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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


Rippling Out in words and pictures
A summary of the Rippling Out project.
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May 15 min read
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January and February's workshop ripples
About the Rippling Out workshops in January and February.
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Feb 102 min read
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Rippling Out - words, crafts and performances!
Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.
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Jan 132 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Meet the poets of the future - the Medway Youth Laureates!
We were delighted to host an award ceremony as part of Medway River Lit for the inaugural Medway Youth Laureate scheme. The poets were...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
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Medway River Lit's second week - some highlights
Medway River Lit's second week began on Wednesday 6 November at Rochester LIbrary, with a sobering talk from climate scientist Bill...
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Nov 11, 20243 min read
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Coming up at Medway River Lit's Second Weekend
Coming up at Medway River Lit's second weekend.
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Medway River Lit's first weekend - some highlights
A summary of events on the first weekend of Medway River Lit.
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Nov 6, 20242 min read
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We'd like to say a special River Lit thank you to our programme advertisers!
We'd like to say an extra special thank you to our programme advertisers.
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
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Congratulations to our shortlisted Rosemary McLeish Prize poets
Shortlisted poems for The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize, which will be awarded on Sunday 10 November.
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Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Congratulations to our first Medway Youth Laureates!
Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.
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Oct 24, 20244 min read
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Recycled and recyclable promotional materials
About the search for recycled printing.
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Oct 21, 20244 min read
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Skai Campbell introduces his zines and comic workshop taking place as part of Medway River Lit
Skai Campbell is running a comics and zine workshop as part of Medway River Lit.
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Oct 11, 20242 min read
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Friday Night Poetry: at the new republic of poetry in Chatham
Festival co-director, Barry Fentiman Hall introduces our Friday night poetry strand - Poetry Republic.
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Sep 30, 20245 min read
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