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Medway River Lit
"I thought Medway River Lit Festival thoughtful, thought-provoking, kindly in spirit and invaluable for the region." Sir Ben Okri
Medway River Lit 2025 summary
A run down of Medway River Lit literary festival 2025.
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1 day ago6 min read
Photos from our Carbon Literacy Awareness Event on 13 November
ABout our Carbon Literacy Awareness event on 13 November as part of CLAD 25.
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Nov 17, 20252 min read
Authors you can meet at our Author Fair on 29 November
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!
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Oct 27, 20259 min read
Congratulations to the Medway Youth Laureate winners 2025
Congratulations to our youth laureates 2025.
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Oct 26, 20251 min read
Press release: MEDWAY RIVER LIT PRESENTS A STELLAR LITERARY LINE-UP FOR ITS THIRD OUTING
Medway River Lit continues to go from strength to strength as it announces the lineup for 2025.
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Oct 20, 20252 min read
Medway Based Opportunities for New Writers
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.
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Oct 6, 20254 min read
Theresa Lola joins Caroline Bird as Joint Patron of Medway River Lit
Theresa Lola joins Medway River Lit as a Patron.
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Oct 1, 20251 min read
A sneaky peak of Medway River Lit's 2025 lineup
Here are some of the highlights of Medway River Lit 2025, and believe me, there will be many, many more yet to be announced!
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Sep 15, 20252 min read
Impact Statement - Medway River Lit 2024
Summary of Medway River Lit's Impact in 2024.
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Aug 27, 20251 min read
From Escape Room to Medway Youth Poet Laureate
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.
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Aug 26, 20253 min read
Rippling Out in words and pictures
A summary of the Rippling Out project.
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May 1, 20255 min read
January and February's workshop ripples
About the Rippling Out workshops in January and February.
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Feb 10, 20252 min read
Rippling Out - words, crafts and performances!
Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.
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Jan 13, 20252 min read
Medway River Lit 2024: A Celebration of Stories, Culture, and Community
Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.
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Dec 9, 20247 min read
In brief - books our authors have talked about - Young Adult and Children's books in focus
Our guide to the books for Young Adults and Children that our authors have talked about.
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Dec 2, 20243 min read
In brief: books that authors have talked about at this year's festival - Poetry in focus
Poets and poetry collections discovered during Medway River Lit 2024.
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Nov 28, 20246 min read
In brief - our guide to the books that authors have talked about at this year's festival: fiction in focus
A summary of the fiction books we've discovered this festival.
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Nov 26, 202411 min read
Medway River Lit’s fourth week – the highlights!
The fourth weekend of Medway River Lit featured an amazing variety of talks, discussions and writers.
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Nov 25, 20243 min read
In brief – our guide to the books that authors have talked about at this year’s festival: Non-fiction focus
Non-fiction books we've discovered at Medway River Lit.
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Nov 23, 20245 min read
Medway River Lit's third weekend - some highlights
Medway River Lit's third weekend began on Friday 15 November with a takeover by Big Trouble at our regular Poetry Republic event.
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Nov 18, 20243 min read
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