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📚🇸🇪STOCKHOLM BOOK TOUR📚🇸🇪 Our first PR trip courtesy of the wonderfully warm and talented @lolaakinmade and a fantastic tour by @xperiencesthlm @visitstockholm @geotravelermedia🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 Connecting with bookish people is always a highlight
📚LANGUAGE and LINEAGE📚 Our final event for our festival was hosted by our very own Linda, in discussion with none other than Safiya Sinclair, poet and author. The absolute brilliance of her memoir How To Say Babylon was undeniable to us, and we kn
📚BELONGING ACROSS BORDERS📚 Our third event of the festival belonged to two great friends and great writers: the incredible Hisham Matar and Pankaj Mishra. The power and beauty in their books and words are so captivating, and hearing the two of the
📚VOICE, VISIBILITY and the INDUSTRY📚 For our second event of the day we were BEYOND thrilled to have such an iconic and talented panel of creatives on our stage. Panel 2 was chaired and navigated expertly by long time Candid favourite Nikesh Shukl
📚NEW VOICES IN LITERATURE📚 Let’s recap the first event of our 2025 festival! Last year’s debut writers panel was such a success we knew we had to do it again this year. Four outstanding 2025 debut novelists joined us to kick off the fe