Medway River Lit

ABout our Carbon Literacy Awareness event on 13 November as part of CLAD 25.

Whether it’s historical fiction, murder mystery, LGBTQIA+ sci-fi, graphic novels, poetry, or non-fiction about heritage, we’ve got some amazing books to share with you!

Congratulations to our youth laureates 2025.

Medway River Lit continues to go from strength to strength as it announces the lineup for 2025.

Want to get into writing, but not sure how to start? Our Youth Poet Laureate Indigo Rose looks at some current opportunities in Medway and offers some advice.

Theresa Lola joins Medway River Lit as a Patron.

Here are some of the highlights of Medway River Lit 2025, and believe me, there will be many, many more yet to be announced!

Summary of Medway River Lit's Impact in 2024.

If you were thinking about entering our Youth Poet Laureate Competition, but weren't sure, guest writer Indigo Rose shares their experience of being one of our first Medway Youth Poet Laureates, a scheme run in partnership with Medway Libraries.

A summary of the Rippling Out project.

About the Rippling Out workshops in January and February.

Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.

Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.

Our guide to the books for Young Adults and Children that our authors have talked about.

Poets and poetry collections discovered during Medway River Lit 2024.

A summary of the fiction books we've discovered this festival.

The fourth weekend of Medway River Lit featured an amazing variety of talks, discussions and writers.

Non-fiction books we've discovered at Medway River Lit.

Medway River Lit's third weekend began on Friday 15 November with a takeover by Big Trouble at our regular Poetry Republic event.

We were delighted to host an award ceremony as part of Medway River Lit for the inaugural Medway Youth Laureate scheme. The poets were...