About Me
The Humber Mouth is Hull's biggest festival and celebrates literature, language and text-based arts. It takes place in the last two weeks of June. Guests in recent years have included Will Self, Fay Weldon, Jon Ronson, Jonathan Coe, Lionel Shriver, Germaine Greer, Janet Street-Porter, Tariq Ali, John Pilger, Susie Orbach, Joan Bakewell, Alexei Sayle, Geoff Dyer, Toby Litt, Jackie Kay, Russell T Davies, Francis Wheen, Jimmy McGovern, Louis de Bernieres and many others.The festival offers opportunities for new and established writers, including special festival commissions, with awards covering original work, digital projects, performances, workshops and exhibitions etc. Programming takes place between September and March.Check out the website here We also run occasional events throughout the year, including readings, talks, workshops & schools projects.
We're here to find a network of people who create, enjoy or promote literature and text-based arts, as well as making friends with like-minded people.
