The programme

Sixty sessions, three tents.

Free with a day pass unless it says book a seat. Every session in this demo store is an example.

Ticketed sessions

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2026-11-27
Opening night reading
7pm · Main tent, Yaba
Five authors from the autumn list read, then the bar opens.
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2026-11-28
Breakfast with the authors
8am · The bookshop, Yaba
Akara, coffee and six authors at long tables.
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2026-11-28
Masterclass: writing the first chapter
10am · Garden tent
Three hours with an editor from our press.
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2026-11-28
Young readers' morning
10am · Young readers' tent
Stories, a quiz and a signing for ages 8 to 14.
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2026-11-29
Publishing day for new writers
11am · Garden tent
How a manuscript becomes a book, from the people who do it.
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2026-11-29
Closing night: stories after dark
7pm · Main tent, Yaba
Ghost stories, music and the last word.
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Example dates for this demo store.

Friday 27 November

Time	Main tent	Garden tent	Young readers' tent
12pm	Gates open, the market tent	Small presses showcase	Closed
3pm	Notes from the Night Bus, in conversation	Editors' surgery	Closed
5pm	Essays panel: food, travel and memory	Poems at sundown	Closed
7pm	Opening night reading, book a seat	Closed	Closed

Example programme for this demo store.

Saturday 28 November

Time	Main tent	Garden tent	Young readers' tent
10am	Our autumn list in conversation	Masterclass: the first chapter	Young readers' morning
12pm	Market Women: the stall keepers	Poems at lunch, open mic	Draw your own book cover
2pm	Writing the north: travel and essays	Editors' surgery, ten minutes each	Keeper of the Last Goal, live quiz
4pm	Fiction panel: houses, rivers and buses	Self-publishing, honestly	Story hour
6pm	The Harmattan Ledger, launch reading	Signing queue	Closed

Example programme for this demo store.

Sunday 29 November

Time	Main tent	Garden tent	Young readers' tent
10am	Nine Rooms in Enugu, a year on	Reading aloud, a workshop	Story hour
11am	Built by Hand: Lagos houses	Publishing day, book a seat	The Map Under the Mango Tree
2pm	Thrillers and the city	Translation, Yoruba and Igbo	Write a page, win a book
7pm	Closing night, book a seat	Closed	Closed