Each year we open the Fair by inviting a keynote speaker - usually a leading author - to discuss a topic or theme of their choice. Since 2016, we've recorded these speeches so that they are available publicly as a resource to all writers.

2022 - Vanessa Onwuemezi: Experimental Writing
2021 - Caleb Azumah Nelson: Journey to Publication
2019 - Sharlene Teo: Authorship, Anxiety & Small Animals
2018 - Eley Williams: Beginning, Middling to Fair, Fairing, End 
2017 - Luke Kennard: Selected Failures
2016 - Kit de Waal: The Art of Trespass 
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For more literature masterclasses, discussions and debates, head to the Comma Press YouTube Channel.