Writing Place with authors Jeff Young and Catherine Cole

Liverpool's Year-Round Literary Festival! The Smithdown Litfest has author talks, readings and film nights in community venues along the Smithdown Road corridor, from Toxteth to Allerton, throughout the year.

Smithdown Litfest

Join authors Jeff Young and Catherine Cole as they discuss their recent books in the Library Reading Room of Liverpool’s Athenaeum.

The Athenaeum

Smithdown Litfest 2025

The Smithdown Litfest 2025. 25th to 28th September 2025. Exclusive author events in venues in south Liverpool.

Catherine’s new book, ‘A French House’ is a loving exploration about an old French house and why people are drawn to France and French culture.Jeff’s 2024 book, the TLS Ackerley Prize winning, ‘Wild Twin’, examines the role travel and place play in shaping our selves. Both writers have been driven by place in all their writing, and they’ll discuss this passion, including how place becomes a character in its own right.A fascinating discussion by two Liverpool-based writers who are also ‘citizens of the world’ in their work.