Bradford Literature Festival popular with BAME audience

More than half of the attendees came from black and minority ethnic backgrounds

BRADFORD LITERATURE Festival is proving popular among black and minority ethnic audiences with a significant number of this year’s attendees coming from a BAME background.

The 10-day event that takes place across a range of venues attracted around 70,000 visitors.

This year the festival’s BAME audience grew to 51%, an increase from 49% last year, according to The Bookseller.

The festival’s programme for 2018 included an audience with former boxer Frank Bruno and a spoken word poetry evening with Akala.

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