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6 Jul 2025

Bradford Literature Festival: Preserving Culture and Memory with Food

Samantha Ellis & Bee Wilson

Dialogue between Samantha Ellis and Bee Wilson.

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Event Details

Date 6 Jul 2025

Times 5.30-6pm

Location University of Bradford

Tickets £7 ↓

Join acclaimed writers Samantha Ellis and Bee Wilson for a fascinating conversation exploring food, memory, identity, and storytelling.

From Ellis’s evocative memoirs about heritage and home to Wilson’s insightful writing on the politics and pleasures of eating, both authors delve into how what we cook and consume shapes who we are.

Together, they discuss the personal and cultural histories woven through recipes, the emotional charge of family meals, and the power of food writing to nourish connection across generations. This intimate event promises to be a rich and thoughtful dialogue between two of Britain’s most engaging literary voices.

About the Big Tasty Read

The Big Tasty Read is a brand-new nationwide campaign blending the joy of reading with the love of food. Led by Bradford Council’s Bradford Libraries and delivered as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, the campaign will feature an exciting programme of events taking place across Bradford district and beyond.

Credits

The Big Tasty Read is delivered by The Reading Agency and BBC Arts with additional funding from Arts Council England. The campaign is delivered in partnership with Bradford Libraries and Bradford 2025 in association with Bradford Literature Festival.