There's a strong graphic novel and genre presence at this year's festival, starting next week

As it enters its fourth year, Stoke Newington Literary Festival ( ) has taken an unashamedly geeky turn with some guests from the SFX world. The event will boast appearances by c🐲omics legend Dave Gibbons and top authors like Cory Doctorow, Kim Newman and Ben Aaronovitch, alongside other panel actiಌvities about videogame culture, cinema, comedy and food.

What: Stoke Newington Literary Festival
When: 3-9 June
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Stoke Newington (in north London) was home to Daniel Defoe, Marc Bolan, Mary Wollstonecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, and has been credited with the birthplace of feminism, journalism and the novel. This week the area launches its fourth annual literary event and genre fans are surprisingly well catered for. Alongside "literary bad boy" Irvine Welsh, Caitlin Moran, John Hegley and Robin Ince, you'll also encounter SF writer and editor George Mann, a collection of rare short films and extracts from , Guardian critic Alex Clark and loads more. Visit the o꧑fficial website for . Our chums at are one of the official festival spo♑nsors this year.