The city council will be working in partnership with community writing organisation Writing On The Wall, the Merseyside Literature Partnership and other local groups to finalise details of the festival, which will be partly funded by Arts Council England.

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Legacy would be meeting the government's competition team on Tuesday to finalise the details.

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But a spokesman said the DCLG had still to finalise the details of how this money was to be "re-prioritised" from within its budget.

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Work is currently being carried out to finalise the details of the scheme, including costs and the bikes will be available for hire later this year.

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