Colette Snowden: Celebrating Celeste

York Literature Festival 2026

Manchester based writer, Colette Snowden discusses her novel Celeste, an urban noir that traces the impact of the disappearance of a 22-year-old woman on those involved in her life and those caught up in finding her. Snowden will be in conversation with local poet, Chloe Hanks, to discuss her success as a novelist, the stories in the everyday, and creative writing as a tool through which we can dissect the female experience in the current climate.

This novel is about the case of a missing woman. The speakers' may discuss topics such as violence against women, public safety and crime.