Sathnam Sanghera: Wolverhampton Literature Festival 'the best advert for culture' in the city
Award-winning Wolverhampton author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera has called the city's literature festival the 'best around'.
The Times journalist Sathnam has nothing but praise for the Wolverhampton Literature Festival, and said he wished he had experienced something similar growing up.
He is encouraging more people to snap up tickets ahead of this weekend.
Born and raised in Wolverhampton, Sathnam has always been a great advocate of his home city and, despite currently being in South Africa, will be jetting back in time to take part in this year's Lit Fest tomorrow night.
His first book, 'The Boy With The Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton' has won - and has been nominated for - a number of awards.
Sathnam said: "Wolverhampton Literature Festival is by far my favourite festival - it's just incredible.
"There was nothing in the town for so many years, it was a real bugbear of mine.
"Now, not only do we have a literature festival, but it's the best around.
"It's just the best advertisement for culture in my home town."
The former Wolverhampton Grammar School pupil will be appearing at Bilston Town Hall tomorrow evening for a talk with 'The Podfather' Richard Herring as part of the Lit Fest.
'King of the Internet' Richard Herring will be presenting his award-winning podcast during the evening. It has won multiple awards, including the Bronze Award for Best Comedy at the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards.
At over 200 episodes, previous guests have included Stephen Fry, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Dawn French, and Brian Blessed.
Sathnam added: "I'm a big fan of the podcast, Richard's just really great and he covers a whole range of subjects - such as comedians like Steven Fry and also people who may not be necessarily hilarious, like myself.
"I just had a 12 hour flight to South Africa and maybe listened to eight in a row. It was a complete pleasure."
Both Richard and Sathnam will be in discussion from 8pm at Bilston Town Hall, and the majority of tickets have already sold out.
Doors open at 7pm and tickets cost £14.
The Wolverhampton Literature Festival officially kicks off tomorrow evening and runs until Sunday night, with a select few events later on in February.
Visit wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk for more information.
