Ilkley Literature Festival Retains Arts Council England NPO Status

Ilkley Literature Festival is delighted that Arts Council England will continue to invest in us as one of their National Portfolio Organisations 2023-2026.

This will enable us to deliver our plans to evolve the organisation into a literature development agency that would support communities and individuals, especially young people, and nurture new and diverse writing talent here in our region. The annual autumn festival, for which we are so well known, and which celebrates its 50th birthday in 2023, would continue to form part of this literature development.

Director Erica Morris said: “The coming period will be one of significant challenges for the sector – and they follow a period of significant challenges – but we believe in our work and look forward with optimism to the next three years, working with all our partners and supporters. The next three years will also see us take our place as part of Bradford’s City of Culture 2025 programme and celebrations.”

We thank Arts Council England for their continued faith in and contribution to our work.