A LITERARY festival is being held at Stonyhurst College from June 23 to June 26.

Talks, readings, workshops and book-signings will be held throughout the weekend in the College’s Top Refectory.

Authors include Lancashire-born Jo Baker, author of ‘Offcomer’ and winner of three Arts Council of Northern Ireland Awards; poet Conor O’Callaghan, winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award; and acclaimed author Diran Adebayo, who wrote ‘Some Kind of Black’.

All visitors should go to reception on arrival.

* Stonyhurst College Literature Festival takes place from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26. Admission is free. For further information contact Stonyhurst’s head of English, Paul Ellis: p.ellis@stonyhurst.co.uk or call 01254 826345.