Two things that I am passionate about brought together in one virtual festival: books and talking openly about death, dying and bereavement.
Packed full of book recommendations, author conversations and real life stories, this looks set to be a fabulous event.
Welcome to the huunuu Virtual Literary Festival (09 – 22 Feb 2021)
A literary festival about death, dying, bereavement and loss. It’s important to talk about these difficult subjects and the emotions that arise. Words can be helpful, they can help us to understand our part in events that can seem out of our control. We wanted to pull this together into a different sort of literary festival, which we hope helps people to start thinking about their mortality, think about their place in the world and support those that are experiencing loss.
Our real-life stories project hopes to bring support to those reading them, to understand that they are not alone and that there are a million and one ways to experience death and grief.
We are looking for people to contribute to this collection of stories about death, dying, loss and legacy, which we hope to publish (either in print or online) after the festival. The authors involved in the festival have also been asked to contribute to this collection. You can find out more information about how to submit your story here: huunuu.info/real-life-stories
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