The World of Words 2024 Announcement

With great pleasure, Liminal is proud to let slip the next exciting piece of the puzzle in the World of Words program at WOMAD 2024: the independent, investigative newspaper Byline Times will curate the World of Words stage.

Byline Times will bring several very different voices from literature, politics, and comedy to the WOMAD Festival. The festival-goers can look forward to a packed schedule of podcast recordings in front of a live audience, panel discussions, author sessions, and guest appearances by some of the world’s most respected journalists, writers, comedians, and other fascinating figures, including a former spy and a peer.

WOMAD is close to us in ethos – the commitments to independence, the voice of the unheard, and therefore delighted to kickstart some very needed debates, challenging viewpoints and some laughs, all embracing everything diverse and open-minded, according to the event’s announcement,” said Byline Times Co-Founder Stephen Colegrave.

On terra firma, the Word World will be chock-full of amusements with the mythical Mr B’s Bookshop, the magical Poetry Shop, and giant crosswords to puzzle over – let alone the eagerly awaited programme in store at the Hip Yak Poetry Shack!

Tickets are now available to anyone who wants to join this bubbly festival of words and ideas.

BYLINE TIMES
Byline Times is a subscription-funded independent newspaper committed to uncovering the stories that mainstream media miss. It is unapologetically dedicated to exposing corruption and injustice, and its pages are open to voices not usually heard elsewhere, making sure the most important stories are told.