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Skai Campbell introduces his zines and comic workshop taking place as part of Medway River Lit

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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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Friday Night Poetry: at the new republic of poetry in Chatham

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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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Writing through grief - Melissa Todd explains how 'Americaned' became a different book from the one she had planned

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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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Helping indie book authors get audiences

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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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The Black Art Hub’s Intersectionality Art Trail Exhibition: Celebrating Diversity Through Art

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Sep 133 min read

The Black Art Hub’s Intersectionality Art Trail Exhibition: Celebrating Diversity Through Art

We are delighted to present a guest blog from Michi Masumi, founder of the Black Arts Hub, whose Intersectionality poetry and art exhibition

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Adapting Classic Literature: How Aimee Riddell Brings 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' to Today's Audience

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Sep 74 min read

Adapting Classic Literature: How Aimee Riddell Brings 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' to Today's Audience

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Medway River Lit: a personal view by Melissa Todd

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Jul 8, 20234 min read

Medway River Lit: a personal view by Melissa Todd

“Nothing is unwritable”, says Caroline Bird, patron of Medway River Lit, the literary festival which took place last month. “Write it....

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Guest post: Hamish Low on the creation of the 'Table for the Nation'

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Apr 25, 20233 min read

Guest post: Hamish Low on the creation of the 'Table for the Nation'

Expert on the preservation of Black Oak and project leader, Hamish Low, tells us more about the amazing Fenland Black Oak Table - which...

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Guest Post: Nina Telegina on getting mad at history and ghostly visions

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Apr 20, 20234 min read

Guest Post: Nina Telegina on getting mad at history and ghostly visions

Nina Telegina is a writer and performance poet and a multiple poetry slam winner. She believes that poets can be doing a lot more to...

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Guest post: Pauline Holmes on writing 'The Lion Queen'

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Apr 13, 20234 min read

Guest post: Pauline Holmes on writing 'The Lion Queen'

Pauline Holmes describes herself as 'a 60 something poet and storyteller with the mind of a child and the wrinkles of someone much...

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Mar 21, 20234 min read

Guest post: playwright Sarah Hehir

Sarah Hehir is a Medway-based playwright who will be part of our 'Writing and producing your own theatre' panel during Medway River Lit...

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