Ashbourne Festival 2023 presents Lemn Sissay. Tickets £17.50.

Lem Sissay is a BAFTA nominated International prize winning writer and was awarded an MBE for services to literature.

Lem has spoken on stages all over the world, including at TEDX.

Lemn Sissay has written publications with Canongate, Oberon, Bloomsbury Bloodaxe and Faber and Faber. And many other writings: plays poetry, articles introductions to publication like The Moth collection to articles for The Guardian. His memoir, My Name Is Why, was published by Canongate in 2019.

Lemn’s Desert Island Discs on BBC radio 4 was chosen as Pick of the Year. Sissay has presented BBC radio documentaries on WH Auden, JB Priestley, Bob Marley, The Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron to name a few. Lemn Sissay’s Homecoming was nominated for a Palm D’or.

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