Welcome to the Church Times Festival of Faith & Literature
Our mission is to encourage a love of literature as it relates to faith, and to create a thoughtful and relaxing space in which to consider works of literature and their religious and moral themes. It’s for anyone who is interested in the big questions of life.
February: Light in Darkness
Saturday 20 February 2021, 10am – 3.45pm
Join us online from wherever you are in the world. The festival will be broadcast live from 10am GMT, however all sessions will be available for ticket holders to watch at a later date.
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Programme
Francis Spufford
The author of Unapologetic and the literary bestseller Golden Hill speaks to Rachel Mann about his new book, Light Perpetual.
Rachel Mann
Rachel Mann is a published poet, author and an Anglican priest in Manchester. She introduces her debut novel, The Gospel of Eve.
Katharine Tiernan
Katharine Tiernan on her trilogy based on the life of seventh-century saint Cuthbert, in conversation with Canon Professor Sarah Foot.
Mark Oakley
Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge, and author of The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry, Mark Oakley, on the books that have sustained him during the pandemic.
Stephen Cherry
Stephen Cherry, Dean of King’s College Cambridge, introduces his new book for Lent 2021, Thy Will be Done. In conversation with the Revd Charlotte Bannister-Parker.
