The 2025 Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival goes live in May – but you can already bookmark your place for the events you want to see. This year’s festival leads with local actor/director and screenwriter Adjoa Andoh who will be reading favourite pieces from Lambeth Archives 1632 copy of Shakespeare’s second Folio and discussing what makes his writing relevant today.
Word from the Cabinet
Cllr Donatus Anyanwu, Lambeth Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, said: “I am delighted to welcome you to the Lambeth Libraries Readers and Writers Festival. For coming up to two decades it has been a regular highlight in the Lambeth calendar.
“In 2025 we have over a month or more of events to suit all tastes – whether you enjoy reading, writing, discussion or simply sitting back and listening. Come and join us and express yourself! You’ll be amazed at the fun you can have in your local library.
Festival Highlights
Throughout May and on into June we have loads more authors discussing their books including Funmi Fetto (Hail Mary) with Emma Dabiri, shortlisted International Book Prize nominee Vincent Delecroix (Small Boat), BBC Radio 1Xtra Radio Presenter Fee Mak leading a panel on Love, Lust and Liberation: How Romance fiction is changing?, music journalist Chris Salewicz (Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer), comedian Mark Steel (The Leopard In My House), American crime writer/screen writer Attica Locke (Guide Me Home).
Full programme
See the full programme with details of dates, times and locations across Lambeth’s network of libraries for these events and much, much more including LGBTQ+ love letters, a fanzine writers and publishers event, Mental Health Week performances from the Black Men’s Consortium, live folk music from the Ramshackle Band, exhibitions of photography and art, and new writing on topics as varied as the Roma people, Victorian detectives, the life of a literary agent, small boats, and the contrasts between French and English culture,
More information
- Website: lambeth.gov.uk/readersandwriters
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LambethReadersAndWritersFestival/events
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lambeth_libraries/
Book your place
- Find the events you’re interested in and book your free place online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1312866692619h
