BAFTA-nominated author, activist, poet and performer Lemn Sissay OBE headlines this mini-festival with live readings from his Sunday Times bestselling book, Let The Light Pour In, a collection of short poems written as dawn breaks each morning that are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy.

This year’s new interdisciplinary talks programme features a host of leading thinkers and writers such as interior designer Michelle Ogundehin (BBC’s Interior Design Masters), bestselling author and broadcaster Horatio Clare (Running for the Hills, Heavy Light), internationally-renowned local author Katherine May (Wintering,Enchantment), Professor of Colonialism and Heritage Corinne Fowler, and local Canterbury historian and rambler David Reekie.

Plus, be quick to sign up for the ever-popular programme of guided walks around Canterbury city centre and the local countryside which invites you to discover a new side to this historic city and the surrounding countryside.