This will be the ninth States of Independence, celebrating independent publishing, independent writing and independent thinking held in conjunction with the creative writing team at De Montfort University.

We usually have about two dozen events over the day and two dozen bookstalls from small publishers from around the region.

The whole day is free and unticketed. Come for an hour or come for the whole day.

The full progamme is available on www.statesofindependence.co.uk