Medway River Lit 2024: A Celebration of Stories, Culture, and Community
Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.
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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
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Dec 23 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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Nov 253 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 183 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 182 min read
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 113 min read
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 72 min read
Coming up at Medway River Lit's Second Weekend
Coming up at Medway River Lit's second weekend.
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Nov 62 min read
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 12 min read
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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Oct 301 min read
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 244 min read
Congratulations to our first Medway Youth Laureates!
Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.
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Oct 214 min read
Recycled and recyclable promotional materials
About the search for recycled printing.
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Oct 112 min read
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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Sep 305 min read
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 233 min read
Writing through grief - Melissa Todd explains how 'Americaned' became a different book from the one she had planned
Melissa Todd, referred to by a reader as 'the thinking person's dominatrix', shares her experience of writing through grief.
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Sep 164 min read
Helping indie book authors get audiences
Steven William Hannah, Curator at Your Paper Quest, gives us an insight into why he and Ryan set up their indie book box subscription servic
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Sep 89 min read
You Are Here! A preview of the Medway River Lit programme 2024
Wordsmithery are very proud to announce some of the confirmed writers and performers for the Medway River Lit programme 2024.
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Sep 74 min read
Adapting Classic Literature: How Aimee Riddell Brings 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' to Today's Audience
Adapting Classic Literature: How Aimee Riddell Brings 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' to Today's Audience
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Jul 131 min read
Podcast Preview: April Doyle on eco-fiction and finding your own pace as a writer
April Doyle, whose debut novel Hive, imagines a near future where there are not enough bees.
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Jul 22 min read
Podcast Preview: Caitlin Davies on the history of female detectives and writing historical crime
Today, we're excited to start sharing some of the people coming to Medway River Lit! 1st up Caitlin Davies, author of 'Private Inquiries'.
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