who will also speak at B-Disruptive.

Be there, be part of the conversation.

Book now: bradfordlitfest.co.uk/education-programme

CREATING DUNE: THE INFLUENCES OF ARRAKIS

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SAMANTHA SHANNON & TASHA SURI IN CONVERSATION

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BEN AARONOVITCH & JONATHAN STROUD IN CONVERSATION

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FANTASY AND FUTURISM

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AMISH TRIPATHI

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THE KITSCHIES AWARDS

BREAKING THE MOULD: A NEW ERA OF WORLDBUILDING

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• DYSTOPIA NOW

• ISLAMICATE SCIENCE FICTION

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown

Alison Weir

Waterstones | Talk

19:30 (1 hour) | £7

Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it’s time to hear his.

In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry – and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother. But Arthur’s untimely death sees Harry crowned King Henry of England. As his power and influence extends, so commences a lifelong battle between head and heart, love and duty. Henry rules by divine right, yet his prayers for a son go unanswered. The future of his great dynasty depends on an heir, and the crown weighs heavy on a king with all but his one true desire.

Join bestselling author Alison Weir for this magnificent new Tudor novel, her most ambitious yet, which reveals the captivating story of a man who was by turns brilliant, romantic, and ruthless: the king who changed England forever.