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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
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
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
Impact Statement - Medway River Lit 2024
Summary of Medway River Lit's Impact in 2024.
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Aug 27, 20251 min read
Rippling Out in words and pictures
A summary of the Rippling Out project.
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May 1, 20255 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Congratulations to our first Medway Youth Laureates!
Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.
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Oct 24, 20244 min read
Recycled and recyclable promotional materials
About the search for recycled printing.
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Oct 21, 20244 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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Oct 11, 20242 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 30, 20245 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 23, 20243 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 16, 20244 min read
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